Recently they announced the dates and locations for this year's Blissdom Canada. It's a repeat performance, to be held once again at the Delta Meadowvale in Mississauga. The one thing I found frustrating about this location was the lack of restaurants within walking distance. Which means unless you were hoping in a cab or car-pooling, you were eating on site at the hotel … [Read more...]
Mom’s the Word: Eight Canadian Bloggers Write About Motherhood
So Mother's Day is tomorrow, and in honour of that I thought I'd send you off to read a collection of articles on life as a mom... Remember when I wrote a few weeks back about the amazing experience I had with Blissdom Canada last Fall while visiting Canadian Family magazine? Well the piece I wrote has now been posted online at their website, and I thought I'd put up this … [Read more...]
On Winning The Golden Ticket and Pursuing My Bliss
I wrote a bit yesterday about how in 2011 I took a leap of faith and bought a ticket to Blissdom Canada. Well the following year I again took that leap and bought a ticket to Blissdom Canada 2012, not really sure how it was going to fit into my plans. I had signed on as an Ambassador for the ShesConnected Conference which was set to take place on overlapping dates. Yet I bought … [Read more...]
On talking a leap of faith with Bliss, aka Why go to a Blog Conference?
Tickets for Blissdom 2013 go on sale in under an hour. And behind the scenes there's plenty of chatter from folks excited about going and from folks trying to decide if they want to go. So here in public I am going to repeat what I've been telling my friends in private. Do it! Take the leap. When I bought my ticket for Blissdom 2011 I had never been to a blogging conference. … [Read more...]