Giveaway: HauteButch Fashions

We were excited when HauteButch contacted us with an opportunity to review items from their clothing line. “The HAUTEBUTCH Collection is created for women that choose to wear fitted menswear inspired fashion and footwear, whether on the street, in the board room or on the dance floor.” Founded by designer Karen Roberts, found that many […]

Book Review: A Good American

I’m typically a fan of the multi-generational family “coming to America” novel. I think it may be all of the James Michener books I read in high school. So I had high hopes for this latest novel, A Good American by Alex George.    While interesting, the novel lacks a sense of being grounded in reality […]

Eco-Wednesday: Eight Facts About Travel Mugs & GIVEAWAY

There is so much awesome green information available and I miss blogging about it. So because a greener lifestye is part of our lesbian household mantra (albeit slow to be fully adopted), I’m going to incoporate the topic into this blog. Each Wednesday, I’ll write about a green topic. Big, small, little, etc. And feel […]

Verde Pittsburgh: A Valentine’s Dinner Review

My first visit to Verde Mexican Kitchen and Cantina in Pittsburgh’s Garfield neighborhood was for a “tweetup” bringing together 25+ local social media users. Because I was volunteering for the evening’s charity of choice, I stopped by early to eat dinner without feeling rushed. I loved it so much that I purchased a gift card and […]

Top 10 Pgh Events That Should Add a Blogger Preview

You may have noticed that we added a “product review and promotion policies” page. We’ve been asked to do some reviews so we want to make sure everyone is on the same “page”  (ha) before we launch those features. It did get me thinking about various events and activities we’ve been asked to attend or […]

Book Review: Touch & Go

Lisa Gardner’s Touch & Go is somewhat engaging, puzzling and essentially a good fit for a weekend read or a plane trip. The very wealthy Denbe famly – Justin, wife Libby and 15 year old daughter Ashlyn – are kidnapped. The FBI, local law enforcement and private investigator Tessa Leoni race against time to find […]

My First Book Review: Touch & Go by Lisa Gardner

I’ve never written a book review before so I consider myself fortunate to have ended up with a pretty engaging mystery novel for my first one.  Tomorrow, I will post my review for “Touch & Go” by Lisa Gardner for the Blogher Book Club. From the outside, the Denbe family has it all. They own […]