Random BlogHer Notes

* I apologize to those of you who have commented here and have not received a reply back. My connectivity problems here include an inability to send or receive emails through Outlook.

* You'll note that the blogroll listing bloggers I've actually met is growing exponentially this week. At the afternoon session on monetizing your blog, I met VeryMom, who was one of the first mom bloggers I put on the blogroll when I started this one. My tablemate at the Digital Photography session happened to be Lassa, a woman I've had a virtual friendship with since just before last year's BlogHer, which she couldn't attend at the last minute. (OMG - I just realized I can put Dooce there, too! Even if SHE won't remember meeting ME.)

* There are a ton of sponsors at this year's event, including General Motors, which brought a whole passel of vehicles for attendees to test drive. These include three new models of Saturn: the hybrid Vue, the mid-size Aura, and the recently released Sky roadster.

Now, I finally replaced my 11-year-old Saturn less than a week ago, and if the first two models had been available to test drive while I was shopping, I might have bought one of them. (Probably the Aura, as the Vue has abysmal rollover ratings).

But the one that caught my eye was the Sky, which to me, resembles the Batmobile. Here I am behind the wheel of one. ("That model's a stick," the Saturn rep warned me. "I KNOW," I told him. After all, who wants to drive a sports car that's an automatic??)

It was a fun ride, but not an appropriate vehicle for a mommy blogger like me -- at least, not until the kid is big enough to sit in a seat that has an airbag. She'll be 13 when the lease on the Volvo is up -- so maybe for my NEXT car.

A sidenote on Saturn -- it's one of the few auto companies that is headed by a woman.

Comments

[DrumsNWhistles]

I must drive it tomorrow or bust!!!!

Great shot and thanks for all the fun tonight. :)

[Kris]

I agree about driving a stick. I won't drive anything else. You look great! I'm just SOOOO bummed that we didn't get to meet.