5-7 p.m., Sunday, June 25
Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar St., Berkeley
Come meet some of the most outspoken women of our times: mommy bloggers. Grace Davis runs marathons and her family plus a personal blog, State of Grace, and raised more money than established relief funds through her Hurricane Katrina Direct Relief blog. Jenny Laucks known for her irreverently hilarious blog, Three Kid Circus, and as cofounder of group blog Mommybloggers.
Our other panelists include professional blogger Mary Tsao, who writes for BlogHer and Literary Mama as well as her personal blog, Mom Writes. Lisa Brewer Canter, who worked in music licensing before motherhood, blogs candidly about life with husband software entrepreneur Marc Canter and two young children at lisa.blogs.it. A surprise mommy blogger might appear from momsrising, a new organization dedicated to supporting the rights of mothers and families.
Directions:
From Oakland or the Bay Bridge, take Hwy 80 and exit at University, make a quick RIGHT under the freeway and onto the frontage road, and turn RIGHT at the 4RENT sign onto Cedar St. Continue straight two miles past Shattuck and park.
From the Richmond Bridge, take Hwy 80 and exit LEFT at Gilman, turn RIGHT on San Pablo for a few blocks, and LEFT on Cedar St. 1.5 miles past Shattuck, and
park.
Via BART: From downtown Berkeley BART, go north on Shattuck, and east on Cedar St. This is an easy and safe 15-minute walk.
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Added by andrewkeen on June 18, 2006