Start with Substance Oatmeal Inauguration Blitz Recap
Obama Inauguration + Bloggers + Tasty Sexy Oatmeal + Mimosas + Spruced Up House = SUPER FUN!
I get very few chances to hang our with groups of bloggers. I have blogger pals that I hang with one-on-one, not in the context of blogging. So, to be able to join up with these cool women for such a great cause on a great day was a load of fun.
Besides, isn't it TIME that we finally get to enjoy the fruits of our labors thus far and get to entertain? We did so much of it in our old condo. Before we got married, or even knew Aaron, I was an entertaining machine at 421 West Belden Ave. So, yeah, five years has been too long to go without having parties in the house.
(Sharing a laugh with M.J. Tam from Sugar My Bowl and Chicagonista)
(Jess from Sassafras and Melissa from My Very Own Chef looking noble and inspired by the speeches. Or sustained by the oatmeal. Or both.)
(Cheers for the new President!)
(Blagica from Gals' Guide and Edelman was emcee'ing the UStream of the eleven parties WHILE also managing to eat her oatmeal and pop a champagne cork. Because she is more coordinated than the rest of us.)
(Our unheated, half-done back room where we set up the spread. At least it was authentic HouseinProgress style.)
(I can't keep Grace out of photos these days. If she's around and sees the camera, she wants to be in every single one. And if I try to crop her out, she busts me because she ALWAYS insists on looking at the photos on the LCD screen when I'm done. So, here she is, hoping that I won't notice that she is trying to sneak the chocolate chips off of the table.)
(Here I am telling her, "Grace, the Quaker cannot protect you. I know what you are doing.")
(A quiet moment in the sunroom now that everyone is gone. Everyone gravitates towards the sunroom and those fabulous benches.)
Many thanks to the other bloggers who were there...it was so much fun to share the inauguration (and oatmeal) with you!
- Serena from Petit Tableau, Multicultural Mama and ChicSimpleMoms
- Jane from Ramona Mae (and soon to be from) See Jane Craft
- Jessica from The Everyday Adventures of Me in the City
- Danielle from Edelman and Foodmomiac
- Denise from Bungalow Chronicles (housebloggers represent!)
- Jess from Sassafras
- MJ from SugarMyBowl and Chicagonista
- Blagica from Edelman and Gals' Guide
- Melissa from I Love The Kitchen
- Ashley from Edelman
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Comments
Your house looks great! What a fantastic event.
I was thinking of you and your blogger buds when there was a St. Louis blogger featured on our local news the other night.
Sounds like great fun and like ya done good! :-)
Posted by: Nicole | January 22, 2009 10:18 PM
I love the photo of your daughter Grace hiding behind the Quaker Oats fellow. She is so much like my 4 year old son as he loves to be in every photo we take too!
Your house looks lovely too! I attended North Park for a few two years in the early 80s. When did your husband attend?
Posted by: Leslie | February 20, 2009 8:08 PM
This is good info! Where else can if ind out more?? Who runs this joint too? Keep up the good work :)
Posted by: Seo Services | December 22, 2010 9:16 AM