Little Miss Techie’s first tooth fell out last week and just last night she lost another one! See those bottom front teeth coming in? We were calling her Shark Tooth because had a double row of teeth until she lost those baby teeth! Since she’s sporting a sort of toothless grin, I think I’ll let…
Travel
Leaving on a Jet Plane with Our Sony PSP
The kids and I are getting ready to embark on a cross country flight to visit my parents in California. Little Miss Techie and Captain Computer are pretty savvy travelers and have racked up a fair amount of miles on their frequent flier cards in their short lifetimes but this trip will be a little…
DC Readers: Mary Poppins at The Kennedy Center is Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Washington DC’s The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts hosts incredible musical guests, regular performances by The National Symphony Orchestra, and dazzling festivals but for the next month, the stage is home to a fabulous production of Mary Poppins. This charming and classic Broadway musical is based on the book by P.L. Travers,…
Lessons Learned About Relationships from DC Metro Moms Brands & Blogger Symposium
If you were to ask me to summarize everything I have learned about blogging, I would have to say that relationships are critical in the blogging world. This Sunday I had the privilege attending a series of events hosted by the Silicon Valley Moms Group fo DC Metro Moms. Representing BitMoms in my new role…
Sex and the City 2: Blogalicious DC Meetup, Soundtrack Review & Fashion Fun
Watch live streaming video from sexandthecity2 at livestream.com If you are feeling out of luck in getting opening night tickets for Sex and the City 2, don’t despair! Blogalicious is hosting a pre-movie happy hour meetup at Zengo for DC area bloggers who want to show off their shoes, enjoy a cocktail, and speculate…
Calling Shutterbugs for National Geographic Photo Contest! Novices welcome! (w. giveaway)
Congratulations to Lauren who won the Canon SLR camera bag and a supply of Energizer Lithium batteries! Have you ever envisioned one of your photos in National Geographic? Well, now is your chance to make it happen! National Geographic and Energizer have teamed up to present the 3rd annual Energizer Ultimate Photo Contest. The winner…
Learning on the Go: Teaching Map Reading Skills While Traveling
After spending a gorgeous weekend in New York City with our favorite plastic laminated fold out map, I was reminded that despite living in a high tech age where GPS navigating with technology is becoming more and more common, a child’s natural interest in maps provides a wonderful opportunity to reinforce spatial skills, math, and…
Tech Savvy Guest: Travel the World Virtually with ProjectExplorer.org
One of the most powerful things about the world wide web is the way it brings information from all over the globe into our home. I can look up the weather in Cannes, find pictures of the erupting volcano in Iceland for Little Miss Techie, and take a virtual field trip to Egypt to show…
Bonjour from….
As many of you may know, I was supposed to embark on my World Tour this week by attending several events held at the Cannes Film Festival. While this sounded like a spectacular opportunity to take the Tech Savvy Mama brand global, it has gone au revoir or kaput. However, I was able to take…
Mom Congress: Report from the Welcome Reception
Sunday night I had the pleasure of attending the Mom Congress Welcome Reception where the 51 delegates began to get to know each other in the beautiful Riggs Library. The night began with a welcome from Robert Manuel, Dean of Georgetown University’s School of Continuing Studies. Dean Manuel talked about how the idea for Mom…
