In just a few days, food BlogHers from all over the world will be descending on San Francisco for the first annual BlogHer Food Conference. Held at the St. Regis hotel, the conference will feature three tracks: Visual, Vocational, and Values, and a veritable Who's-Who of food bloggers will be leading the sessions.

My mom emailed me a couple of days ago with a request. Blog about "how much we love Steve Jobs and what he did for us," she wrote. "Do it before he leaves us."

[img_assist|fid=3337|thumb=1|alt=a300] Tonight, the hubs and I went to see 300, the movie adaptation of the graphic novel by Frank Miller (Sin City). The title refers to 300 Spartans led into battle against a much more formidable Persian army (The Battle of Thermopylae, 480 B.C.) by King Leonidas of Sparta.

[img_assist|fid=3176|thumb=1|alt=arachel] Join me tonight as I "live blog" the 79th Annual Academy Awards. I've settled in on the couch with a glass of red wine and a pile of crudité and I'm watching the "pre-game show" on E! Pull up a seat, won't you! (All times PST) Leading up to the awards, it's all about "Who are you wearing?"