Happy Friday!!Another great week with an exciting holiday announcement - TWO BlogHer parties!  In true BlogHer fashion we are having fun on not one but two coasts!

The holidays are upon us. No, really, they are. Halloween just ended, and that means it's time to talk holiday fun! BlogHer will kick off the month of December with a meet-up on each coast near each BlogHer office. This year, we'll also do a food drive at each meet-up, so we can help spread the cheer.

THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS - DRUM ROLL....BDDDRRRRRRRRR (is THAT a drumroll sound?) 40 days to BlogHer Business! 41 days to BlogHer '09! OMG...I just gave myself heart palpatations ;-)Let's see, hmmm, what to tell you?  Oh, I know...

Sure, sure. BlogHer sessions are generally awesome, and informative, and humorous and inspiring. You’ll undoubtedly leave the conference with a slew of new things to implement or try on your own site. Along the way, you’re certain to meet new friends. And BlogHer plans to help with that. We’ve got comprehensive details on EVERY open-invite party happening at BlogHer ’09 (and this post will be updated continuously, to keep you in the loop), so if you want the inside scoop on what events will be taking place during this summer’s hottest blogging conference, read on…

Happy Friday my friends!Another exciting week here at BlogHer but I must admit, I'm ready for the weekend.  I have a couple of items to call out as we wind up the week...Keynotes - We have announced the BlogHer '09 keynotes - take a peek!

UPDATED: Philly now on for Thursday, June 18. Details below! UPDATED: SF East Bay now on for Saturday, June 13. Details below! UPDATED: Seattle now on for Saturday, June 13. Details below! Time to get your SQUEEEE on people, whether you've got a ticket to BlogHer or not, whether you've ever been to a BlogHer conference or not -- a meet-up of BlogHers may be coming to a 'burg near you in the next two weeks! Look, I've been moved to actually use exclamation points, that's how excited I am.

May 29 - seriously?I do not know about the rest of you but is this year flying by or what?  Since we are at May 29, that means we are less than 2 months out from BlogHer Business and BlogHer '09; that is just plain crazy!But I digress.  It was another very busy week for us here in our planning process.

Whether you're going to BlogHer '09 in Chicago or not, you're invited to a blogger meet-up in one of 17 cities this June. Thanks to some incredible blog-hostesses with the mostest -- with a little help from BlogHer.com's new party-starting Groups technology -- you can find out below where and when bloggers are getting together in Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Boulder/Denver, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Los Angeles, NYC, Philadelphia, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis, Tampa, Toronto and Vancouver.

When: Friday, February 6 Time: 6:30 - 8:30 Where: 330 Ritch (A bar at 300 Ritch St.), San Francisco, CA Who: All BlogHers and BlogHims who find themselves in the Bay Area Why: Because what could be sweeter than a pre-Valentine's meet-up with Bay Area BlogHers...and free drinks, delicious nibbles, games, prizes...you get the picture Fee: Free, free, free! (But you must register to attend.)