BlogHer - Travel - Comments

Wow! Thanks so much :)

KateSavage — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:52:30 -0500

I do so love adventure - it's the best thing that's ever happened to me - and, after reading your blog, I see you do, too! I would just lovvvvvvv-vvvvv-vvvvvve to write a guide book. Kudos!

And, thanks again!!

Kate

All Over the Place

Wow! Thanks so much :)

KateSavage — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:49:39 -0500

I do so love adventure - it's the best thing that's ever happened to me - and, after reading your blog, I see you do, too! I would just lovvvvvvv-vvvvv-vvvvvve to write a guide book. Kudos!

And, thanks again!!

Kate

All Over the Place

Hallelujah!

Pam — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:06:50 -0500

Here's to the voice of adventure. Thank YOU for posting your crazy undertakings here. Keep going!

Nerd's Eye View

Thanks Kalyn!

KateSavage — Fri, 16 May 2008 10:44:49 -0500

You know, I am new to Blog Her, and absolutely loving the interaction and feedback here. So, thanks for your comment! It's encouraging! I do recommend Buenos Aires, even if the food is a little bland :P

Great post!

Kalyn Denny — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:32:01 -0500

Really enjoyed reading this. It made me wish I could jump on a plane and go somewhere.

Kalyn Denny
Kalyn's Kitchen

Green Travel Whole Travel, Sustainable Travel, Etc...

Pam — Sun, 11 May 2008 10:36:21 -0500

There are bunches of sustainable/eco providers out there, but after reading and reading and reading, I think it's really important to get under the hood to make sure that it's not just greenwashing. I'm NOT saying Whole Travel greenwashes, I'm not familiar with them, I AM saying that if you're genuinely concerned about eco/sustainable travel, it's important to look past the marketing.

There's a great post here about how to do just that.

Pam

Nerd's Eye View

What a great trip...

Pam — Sun, 11 May 2008 10:30:31 -0500

This post would make a smashing itinerary for any culture/museum lover in NYC. I'm kinda jealous!

Nerd's Eye View

Family Travel?

Pam — Sun, 11 May 2008 10:28:11 -0500

Are you familar with Sheila's Family Travel blog? She does a great job of seeking out stuff to do with the entire family just about anywhere on the planet.

Disclaimer, tho' - I don't have kids and can't evaluate. I do TOTALLY trust her research, though.

Pam

Nerd's Eye View

Have power strip, will travel

mamarant — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:51:27 -0500

Liz, great post. Some of us walkies are limpies due to bad knees. So thanks for the info on stairs and distances.

And I'll be bringing my power strip for sure!

Thank You SO MUCH, Liz

Kristy Sammis — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:58:03 -0500

For doing the roll-through, for giving me an education, and for helping make this year's event less of a guessing game for the not-as-able-bodied.

Brave, schmave - you just rock.

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Kristy Sammis
BlogHer's Conference & Event Planner
e. kristy@blogher.com

Good idea

Denise — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:11:58 -0500

That would be Joy, who is awesome and works very hard to get blogs listed as quickly as she can. Did I mention she's awesome?

Please, if you stumble across those "dead blogs", I would love to hear from you. Adding messaging on the blog list page is a pretty darn good idea. Self-policing community is huge on my "love list".

Thank you!

~Denise
BlogHer Community Manager

Flamingo House Happenings

Such a Tease

Achaessa — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:51:45 -0500

Hi, Denise. Yes, I did see the listing criteria and I think it was you (or someone at BlogHer) who kindly explained the reason for not listing my blog at this time. My opening paragraph was a tease - saying why you didn’t list it and that I will be posting more and qualifying for listing soon. Nothing personal against you gals at BlogHer - you’ve been great. Responsive, polite, professional. Love that. Thanks

As for the dead blogs, I don’t recall which they were, but will definitely let you know in the future, now that I know to do so. Perhaps you might add a note on the BlogHer blog list page that if folks come across dead links they should let you know.

Achaessa - life in the extremely big city
http://achaessawrites.wordpress.com/

Thanks

Denise — Thu, 08 May 2008 05:09:32 -0500

We do clearly state our guidelines for being accepted into the blog lists.

1. Your blog is written by:
- A woman or a group of women
- A man who attended BlogHer
- A man whose blogging is of particular quality and relevance to the women who participate in and read BlogHer, as determined by an editor
- Two or more people, women and men, where the blogs by men satisfy the above requirements
2. Your blog contains no unacceptable content
3. Your blog is active and open to the public.
- Your blog must be at least 30 days old.
- Blogs that are not updated regularly will not be accepted.

I'm sorry if you somehow missed those when you listed your blog. We'd also be happy to review your blog again once you do meet those guidelines.

As for blogs in the blog list that are no longer available - we do realize it's a problem and we have been working on this issue. Unfortunately, with a blog list as large as ours is (with about 10,000 blogs listed), it's impossible for someone to click every listing on a regular basis. We rely on the kindness of strangers and BlogHer members to drop us an email and let us know that they've found a no longer active blog lists.

If you'd like to share the names of the blogs you discovered were inactive, we'd be happy to remove those from the blog lists.

~Denise
BlogHer Community Manager

Flamingo House Happenings

Liz, You rock!

Kim Pearson — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:33:23 -0500

This is a very helpful guide. The power strip is a great piece of advice, especially for people who might need to charge a scooter, which is what I use when I'm closer to home.

One of my biggest challenges when I travel is actually getting into the airport shuttle van. I do best when the driver has a stepstool that I can use to get into the van, but that isn't always the case. Alternatively, I can wedge myself into a cab in a pinch.

And yes, your sparkly wheels are the coolest.

Kim
BlogHer Contributing Editor|Professor Kim|

i hear you!

laurie — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:08:45 -0500

I am able-bodied but I found this piece fascinating. And this made me laugh out loud:

Dear Walkies... I am not "Brave". And, remember, don't grab my chair,
push me, or tell me about your homeopathic remedies! Zip it! Thanks! We
have other things to talk about LIKE BLOGGING FRINSTANCE.

I am a Walkie, for sure, but I also live with cancer (I am in remission but will never be cured). It drives me crazy when people call me 'brave' (I mean, what choice do I have but to live my life as best I can?) and don't get me started on the folks who think that it would all go away if I only I would take herb a or follow treatment b...

Most of all, thanks for opening my eyes, making me think and giving me a chuckle at the same time.

Laurie