About Us: Philly Moms Blog

Philadelphia Moms Blog....... Welcome to Philadelphia!  We are a compilation of moms with passion and moxie, enterprising and entrepreneurial moms, writer moms and corporate moms, stay-at-home moms, moms of one to moms of more, Philadelphia Moms Blog is a virtual melting pot of what makes our city the City of Brotherly Love. Or as we call it "the City of Motherly Love". And no, we're not all cheese steak & soft pretzel lovers, but we do love the complexity that is Philadelphia. Here we share our stories of life in Greater Philadelphia with the sometimes bi-polar-like weather, phanatic phans of our beloved Phillies and Eagles, occasionally battling traffic on the infamous 76 or battling the foot traffic in Center City or at the gargantuan King of Prussia Mall; all for the City of Motherly Love

• Contact Us by email:  info(at)svmoms(dot)com
• Our Editorial Team: Vanessa Druckman and Akemi Bourgeois
• Our OH-SO-FABULOUS Graphic Designer (banner and buttons):  Kris Loew
• Our URLs:   http://www.phillymomsblog.com

Philadelphia Moms Blog is a member of the Silicon Valley Moms Group. Other blogs in the group include Silicon Valley Moms Blog, DC Metro Moms Blog , New York City Moms Blog, Chicago Moms Blog, Los Angeles Moms Blog, 50-Something Moms Blog,  Ohio Moms Blog,  New Jersey Moms Blog, Deep South Moms Blog, Canada Moms Blog and Rocky Mountain Moms Blog.

Come Meet The Philadelphia Moms Blog Contributors!

Amy was born in the Chicago area, but moved to the Philadelphia area when she was in first grade, and has been here ever since.  She met her husband on the second day of her freshman year at Penn State.  After eight years of marriage, they now live in the suburbs with their three daughters.  Amy is a stay-at-home mom who isn't often at home.  She keeps busy by helping out at her second grader's school, teaching science to the preschoolers at her middle daughter's school, and being involved at her church.

Amy blogs most days at her personal blog, Occupation: Mommy, where she started writing in February.  Usually she writes about Montessori homeschooling and gifted education, but she will tackle any topic she finds interesting.  When she is not blogging or running around town with her girls, she loves to read, entertain, and do crafts with the kids.

Bay lives in the Philly suburbs (by way of South Jersey) with her husband and daughter Rayna. What could be a lifetime ago, Bay graduated with a BA in English, an MA in Teaching and a grand dream of instilling a love of Shakespeare into high school students. Instead, she started working in marketing for an electronics company before taking the ultimate detour into stay-at-home mommyhood.

In an attempt to regain some sanity, she began writing Queen Mother Blog for an outlet on days when she might not have otherwise had an adult conversation. Though sanity remains elusive, Bay has happily continued blogging and is enjoying the new friends and opportunities it has opened up for her. In the rare moments she’s not schlepping her “queen” to playdates or trying to squeeze in blog time, Bay enjoys mojitos, Star Trek, and the occasional book, for old times sake.

Brandi Jeter is an artist, educator, and Mommy with a special passion for encouraging creativity.   Brandi was born in West Philadelphia, and moved to New Mexico, then Germany, back to Philly, and spent her most formative years (translation: rebellious teen years!) in North Carolina.  After graduating  with a B.A. degree in Speech/Theater, Brandi moved back to her childhood home of Philadelphia to take part in an Acting Apprenticeship at the Walnut Street Theater.  It was there that she honed her teaching skills and saw how theater could be used as a tool to empower youth to be effective communicators, have a strong sense of self-worth and individuality, and inspire empathy and understanding.

Currently a Mt. Airy resident, Brandi is a full-time Teaching Artist and Curriculum Writer, and also created the D.R.A.M.A. Queens program (Dream Realizing and Mission Accomplishing Queens) to encourage positive self-esteem in girls and women.  It's no wonder that after working to uplift girls for nearly a decade that Brandi's first child would be born a Princess!  Brandi's blog, "Mama Knows It All"  (http://mamaknowsitall.blogspot.com) chronicles her new life as a single, working mom with an energetic, highly lovable and super adorable toddler! 

She and her daughter, Ayva, can be seen singing silly songs, dancing and giving each other lots and lots of hugs and kisses all the time, all over Philly! 

Cecily lives in Lansdowne, PA, an inner ring suburb of Philly in Delaware County where she suffers as a liberal among conservatives. OK, she doesn't suffer that much. Cecily moved to Philadelphia in 1986, via first Albuquerque, New Mexico, and then five years in East Lansing, Michigan she doesn't like to discuss. Philly is definitely her home.

Cecily has been writing since she was old enough to hold a pencil, but she wasn't really any good at it until her mid-thirties. She's been blogging at her personal blog Uppercase Woman since 2004, and it was there that she shared her experiences with infertility, pregnancy loss, and the eventual birth of her amazing daughter Tori, born in June of 2006. She also writes reviews for Gruntlings, and about activities for kids in the Philadelphia area at Savvy Source, Philadelphia.

For some reason, God gave this 40-year-old mom the most energetic kid in the universe, so Cecily is constantly on the prowl for cool things to do in the Philadelphia area that will wear out her kid her kid can enjoy. She's excited about being part of the Philly Moms Blog so she can find other mothers like her.

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Debbie has been teaching elementary school for 20 years.  She received her undergraduate degree in journalism from the University of Pittsburgh, and later went on the receive her teaching degree from San Diego State University.  In addition to being a teacher, she is a monthly columnist for her local paper, and has had articles and pieces published in several magazines. 

She is the mother of three children; one daughter is a sophomore in college, the other daughter is a high school senior and her son is entering middle school.

She and her husband live in a small town not far from Philadelphia, Pa.  They spend whatever free time they have traveling to high school field hockey games and other events all the while trying to maintain their sanity. Some days it's a losing battle. Visit her at vodkamom.

Both an Episcopal priest and a journalist, Elizabeth is constantly trying to link church and world, parenting and culture. As a writer, Elizabeth has been a frequent contributor to The Philadelphia Inquirer, and has had work published in other major national newspapers and their online media outlets. Currently she is a religion columnist for the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era newspapers, a book reviewer for Publisher's Weekly, and a contributor to religion blogs at Reuters and the Washington Post. She's also worked in city, suburban and country churches around the Philadelphia area.

Her own eclectic and sometimes contentious ideas about faith, love, parenting and politics can also be found at her blog. Irreverent: Musings on Faith, Life, Love and Politics. A single mom of a tween boy and a drama queen, she is ringmistress of a three or four-ring circus in an exurban village outside of Philadelphia, constantly being challenged and amazed by her mouthy, passionate and compassionate kids -- and mostly loving it. She's fascinated by the diversity of female parenting talent and experience in the blogosphere, and is looking forward to being a part of the creative stew of ideas and feelings and insights shared here.

Jennifer is a native Philly girl through and through. Born in Camden, spent her wee years in South Jersey, moved to the Phila burbs for the later part of her school years and has had various stints in and around this great city ever since -- including a first apartment in Manayunk and then Roxborough and later a great rental in Northern Liberties before Northern Liberties was hot. Currently living in Lansdowne with her husband, daughter and two cats, Jennifer quit her pretty fabulous IT career girl gig at the University of Pennsylvania for the guts and glory of becoming a SAHM to a beautiful strong stubborn and sweet little girl. Now expecting her second girl, Jennifer continues to spend her days trying to not go completely insane by doing some IT consulting for the University and trying to come up with new ways to entertain her toddler and be the best mom she can be. Stay at home mommying being the hardest but definitely most rewarding and wonderful job she's ever held, Jennifer tries to work on her patience and sense of humor daily and still manage to get a few winks of sleep.
In addition to her personal family blog, Jennifer recently launched phillyfun4kids.blogspot.com with another Philly area mommy as virtual meeting place for moms and way to locate and spread the good word of all the great things to do in this fabulous city with your little ones. Driven mostly by her own need to get out of the house, Jennifer is on a personal mission to track down and organize all the free or mostly free events Philly has to offer for little ones.

Jennifer also enjoys sneaking in reading whenever she can now that she's a mom and has her Bachelors degree in English from St. Joseph's University. For Jennifer, blogging turns out to be the best outlet for a frustrated writer rather than doing any real work on her multiple unfulfilled book project ideas. When not chasing a toddler or at her computer, Jennifer is feeding her new-found obsession for fabric and fun sewing projects to start (though finishing is another story altogether).

Joey Fortman has been in the radio & TV world for nearly 15 years. From hosting her own shows in St. Louis, Virginia, Kentucky and Chicago.

After making the big leagues in Chicago she married the man of her dreams and a couple months later moved to Philadelphia. Her hubby got a great opportunity to run a new sports radio station in town, now known at 97.5 The Fanatic.  The move to Philly in 2007 made it one wild year! New hubby, new town, new dog and new job! 

After her son was born, she switched gears and went from interviewing stars and entertaining galas to changing diapers and entertaining play dates! While doing 30 loads of laundry a week and wiping runny noses, Joey became a host on a local popular entertainment magazine show called Better Philly; weekdays at 8am on MyPhl 17 where she has been their ‘Mom Host’ since the show began in 2008.

As any career woman can relate-Joey had no idea what she was into as a mom! Her entire career she ‘talked to moms’ - but never knew what that world was really all about until she became one. Being new to the mom world, with no family around for support or any ‘mom friends’ yet - she went to social media in search of mom answers! If you are a friend of Joey’s on facebook or Twitter you know we’re not kidding when she asks everying from diaper rash remedies to the drama when she first cut her sons hair!! She started her own personal blog (www.JoeyFortman.com) and used it to share stories and life; what she says is ‘the real world’. She connected with so many mom bloggers and began to stalk follow them and learn about their lives and the community mom bloggers live in.

The summer of 2009 Joey had an opportunity to go back to radio - and after a few short months the format changed and Joey was out of a job...again.

That’s when she realized she had to bring the two together! Radio / TV & MOMS!

Joey became great friends with the founders of MomSpace, Joani & Erica. And after very little much thought - she jumped aboard their MomSpace family and brought many Mom Blogger friends with her!

Joey believes Philly Mom Bloggers have such an impact and voice.  After all that’s where she has gotten some amazing parenting advice!

Joey is the Philly MomSpace Media Mom and is so excited to be back with her old friends on 95.7 Ben FM! You can also see Joey hosting MomSpace TV & Better Philly on WPHL, MyPHL 17.


Places you can see Joey’s rants & raves:
Twitter: www.twitter.com/JoeyFortman
Facebook: www.facebook.com/JoeyFortman
Blog: www.JoeyFortman.com
MomSpace: www.momspace.com/?MediaMama

Julie is a born and raised suburban Philadelphian, save a few years of belle-dom while in college in Dallas, Texas, where she was promptly informed she has an accent. She and her husband are the parents of 2 boys and a baby girl. Currently a blog-at-home-mom and president of the kids' school PTO, she's a previous professional journalist, PR rep, marketer, and elementary school teacher.

Now she attempts to focus on her children, husband and household, while running an online boutique, Precious Personalities, and writing for various blogs including Just Precious, Mommies with Style, and Popshopology. A self-proclaimed faux-organizer, she tries to keep it all together at her bio page: juliepron.blogspot.com.

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Kay Leander is a pen name for a mom who lives in Narberth with her husband and three bright and surprisingly energetic kids -- two sons and a daughter. She and her family relocated to the Philadelphia area four years ago when her husband began teaching at a local law school. They moved here without knowing anyone, or anything about the city. It has been a challenge to be in a community where the vast majority of young families have roots, or at least extended family close by. But the whole family is learning to embrace Philadelphia, soft pretzels, the Phillies, and everything else the area has to offer.

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Kay didn’t originally plan on being a full-time, at-home parent, but her salary as a museum educator never came close to covering the cost of childcare, so she’s been happily at home for the past six years, enjoying the challenges that come with raising three young children. Kay has always been obsessive about recording – in photos and in writing – her children’s every deed, cute (or not-so-cute) moment, and milestone. She has filled a few notebooks and word documents (as well as numerous scraps of paper and cocktail napkins) with those moments she doesn’t want to forget. These pursuits – as well as experiments in various needle arts – help fulfill her own creative needs, and hopefully will inspire her children to pursue theirs.

Kristie, who grew up and now lives back home in beautiful Bucks County, openly admits she is a sleep deprived, too busy Mommy with a "Type-A personality."  She graduated from Penn State with her degree in Nutrition and went to graduate school in Boston where she became a Registered Dietitian.  She is currently working as a Clinical Specialist in BioOncology and has been working in sales for the pharmaceutical/Biotech world for the past 14 years.  Most importantly, she LOVES being a Mommy and has three kids: 5 year old daughter, almost 4 year old son and 7 month old baby girl. Kristie has boundless energy and wears many different shoes. When she's not working, she enjoys having fun with her husband, kids & silly English Setter, being outdoors, gardening, taking pictures, baking, social networking, meeting new people and trying new things.  She finds her creative outlet in blogging and writing children’s books.  Her first children’s picture book: Mommy’s High Heel Shoes was published in October 2008.  Kristie is also the founder of  Real Mommy Reviews and is an expert at promoting and selling products she is passionate about.  Follow her adventures on Twitter @MommyshhShoes and on her personal blog!

Kristin Dunning lives outside Philadelphia within spitting distance of the house in which she grew up. Her husband grew up down the street, her parents and in-laws all live within a mile and a half, and she now works in the school district she once attended.  Sometimes keeping her various identities and roles straight can be a trial, but she's managing as best she can.  Great friends, a good sense of humor, and the conscious decision to not care if her house is clean all the time help her to keep it all together.

Kristin has two children, an eight year old son and a six year old daughter, both of whom keep her perpetually on her toes.  Every time she thinks she's got it all sorted out, they go and prove her wrong. 

Navigating parenthood, working life, married life, personal life, and writing life provides Kristin with lots of opportunities to laugh at herself;  you can laugh with her, or at her if you'd prefer, at Well Read Hostess, her personal blog. 

Kristine lives in a northern Bucks County suburb of Philadelphia with her husband and two boys. She grew up on a farm outside of a small town in Michigan that once hailed itself as the “toilet flusher handle capital of the world.” She learned to read and write in a three-room school house in the country, before moving to the “big school” in town in fourth grade. After graduating from Albion College where she pursued her love of science and history, she returned to school and obtained a degree in pharmacy from Ferris State University. Prior to meeting her husband Rich, she lived and worked as a pharmacist in Kalamazoo. Following a whirl-wind relationship, where it felt as if more time was spent in airports than together, Kristine left her single life in the mid-west and with her four cats and a bladder-challenged Bouvier moved east to be with Rich, a native of Philadelphia.

Ten years later, and after a journey to create a family that included Russian adoption and IVF, she is now the mother of two energetic young boys. Rich, who clearly had no idea what he was getting into when he met her, is still her greatest love and best friend. Kristine works part-time for a non-profit organization where she is able to mix her love of writing with her background in pharmacy. In her spare time (ha!) she writes on her own blog, Mommy Needs Therapy or a Bottle of Wine, where she chronicles the good, the bad, and the crazy of her life as a mother, wife and woman. Kristine dreams of a life where children don’t have special needs and housekeepers come standard with every mortgage. Then she wakes up, wades through the piles of laundry and Lego’s, narrowly misses stepping in cat vomit, and changes another poopy diaper.

Laura was born in Philly and grew up in the suburbs of Montgomery County. She graduated Souderton Area High School in 1998 and went to college at West Chester University and Montgomery County Community College. She has a diploma from Antonelli Medical and Professional Institute.

Laura was married in 2000 and had her first child in February of 2001, a boy named Robert. She also has another boy, Tyler, born in October 2002. Her daughter, Lily, was born in June of 2008. Her family now lives in Douglassville, Berks County.

Laura stays very busy as a stay at home mom. She is somewhat new to blogging and very excited to share her passions of writing and parenting with Philly area moms. Her parenting style is laid back and mainstream. She loves going hiking and playing at the park with her kids. You can find Laura at Mainstream Mamma.

Lynn W. has lived in the greater Philadelphia area for more years than she cares to admit. Educated at Bucknell (B.S.B.A) and Rutgers (M.Ed.), she worked at Princeton and then the University of Delaware until her children arrived. Opting to become a stay at home mom, Lynn also began to write for fun. Now that the kids are older, Lynn is busy writing content for some new websites, running her Etsy business, and playing golf with her husband whenever possible. Lynn's other interests include: tennis, pilates, sewing, and trying to get the dog to stop barking.

You're welcome to visit Lynn's other projects: http://forloveorfunny.blogspot.com, http://nextdoorstory.com and http://ColorfulCasual.etsy.com (We make Tshirts for kids)

A Philly area "lifer," Mary Fran Bontempo resides in the Philly 'Burbs with her husband, three children and their digestively challenged mutt, Casey. After over 27 years experiencing the joys of marriage and motherhood, Mary Fran finds that sharing her Everyday Adventures through her weekly newspaper column not only allows her to provide a laugh for her readers, but helps maintain her admittedly tenuous grasp on her sanity. (There's something to be said for public venting.)

Mary Fran is a freelance writer, vocalist, and avid reader, as well as a psychologist, nurse, waitress, chauffeur, chef, seamstress, maid, personal shopper, etc. (Read--MOTHER.) She recently published her first book, Everyday Adventures, or, As My Husband Says, "Lies, Lies and More Lies" and looks forward to connecting with Philly Moms readers!

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Melissa moved to Philadelphia from the Midwest almost ten years ago and is just now getting used to the constant traffic and not striking up conversations with strangers in line at the grocery store. She graduated with degrees in political science and dance, both of which come in very handy. She lives on the Main Line where she is a stay-at-home mom to her three kids, ages 6, 5 and 1.

Melissa runs her own graphic design business, Eliza Grace Design, and chronicles her busy life on her personal blog, Girlymama and also runs a review blog, Girlymama Reviews. She can be found on twitter as girlymamamel.

  

Michelle is a freelance writer and blogger. She is the only Philly Mom blogger who hails from the other side of the bridge. Born and raised in Philadelphia, she now resides in New Jersey with her husband and three children. She has a degree in Social Work from Temple University in Philadelphia. After giving up her career to become a stay at home mom, she began writing seriously in 2007 as a way to help her with the transition. Currently she writes for Philly Moms Blog as well as her personal blog, Mommy Confessions. She has written articles for InterfaithFamily.com, and was recently published in the fabulous book; Kirsty Takes a Bow: A Celebration of Women's Online Favorites . A bit of a social media addict, she can regularly be found killing time on both Facebook and Twitter.

Rachée, say it Rah-shay, wears many crocheted hats, among them are mom, crocheter, book lover, non-discriminating channel surfer, wogger and library type chick.  When she is not sharing the random thoughts racing through her head, she is spending time with her tween-aged daughter, trying to tame her yarn addiction whilst completing the lot of UFOs around her house, attempting to renovate a house (ok; someone else is doing the physical work, she is merely overseeing it!) and going back to school in order to be a professional library chick.

A resident of the suburbs via Philadelphia, Rachee is thisclose to relocating back to Philly (see above biz about house).  When she has free time she is likely to be found with her nose in a book, getting beat on MarioKart Wii by her daughter or trying to make it to the track in order to train for the next race and/or to fight middle aged spread.

Her personal blog is Say it Rah-shay, or one in which she maintains for work LPL Childrens and Youth Services.  Read and leave comments on both!  Please and thank you!

After a high-powered career as a jet-setting trade journalist based in New York City, Regina Raiford Babcock moved to a charming, slightly shabby Victorian in an inner city Philadelphia suburb. Regina edits demonic romance novels (seriously) and volunteers in marketing and development for local charities and arts organizations. Recently, Regina has returned to college to earn a degree in graphic design to pursue her lifelong interest in art.

Regina has two adorable, mischievous sons, aged three and five and an adorable, mischievous husband who is a hospice chaplain and a youth pastor. When she is not reading, Regina loves to watch old movies, knit furiously, and garden badly. Her dream is to work with a nonprofit organization and save the world and then retire to a book-crammed Parisian apartment but she is willing to settle for a really big cup of coffee. Regina blogs at http://pennyserenade-gigi.blogspot.com.

Sabrina Vourvoulias moved to suburban Philadelphia from Guatemala when she was 15. After attending Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville , N.Y. and living in a cabin in the woods (and off the electrical grid) in Hamilton , N.Y. , she moved back to the Philadelphia area in 2000.

She works as the managing editor of the Catholic Standard & Times in Philadelphia and is a member of the Catholic Press Association. She blogs about the Latina trifecta (family, faith and food) and immigration at Following the Lede (@followthelede on Twitter). She writes speculative fiction in her spare time.

She and her husband share the parenting of a bright and creative teenage daughter (imagine a cosplaying United Nations representative with the palate of a gourmet and the reading habits of Hermoine Granger) who keeps them laughing, guessing and, occasionally, sighing.

Steph Anderson is a Philly Suburb native who is glad she never escaped the clutches of her beloved home town of West Chester.  She loves hiking, baking, Lindenman’s Framboise Lambic and the smell of Home Depot. Her husband is a stunningly handsome homebrewing high school English teacher, in front of whom she constantly worries that she is speaking grammatically correct(ly?).  Steph was thrust into motherhood by surprise, but wouldn’t have it any other way. Her firstborn (and, presently, onlyborn), Little Chica, is a joy and a learning experience. Most days, Steph has no idea what she is doing as a parent. But she’s okay with that.

While living the glamorous life of a stay-at-home momma, Steph finds time to chronicle her adventures (and recipes) on her blog of humble beginnings, Confessions of a Stay-At-Home Mom.  Steph and her Hubby are starting to make changes in their lives to be more green and to eat fresh and local. This has been accentuated by Steph’s involvement with her local Grower’s Market, for whom she blogs as well. She is still finding her footing as a Mom and as a blogger, so please forgive her. She's a work in progress.

Whitney lives in the Philly suburbs with her husband, two boys and two cats.  Pre-kids, Whitney worked in the tech industry as an Online Producer & Editor.  She's worked for ZDnet, CBS and NBC.  In 2004, she founded Mommies with Style, the online community for trendy Moms, a year after the birth of her first son.  She manages 10 other writers and Moms on her blog who review and write about various products daily. 

Some of other places Whitney has written for include her column on Disney's Family.com, the Celebrity Baby Blog, Nickelodeon's Parents Connect and the Hartford Courant. When Whitney's not working on her site or cleaning crushed Goldfish pieces off of her kitchen floor, she loves to snuggle up with a good book and a glass of wine.

The management team:

PARTNER - SILICON VALLEY MOMS GROUP & CO-FOUNDER: Jill Asher is the co-founder of Silicon Valley Moms Group.  The idea came to Jill over two years ago (March 2006) to start Silicon Valley Moms Blog, after she finished her one year "Presidency" of PAMP. After inviting friend after friend to join this "crazy idea" that moms would want to write about parenting experiences in their regional area, Jill has watched Silicon Valley Moms Group blossom into over nine collaborative blogging communities.

By far, her biggest challenge and greatest joy is motherhood. Jill and her husband are the proud parents of two elementary school aged daughters.  Jill admits that she is NOT A PERFECT PARENT and fears her daughter's teenage years. Her girls can be heard running around the house screaming, "Mommy is blogging again!" and she needs to bribe from time to time them with treats.  Is she allowed to admit that? On the bright side, Jill really digs living in Silicon Valley and tries her best to blend in, praying that no one will hear her "New Jersey accent". Unless, of course, she is royally upset. 

Jill handles PR, Marketing, Business Development and outreach for this collaborative community.  

 

PARTNER (Co-Founder) - SILICON VALLEY MOMS GROUP & CHIEF TECHNOLOGY MOM: Beth Blecherman (Beth B at svmoms.) Beth Blecherman is a techie turned blogger mom who is in charge of blogging technology and development for the Silicon Valley Moms Group network. She also works on the outreach/development to obtain new bloggers and organizing events for the network.  Beth started her career in application development, then system auditing and her last role was Senior Manager, Computer Process Integrity, for Deloitte.  Beth's personal blog is on tips, tricks, and discussions about parents use of technology for their families (Techmamas).  When not blogging, she can be found on Twitter, Facebook and tooling around other new online social networking sites... 

PARTNER, SILICON VALLEY MOMS GROUP: Tekla S. Nee, a cofounder of the Silicon Valley Moms Group, serves as editor-in-chief and CFO for the network of blogs. She has been writing about parenting for more than 25 years for magazines like Parenting, BabyTalk, Working Woman, Special Reports: Family, and Better Health and Living. She blogged for five years before there was such a word, writing a weekly column about about her life with three kids for the Palo Alto Daily News. She's published three books, The Mommy Rescue Guide First Year; The Mommy Zone: Tales from the Trenches of Parenthood; and The Everything Baby's First Year Book (also published in Russian and Chinese). And that's just in her spare time, during the day, she masquerades as a mild-mannered technology journalist working for a major metropolitan magazine.

PARTNER - SILICON VALLEY MOMS GROUP: Linsey Krolik joined the management team of Silicon Valley Moms Group as a Partner in October 2009, after serving as the company's lawyer, book club editor, and a contributing writer for Silicon Valley Moms Blog since July 2007. Linsey has been a technology, media, and business lawyer and entrepreneur in Silicon Valley for the past ten years.  Before operating her solo law practice, which she started shortly after the birth of her twins in 2004, Linsey was Corporate Counsel for ARM, Inc., a United Kingdom-based intellectual property company and worked for a variety of tech companies in the Silicon Valley, including Palm, Inc, OmniSky Corporation, and 3Com Corporation. Linsey holds a combination JD/MBA degree from Santa Clara University School of Law with a concentration in High Technology Law and in Marketing and has been a member of the California State Bar Association since 2002. She is the co-author of the book "Virtual Incorporation: A Lawyer's Guide to Forming Virtual Corporations," which was published by the American Bar Association in 2009. She is a speaker and teacher, having spoken at BlogHer'08 and taught at Solo Practice University and Outside the Cube. Linsey is very active in her community, sitting on the board of several local organizations as President and in other Board of Director roles. She is a twin mom (plus one more makes three kids aged 6 and under), a twin herself, and a cancer survivor. In addition to writing at Silicon Valley Moms Blog, she writes at her personal blog, Me Too You, and at her twins club's blog Mad About Multiples. Linsey handles business development, advertising and legal issues for SV Moms Group.