http://nichellestephens.com Nonchalantly Entertaining Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:43:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I don't get starstruck. If I spot someone famous, I will make a note of it (tweet it) and move on. However it is surreal when my regular everyday life collides into Hollywood. I stopped by my friend Lilit Marcus' book party for Save The Assistants last night ... http://nichellestephens.com/2010/09/01/the-cure-for-the-common-tuesday-night-out/ Last week... The Brit and I went to the MJ Picnic in Prospect Park. We sat in the shade and sang Michael Jackson songs and ate free Ben and Jerry ice cream. Saturday, we went to Melissa's birthday/housewarming party. Earlier that day I slept. Earlier than that I went to the ... http://nichellestephens.com/2010/08/30/my-week-in-review-no-pauses-even-with-a-sprain/ I have been busy working on my career and business. Fourth quarter 2010 is going to be great. In October, I will be headed to Las Vegas for Blog World Expo. I will be speaking at Tech Munch Vegas on October 16th on the panel, Food Trends & Curating Flavors ... http://nichellestephens.com/2010/08/25/1096/ Last weekend, I flew down to Atlanta to celebrate both my mom's birthday and my sister's birthday. We went to Birmingham on Saturday and had a big family fish fry. Fried tilapia, catfish, shrimp, hush puppies, french fries, baked beans, cole slaw and homemade lemonade. Yum!  I forgot to take ... http://nichellestephens.com/2010/08/17/trip-to-the-atl-and-the-bham/ Amy Blogs Chow, fellow food blogger and all around fun person wrote a post on how to blog. Here's a few of tips, but read the rest on her blog. Be consistent. Talk about things you genuinely care about. Check spelling and grammar. Do it for love (not the pennies). Be optimistic. http://nichellestephens.com/2010/08/11/freshman-guide-to-blogging-from-amy-blogs-chow/ After watching several of these hashtags from start to finish and talking to a few researchers who've studied trends on Twitter, I've got some potential answers to these questions. Black people—specifically, young black people—do seem to use Twitter differently from everyone else on the service. They ... http://nichellestephens.com/2010/08/10/the-howblackpeopleusetwitter-discussion-continues/ Post BlogHer, I am cleaning out my purse of all the business cards I collected and want to share links of some great women. Check these out. Owning Pink, a wonderful site for women. Make and Takes, a craft/food/fun blog with projects for kids. 168hours, blog and book by Laura Vanderkam. Momotics, where motherhood ... http://nichellestephens.com/2010/08/09/links-from-blogher/ Cheryl Contee of Jack and Jill Politics took the picture of me. BlogHer has evolved tremendously since I attended the first conference back in August of 2005 in San Jose. There were only 300 attendees then, but it was a remarkable feat because blogging was still "new". Blogging was not ... http://nichellestephens.com/2010/08/08/blogher-2010/ Yesterday I attended Media Bistro's Career Circus.  Career Circus is a conference where  HR professionals,  career specialists and job coaches gave advice on how to have the career you want.  I really enjoyed the event and I learned a lot. Here are some of the nuggets of advice from the ... http://nichellestephens.com/2010/08/05/job-seach-is-not-career-strategy/ Saturday was lovely day to grill hot dogs in Brooklyn. This was my third competing in the Great Hot Dog Cookoff. Julian was my sous chef again this year and our hot dog was the English Breakfast Dog. We didn't place but we had a wonderful time eating hot ... http://nichellestephens.com/2010/08/02/hot-dog-cookoff/