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Stylish Air Filters?

The ChicGeek — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 03:17:29 +0000

To me that seems like an oxymoron, doesn’t it? They are always an eyesore in our house. But what if you could purchase one that looked modern and not even like an air filter? Check out these air filters by VIKTOR:

Are they cool? And then they have humidifiers too! Check these out!

They look like pieces of art! I’d put one in my living room. What do you think of them?

Images via: Swiss Style

BlogHer 2010 – NYC (and random thoughts!)

The ChicGeek — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:08:09 +0000

Hey all!

I’m sorry for being MIA last week (again!) We are still dealing with house stuff. I think we’re finally close to coming to a resolution (yes, about 3 weeks later!) but it’s not a closing. :-/ Needless to say, I’m not really happy but what can you do. But we are unpacked in the apartment now. Remember me complaining about it being dark in here? Well, we went to Ikea (yay!) and got some lights to hang on the ceiling and run the power down to the outlet. This is what we got for the bedroom and living room…

So it’s a little better but I do miss the natural light that I used to get. But this is cool because we can switch the shades out if I get bored of this. Speaking of Ikea, I ended up getting the futon I mentioned somewhere. (I thought it was on here but I can’t find the post, so it must have been Twitter.) But it’s this one. My parents slept on it this past weekend and said it was okay. Not as soft as it was in the store but hopefully it’ll break in a little bit.

So, onto BlogHer 2010 – it was in NYC on Friday and Saturday. I wanted to go to the conference for the first time but I also wanted to go to meet Anna, from Be Healthy, Be Well, Be Inspired. We had been communicated through our blogs/twitter/email for the last 9-10 months and we just got along. It was great to see and meet her! We hit it off right away like we’ve always known each other! Okay, I was trying to upload some photos but WordPress kept dying on me. I’ll deal with it later. In the meantime you can check out Anna’s FB page as she’s uploaded most of them.

We got our picture taken with the sun from Jimmy Dean (the real one!), Pillsbury Doughboy, Wonder Woman, My Little Pony, Statue of Liberty… you get the idea! We passed on Bruce Jenner though. I didn’t need to take my camera, they gave us the pics. I am bummed we didn’t get our picture taken with Ms. Potato Head. But I did get a small one! …

Needless to say, the vendor area was huge! It was way bigger than anything I’ve ever seen and I got more SWAG than I dreamed possible! I had to send a boxful home since I didn’t have room in my suitcase! I was honestly surprised at the big name vendors that were there and had huge booths – Pepsi, Chevy, Jimmy Dean, Pur, Filtere, Quaker, Yahoo, Comcast, etc. It was really nice to go through. Saw some really neat products that I’ll talk about hopefully later.

We did spend more time in the vendor area because we did a lot of talking and networking with the people. Met a lot of great people. One of the people that inspired me the most was Christine Baze who survived cervical cancer and now lives to spread the word that you can prevent it with the proper knowledge. She started the Yellow Umbrella Organization. Check out her website here. Did I mention she was a Rock Star too? You’ll hear her singing on her website. Awesome.

I forgot to mention I got to meet Michelle from When I Grow Up Coach. She is as awesome in person as she is on her blog! It was great to talk to her for awhile.

As for the meetings and breakout sessions, they were good. The first breakout session was not what we expected. It was suppose to be about usability of your blog and the description talked about Google Analytics, etc so we thought it was going to be around SEOs, etc. Nope. It was a basic beginning class. Stuff we learned in Holly’s Blogging Your Way Class. Which by the way is open for registration again! The main sessions were good, except for the one that Anna fell asleep in. Next year it is going to be in San Diego! I’m already working on my hubby to see if we (or I) can go. Rebecca from Design R already signed up after listening to me and Anna tweet about it all night! So it would be great to meet her! And anyone else that can go!

I go to work tomorrow and then repack for a quick trip to Germany!!! I am so excited! One of my friends has a job over there, so I’m going to meet up with her after her work is done and we’re going to hang out and spend her birthday there! Anyone know what to do in Frankfurt as I’ll be there by myself most of Wednesday??

Ok, I’m tired! Need some sleep!

Night my Chic Geeks!

Spring Tulips

The ChicGeek — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:50:12 +0000

Yesterday I wasn’t feeling well and my husband brought me home some beautiful tulips. It was really sweet too because I was just thinking earlier that day that I wanted some tulips. I hadn’t even shared that information with him. I took some pictures today to share with you. What a perfect thing to enjoy today while it’s snowing outside! Have I mentioned what crazy whether we’re having in Atlanta! Enjoy!

I think I mentioned in a previous post that I was cat sitting. Today he was watching my husband cook dinner from the comfy chair and he sat in the position for a long time. So we had to get the camera out to get a picture to send his ownesr. So just for fun, here you go:

I hope you had a great day!

All images taken by me and cannot be used without permission

To iPad or not?

The ChicGeek — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:52:29 +0000

I’m sure everyone has seen the Apple iPad by now. I’ve always been a fan of the tablet PC. When I worked at the state (a long time ago), we got tablet PCs for our job. And I thought they were the coolest thing. They were great for our job because we were out on audits on a lot and they were easy to use to take notes on, etc. I was really pleased with them. On top of that, I am an Apple fan. I do own a MacBook (which I’m typing on now), an iPhone, and several versions of the iPod. In the last 24 hours I’ve read many articles about the iPad trying to figure out whether it’s something I’m going to purchase or not when it comes out in April. Honestly, I probably will. I had been thinking of purchasing a Kindle (prior to this coming out) and the iPad will beat the Kindle by a landslide. But at the same time, it does seem like a giant iPod. It’s very cool though at 1.5 lb and .5 inch thin. Can you imagine just throwing this in your purse to travel with? No more bulky computer. I need that space for more clothes! What are your thoughts on the iPad. BTW, I hate the name.

Images from Apple