Monday, September 30, 2013

Downtown Milford Ladies Night Out on 10/3 features Giveaways, Discounts and Freebies starting at 5pm

Milford's Clothing Cove
Ladies Night out welcomes shoppers, diners on Thursday, October 3rd...

Downtown Milford’s Ladies Night Out returns this fall for an evening of shopping and dining in the Village, from 5-9 p.m. on Thursday, October 3, 2013.

The highly anticipated event includes giveaways, discounts, storewide sales, freebies, complimentary snacks and beverages at all participating retailers, as well as specials at several of Milford’s restaurants.

While exploring downtown Milford, ladies can collect stamps for the official Ladies Night Out postcard at any of the participating businesses. Attendees who collect 10 stamps may enter to win one of 40 gift certificates, worth at least $20 each, by dropping the completed booklet off at any participating location.

This year ladies are invited to bring new women’s hygiene and beauty products for donation to Community Sharing. Designated donation boxes will be located along Main Street in downtown Milford.

For more information, visit www.meetmeinmilford.com.

Enjoy!


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FREE Lowes Build & Grow Clinic for Kids 10/12 - Make a Spooky Stacker for Halloween

HERE'S A FREE ONE FOR THE KIDDIES...

Spooky Stacker
Saturday, October 12 (10:00 AM)

Halloween is right around the corner! Your child will love this Halloween inspired Spooky Stacker Game!

Click here to register for the Lowes Build & Grow Clinic


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FREEISMYLIFE October 2013 Calendar - Don't You Just Love FREE??

FREEISMYLIFE October 2013 Calendar - All the October FREE in 1 List...

Keep reading to see all the great July FREE and low cost events, deals, contests and more in Detroit and beyond...

GOING ON ALL MONTH

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL THE OCTOBER BABIES - COME GET YOUR BIRTHDAY FREEBIES!!!



DISCOUNT: $20 Tickets for select "Disney On Ice 100 Years of Magic" shows at Palace of Auburn Hills


Late Night Happy Hour at Bahama Breeze features 1/2 Priced Appetizers & Drink Specials every Sunday through Thursday from 9pm to close

DEAL: 99 Cent .COM Domain Registrations at GoDaddy with special offer link for a limited time


CONTEST: HGTV Urban Oasis 2013 - WIN $950,000 Boston Condo or $725,000 in CASH - ENDS 10/18


FREE B&B Hotel Rooms for Active Military & Vets on 11/10 11/11 to celebrate Veterans Day

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10/1 - FREE Meet & Greet at the Detroit Public Main Library with Author Terry McMillian 10/1


10/2 - COUPON: $10 off a $25+ in-store purchase at JCPenney - ENDS TODAY


10/3 - FREE Concert Series at the Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital - 10/3 - JAZZ CYCLE


10/3 - Downtown Milford Ladies Night Out on 10/3 features Giveaways, Discounts and Freebies starting at 5pm


10/3 - DEAL: $3 Thursdays at TGI Fridays include $3 apps & $3 Drinks for a Limited Time


10/4 - FREE Admission to Cranbrook Institute of Science after 5pm 10/4 - Bloomfield Hills


10/4 - FREE eBook listed TODAY and every week on the Nook Blog for Freebie Friday



10/5 - FREE Home Depot Kids Workshop 10/5 - Make a Fire Rescue Plane for Fire Safety Month


10/5 - Detroit Pistons Open Practice on 10/5 with FREE Admission and FREE Sprite and T-shirt to 1st 500


10/6 - FREE Cooking Classes at Williams-Sonoma on Sundays in October - 10/6 - AUTUMN BAKING - RSVP


10/7 - GIVEAWAY: WIN 4 Tix to "Disney On Ice 100 Years of Magic" show at Palace of Auburn Hills - ENDS TODAY 10/7 AT NOON


10/7 - FREE Dearborn Main Library Blockbusters Film Series - OCTOBER 7TH - ROOM 237 (2013)


10/10 - HOME: Donate a Unwrapped Toy for FREE Admission to Michigan Design Center New Haute House 10/10


10/10 - DEAL: $3 Thursdays at TGI Fridays include $3 apps & $3 Drinks for a Limited Time


10/10 - FREE Concert Series at the Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital - 10/10 - Karley Davidson, Indie-Soul


10/11 - FREE eBook listed TODAY and every week on the Nook Blog for Freebie Friday


10/12 - FREE Lowes Build & Grow Clinic for Kids 10/12 - Make a Spooky Stacker for Halloween


10/12 - SAFE's 2013 Health & Wealth Expo features FREE lunch, massages, financial info - 10/12 NW Detroit


10/13 - FREE Cooking Classes at Williams-Sonoma on Sundays in October - 10/13 - VANILLA 101 - RSVP


10/14 - FREE Dearborn Main Library Blockbusters Film Series - OCTOBER 14TH - KORAN BY HEART (2011) - SPECIAL PRESENTATION


10/17 - DEAL: $3 Thursdays at TGI Fridays include $3 apps & $3 Drinks for a Limited Time


10/18 - CONTEST: HGTV Urban Oasis 2013 - WIN $950,000 Boston Condo or $725,000 in CASH - ENDS TODAY


10/18 - FREE eBook listed TODAY and every week on the Nook Blog for Freebie Friday


10/19 - FREE Holistic Palooza 2013 on 10/19 with FREE massages, yoga and Pistons legend John Salley


10/20 - FREE Cooking Classes at Williams-Sonoma on Sundays in October - 10/20 - HANDS OFF COOKING - RSVP


10/21 - FREE Dearborn Main Library Blockbusters Film Series - OCTOBER 21ST - ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1948)


10/23 - FREE Halloween Witchypoo Revue Show and Giveaways on 10/23 Oakland Mall in TROY


10/24 - DEAL: $3 Thursdays at TGI Fridays include $3 apps & $3 Drinks for a Limited Time


10/25 - FREE eBook listed TODAY and every week on the Nook Blog for Freebie Friday


10/26 - FREE Halloween Boo Bash in Downtown Milford with Trick-or-Treating and more 10/26 5-6pm


10/27 - FREE Halloween Boo Bash in Downtown Milford with Trick-or-Treating and more 10/26 5-6pm


10/27 - FREE Cooking Classes at Williams-Sonoma on Sundays in October - 10/27 - CLASSIC CRUSTS: PÂTE BRISÉE, PÂTE SUCRÉE & PÂTE SABLÉE - RSVP


10/28 - FREE Dearborn Main Library Blockbusters Film Series - OCTOBER 28TH - THE HAUNTING (1963)


10/31 - DEAL: $3 Thursdays at TGI Fridays include $3 apps & $3 Drinks for a Limited Time


FREE HALLOWEEN EVENTS WILL BE ADDED AS THE MONTH PROGRESSES.  STAY TUNED AND CHECK BACK OFTEN....

Enjoy!

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Blogging & the City 4.0 #BlogHer13: From Motown to Chi-town with the Blackberry Z10 #VZWvoices #Save

The Blackberry Z10 took some great photos at BlogHer13
This year I captured all the fun of the BlogHer conference with my Verizon Blackberry Z10...

Disclosure: I am participating in the Verizon Savers Voices program and have been provided with a wireless device and six months of service in exchange for my honest opinions about the product.

I have been very busy with my 9-5 job for the last few months so I am just now getting around to writing about my experiences at this year's BlogHer13 conference in Chicago. For those of you who don't know, BlogHer is the largest women's blogging conference in the world with over 5000 bloggers attending each year.

This was my 4th year going to BlogHer and I loved going to BlogHer10 in New York, BlogHer11 in San Diego, and BlogHer12 in New York for a second time.  Since this year the conference was in neighboring Chicago, I and Laura from LauraintheMotorCity.com were able to take a 4.5 hour road trip from Detroit and save some serious money on transportation.

For the 3rd year in a row, Verizon Wireless was an official BlogHer conference sponsor. And for the past 4 months, I have been reviewing a Verizon 4G LTE Blackberry Z10 smartphone due to my involvement in the Verizon Voices Savers Program.

Since the Verizon Blackberry Z10 takes some wonderful photos, I decided to use the Z10 to take all the photos during my trip to Chicago. And this smartphone did not let me down.

So come with me as I take you through all of my BlogHer13 adventures...

A visit to the Hersey's store is a must...
The Tumi collection at the new AT&T store - this store is fabulous
I totally enjoyed eating at California Pizza Kitchen...
Dinner at Morton's Steakhouse was fabulous...
During our first 24 hours in Chicago, Laura and I did some Magnificent Mile shopping, eating and sightseeing.  Being tech goddesses, we of course visited the Apple Store and the huge 2-story Best Buy store, along with AT&T's new flagship store.  Plus, being chocolate lovers, we made sure to go to the totally fun Hersey's store.

A stop at California Pizza Kitchen gave us enough nutrition to move on for more window shopping at Macys, Victoria Secret, Louis Vuitton, and furniture store Room and Board where we fell in love with all the beautiful items.  And dinner the first night was simply amazing at Morton's Steak House, where I highly recommend trying the BBQ Ribs and Shrimp.

LauraintheMotorCity entering the Verizon Wireless Time Shift Party...
The view of Chicago from the Verizon Time Shift party...
The 80's band at the Verizon Wireless "Time Shift" Party at BlogHer13
The Verizon Time Shift Party was awesome...
Verizon Wireless hosted a simply fabulous invitation only BlogHer13 party at the Art Institute of Chicago.  We had a perfect view of the Chicago Skyline from the venue balcony.  The party had a Blackberry Z10 theme created around the Z10 "Time Shift" feature that allows you to produce perfect photos by shifting faces from other photos to get everyone smiling in one photo.

All the food at the Verizon Time Shift party was from different eras in American history.  And everyone left with their own Verizon Blackberry Z10 smartphone in the exclusive Verizon white color. Verizon really knows how to throw a great conference event.

Sweet Suite Party is toy heaven!!
The Beatrix Girls dolls
Postable.com 
Razor's Crazy Cart
VTech InnoTab 35
"Sweet Suite" was a Toy Lover's Paradise...
The Big Toy Book's Sweet Suite is a yearly favorite due to the party being all about toys.  And this year's venue of a huge Chicago loft space was perfect for the event.  From Razor's new Crazy Cart to Hasbro's new and improved Furby to VTech's InnoTab 35 tablet to Peanuts products (as in Scoopy and Charlie Brown) to the rock-star band The Beatrix Girls dolls, this party had a little something for everyone for the upcoming holiday season.  Postable.com was also at the party showing how to easily do holiday thank you cards online to save time and money.

I fell in love with The Beatrix Girls rock band dolls while at the Sweet Suite party and I was chosen by the company to be one of their VIP bloggers.  So watch for my review of Beatrix Girl band member Chantel coming up soon....

Laura at the Samsung booth
Ryobi gave away everything in their booth
Everyone entered to win a trip to Orlando Florida
Daily's Cocktails was serving up samples
Turning Leaf Wine was in the house
Gordon's Seafood was cooking up a storm for all the bloggers
The BlogHer Sponsors Hall was full of products to try...
Connecting with brands is the reason that most bloggers come to BlogHer every year.  Samsung was one of the most popular brands at the conference since they were not only showing off their products, but also giving away smartphone flip covers and tech bags that were personalized for each blogger.  Ryobi was showing off their lawn equipment including a beautiful lawn mower.  They were also giving out gardening gloves (I so needed a few pair) and they raffled off all the products in their booth.  Visit Orlando and Universal Studios representatives were on hand to talk about vacationing in Florida - plus they were giving away Orlando vacations.

Daily's Cocktails, Refresh Turning Leaf wine, and Gorton's Seafood were also on hand giving out tasty samples to everyone that came by. Other brands including conference sponsors Windex and Coppertone have since meeting them at the conference partnered with my blog to do product reviews and giveaways.

Sweets, Sweets, and more Sweets...
Metro Detroit Blogger Becky Fixel put on a very "sweet" event at Bella Bacino's at Club Quarters on Upper Wacker Drive called "Sweets and Treats in Chicago." The event was appropriately named since the entire menu consisted of desserts. I think my thighs are still wearing the great food from this party :)


Queen Latifah at BlogHer
Queen Latifah introduces the  BlogHer Voices of Tomorrow...
BlogHer attracts tons of celebrities and this year, Queen Latifah was part of the "Voices of Tomorrow" presentation to help introduce the bloggers who were chosen to read aloud submitted posts to the audience.  Unfortunately she showed up fashionably late (90 minutes late to be exact) and Laura and I had to leave before the end of the program.  I love ya Queen, but next time be on time.

photo courtesy of McDonalds
Me with Donald's Head Chief Jessica Foust
McDonalds entertains along the Chicago River...
McDonalds is a longtime BlogHer conference sponsor and I and Laura were invited to attend their private cocktail party event at the beautiful Bridge House Tavern restaurant located along the Chicago River.  During the party we meet McDonald's head chef Jessica Foust who is in charge of coming up with healthier selections for the McDonald's menu.  Jessica was super nice and very personable. You can follow Chef Jessica at the Twitter handle @ChefJessRD.

Disney's Delivery Man Party was packed...
After the McDonald's party, Laura and I stopped by the Disney Party held at the Lucky Strike Bowling Alley. It was standing room only as everyone came out of a special invitation only screening of the Disney movie "Delivery Man" which opens in theaters in November.

There were many VIP movie screenings this year during the conference which is one of the reasons that I love going to BlogHer since everyone is treated like a VIP.

Savings Expert Maria from A Savings Wow and me at the Mom Select Swag Suite
Sister Save-a-lot is a Chicago couponing queen featured on TLC's Extreme Couponing
photo courtesy of Lori, tech goddess, at the Well Connected Mom
Photos with Friends are the best...
Blogging conferences are all about seeing blogging friends in person that I don't get to see the rest of the year.  And it is always good to see Lori from the tech blog the Well-Connected Mom, Antoinette from the frugal living blog Sister Save-a-Lot, and Maria from the savings blog A Savings Wow.

You did not have to be in Chicago to be part of BlogHer13...
BlogHer at Home... FREE for Everyone....
For those who want to know, yes Laura and I did make it to a few blogging sessions while at the BlogHer13 conference - although we attended more parties than sessions :)

But the good thing about BlogHer is that they live blog and audio record their conference sessions so everyone can hear or read them at a later date.  And unlike other conferences, Blogher does not charge a fee for their BlogHer Virtual Conference.

Everyone can check out the BlogHer13 Virtual Conference at this link


I am glad I used the Blackberry Z10 to take all my BlogHer13 photos...
Easy Video Editing with the Blackberry Z10...
Did you enjoy all my photos taken with my Verizon 4G LTE Blackberry Z10? It is great to have a smartphone easily accessible in my purse that takes great photos and also edits video. So to end this post, I thought I would use the Story Maker feature on the Blackberry Z10 to put together a BlogHer13 video using all my photos.

The Story Maker feature makes it totally simple to create a video because the Z10 does all the editing for me. All I had to do is choose the photos from the Z10 and the music. The Z10 did all the rest. Then I used the FREE Blackberry Z10 YouTube app to upload the video directly to my YouTube channel - Easy Peezy!



So click below on my BlogHer13 video made with the Blackberry Z10 and watch for the next post in my Verizon Savers Voices series coming soon where I will tell you about the new smartphone that I will be reviewing for the next 3 months - the Verizon Droid Ultra by Motorola ....

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