Hello, Gorgeous

You’re coming? Hooray! You make everything more fun.

So. You may be wondering what this party is all about. In short, The Broad Summit was an idea hatched over Margaritas at SxSW. Maggie has “organize a retreat” on her life list, Aubrey is a party planner, Laura Mayes is a conference organizer, and Helen Jane supplies wine and cheese for the entire Internet. We talked about how fun it would be to have our blogger friends in one place for the weekend. Tipsily laid plans don’t often come to much, but we’re an unusually efficient group.

Chances are you know one of us, but not all of us, so let’s take a minute to introduce you to the den moms, shall we? Yes, let’s do.

This is Maggie Mason. She likes tap dancers, writing longhand, and singing with the radio. She dislikes tupperware with old food inside, dark and unfamiliar rooms, and surgery stories.

Here’s her professional bio:

Maggie Mason is the author of No One Cares What You Had for Lunch: 100 Ideas for your blog, award-winning publisher, and a Twitter power user (@Maggie). Her personal blog, Mighty Girl; was recently nominated for a SxSW Lifetime Achievement Weblog Award, and this year she was named one of Silicon Valley’s Top 50 Influencers by Now Public. She pioneered the shopping blog space with Mighty Goods, one of Time Magazine’s Top 50 Cool Sites, which was also named best shopping site by both Forbes and BusinessWeek. She has since launched a network of popular shopping sites that includes Mighty Haus and Mighty Junior. She’s also an advisor to Plinky, a writing tool for bloggers.

This is Aubrey Sabala. She likes warm grilled cheese sandwiches, sundresses, and good lyrics. She dislikes waiting, passive-aggression, and sand in the sheets.

Here’s her professional bio:

Aubrey Sabala is the Marketing Manager for Digg, where she leads all of their marketing initiatives including organizing events for thousands of attendees. She was a Senior Consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton, held various roles during her nearly five years at Google, and was an Online Marketing Manager at Ask.com. She got her start as a freelance writer, and has written about everything from relationships to RAM, fashion to food.

This is Helen Jane Hearn. She likes cheese, bocce, and morning naps. She dislikes ball point pens, the word Blouse, and beer flavored with something other than beer flavor.

Here’s her professional bio:

Helen Jane Hearn is the co-founder of Cheese Whizzes, a nationwide wine and cheese club based in Napa, California. She is also the owner of Maplevine, a web design company and consultancy that specializes in helping corporations differentiate their brands in the social media space.

This is Laura Mayes. She likes New York, design magazines, and carbs. She dislikes sporks, queues, and people who refuse to capitalize anything.

Laura Mayes is an Emmy-winning writer who joined two friends she met through design blogs to start kirtsy.com, a user-generated content aggregator for online news from 30 editors and an awesome community. Kirtsy also created and hosts the Mom 2.0 Summit in February and has launched a nationwide “Hands-On Social Media” program to educate women about social media. Kirtsy is releasing a book, Kirtsy Takes a Bow: A Celebration of Women’s Online Favorites in October.

That’s all of us. If you want to know who else is coming (Aren’t you curious? I know!), head to the guests page. We’ll update it as you RSVP. Send us a cute photo if you don’t like the one we picked.

We cannot wait to see you, sweets. Go pack!

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