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Annoucing the Best Legs Winners!

Janine — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:01:19 +0000

Congratulations to our Grand Prize Winner!

Sweet shoes!

@SarahInMI – blurry photo but you can see those legs and, sweet shoes!

And our Runners Up are…

Sweet pose!

@CassieAiden - Nice pose on the stage at the People’s Party!

Sweet knee!

@ShaunaGlenn – y’all know she models in real life?

Congratulations and thank you to all who posed, played and voted!

Please remember to check out Pacific Shaving Company who sponsored this contest and remember that for every bottle of All Natural Shaving Oil sold ($7.00 will last 100 shaves!) they plant a tree!

Janine & Linda

Let the Voting Begin! #bestlegs at #blogher09

Linda — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:21:47 +0000

Here are your top 12! You know judges…they can’t just decide on 10, so we came to common ground on this dozen HAWT legs.

Sometimes it was the pose, sometimes it was the SHOES, sometimes the well defined *please let that be me one day* calves, and sometimes it was *ahem* the tube socks.

But these were the 12 that the judges (Ok, Me, Janine, and Stan from Pacific Shaving Company) agreed were the HAWTEST legs at Blogher 09…and voting starts now and runs through August 7…

Vote for your choice by commenting (here or on the whrrl story) for the legs you love the most.

One Grand Prize Winner will receive a Pacific Shaving Company gift package including one (1) 2-oz. bottle of All Natural Shaving Oil (will last up to a year!), one (1) Nick Stick, and a fancy-schmancy winner button to proudly display on their blog.

Two Runners-Up will receive a 1/2 oz. bottle of All Natural Shaving Oil and a not-quite-as-fancy button to display on their blog.

Best Legs for Blogher09 Days 2 & 3 Contestants

Janine — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:36:54 +0000

**UPDATE** We extended voting to start July 31-Aug 7 due to problems we were having with our whrrl stories. But Whrrl.com rawks (and @ecrabb) so we’re back on track!
Tell us who you think has the best legs of Days 2 and 3!

Best Legs for Blogher09 Contestants Day 1

Janine — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:21:44 +0000

We searched high and low (well, mostly low seeing as we had to get down on the ground to photograph everyone’s legs) for the best legs at Blogher09.

We gave people the opportunity to submit their own legs via Twitter or email.
We included men, women, superstars, blog stars, and your average Jane and Joe.
We begged,connived, and then surprisingly had a line of people wanting us to take a photo of their legs for the contest!
We laughed, we celebrated, and….we felt a little dirty to be perfectly honest….but we persevered and I think all the contestants deserve a round of applause for hiking up their skirts and pants legs and putting their calves out there for everyone on Twitter, Whrrl, and this blog to judge.

So, may I present you, the Best Legs contestants via Whrrl!

DAY 1

Contest sponsored by Pacific Shaving Company

Chicago’s Ed Debevic’s has Angry Waiters who Dance

Janine — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:50:36 +0000

“Look, here’s the deal. We can get rude. If you don’t like it, suck it up, or get drunk.”

And this is how lunch starts at my all-time favorite Chicago eatery.
Sure, there are classier joints with juicy steaks and good wine.

But I love Ed Debevic’s with the greasy burgers, salty fries, snarky waiters, and paper hats.

“Hey! Why don’t you put your phone down and talk to your friends!”

The decor is 50’s diner. The costumes range from 50s to 60’s, our lumberjack was most definitely 70’s and punk 80’s. A balloonist entertains kids while the parents have to beg waiters for the hats, “No. Not now. Maybe later.”

“Hey! Boring table! You wanna refill?”, the waitress screams over to her table as we’re walking out.

A must see in Chicago, if you are a fan of crazy, wacky or downright obnoxious fun, this is THE place for you.

Behind the Scenes in Chicago via Segway

Janine — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:18:08 +0000

Again, what to do when you are at a conference but NOT AT the conference?

Take a segway tour! The most fun event of the weekend. We were thrilled to hook up with the tour through CitySegwayTours.com, who also have locations in other cities around the country.

The best part aside from the AMAZING Ryan, our tourguide… the view from Adler Planetarium. And as Janine says “just getting to ride the segway is SOOO cool”.

And we didn’t fall once.

CitySegwayTours.com in Chicago is offering a discount (for BTSMoms) of 10% through the end of the year. Just let them know you heard it here!!

If you take the tour, we’d love hear about your experience!!

Best Legs Contest for BlogHer 2009

Janine — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:50:07 +0000

Think you’ve got the loveliest legs, the coolest calves, the greatest gams?
BTS Moms wants to know the blogger behind the Best Legs.

Why legs?

Our BlogHer sponsor, Pacific Shaving Company, has an All Natural Shaving Oil that stands up to stubble. Men have known about it for a while now but we wanted the women of BlogHer to know that it works wonders on legs, bikini, underarms, and anywhere you’ve been nicked! This contest is just one way we can spread the word that every woman can have beautiful legs with Pacific Shaving Company products.

Best Legs BlogHer 09 Contest Prizes

One Grand Prize Winner will receive a Pacific Shaving Company gift package including one (1) 2-oz. bottle of All Natural Shaving Oil (will last up to a year!), one (1) Nick Stick, and a fancy-schmancy winner button to proudly display on their blog.

Two Runners-Up will receive a 1/2 oz. bottle of All Natural Shaving Oil and a not-quite-as-fancy button to display on their blog.

Think you have the Best Legs?

If you think you’ve got the Best Legs just take a photo of them and submit it anytime during BlogHer 09 weekend (July 23-26, 2009). We’ll pick the top 10 set of legs and post them here for all the world (and more importantly your friends) to see and voting will start July 30th, 2009. The best part – you DO NOT have to be at BlogHer to participate!

Here’s how to enter.

1. Subscribe to BTS Moms (so you don’t miss the top 10 announcement, and the alert of when voting starts)

2. Take a photo of your legs and put your blog URL or Twitter ID on the photo (so we know how to contact you). We don’t care how you get that information in there…write it on your legs, Photoshop it, or write it on a piece of paper and include that in the photo – whatever works best for you.

3. Then submit your photo before midnight July 26, 2009 one of 2 ways
Via Twitter: tweet the photo and include #bestlegs #blogher
Via Email: BTSMoms [at] gmail [dot] com

4. NOTES:
We’re equal opportunity people so this contest is open to anyone….men, women, those at BlogHer and those who didn’t get to go.
Submit anytime July 23rd through 11:59pm on July 26th.
Top 10 announced and voting begins July 30th through August 6th.
And be sure to check in to see what legs we’re nominating from the BlogHer party circuit!

Photo of Legs by Fast Eddie 42 on Flickr Creative Commons

Happy shaving,
Janine & Linda

This contest sponsored by
Pacific Shaving Company

Pacific Shaving, #Blogher09 and the #1000Trees Campaign

Linda — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:00:49 +0000

I know, that’s a bunch of hashtags. Because I have a bunch of good news to share! Our friend Stan @pacificshaving at PacificShaving.com is sponsoring the BTSMoms at Blogher this year. There is so much more than just smooth skin, random shavings, and swag going on that weekend.

1,000 Trees During BlogHer 09

Pacific Shaving Co. is committed to planting a tree for every bottle of shaving oil they sell. I KNOW it’s huge, and they have a big heart.

Oh, I haven’t told you yet? During Blogher, Pacific Shaving is offering to plant up to 1000 trees!

I KNOW!!

But we need your help and your participation.

If you are on Twitter follow @PacificShaving and send a tweet with hashtags #1000trees and #Blogher09 and they will plant a tree for every follow/tweet! Up to 1000 trees. We’ll be starting it off on Thursday July 23, and continue through Saturday July 25!!

Don’t let these guys off easy! Help us make the 1000 trees a possiblity!

Free Shipping for Blogher

Use Code blogher09 until July 31st for free shipping on Pacific Shaving Company all natural shaving oil.

Plus, follow us: @twincident and @shortpumppreppy and you might just get a free sample…

#1000trees Twitter Giveaway

If we reach 1,000 tweets with #1000trees in those 2 days (and thus, 1,000 trees) everyone who tweeted will be entered to win one of 5 FREE bottles of Pacific Shaving Company All Natural Shaving Oil.

So anyone can win! Guys, gals, Blogher attendees, people not at Blogher, people who have no idea what Blogher is….Just send a tweet with #1000trees any time during July 23-25th and follow @PacificShaving and you’re entered!

Only tweets wtih #1000trees made during Thursday, July 23 and Saturday, July 25, 2009 apply. Winner will be chosed at random on Tuesday, July 28th. US/Canada residents only.

How to get a sponsor for Blogher when you don’t even have a ticket…

Linda — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:47:31 +0000

Um…

Yes, we are good. If there was ever a reason to follow the BTSMoms, this is it!

No conference pass to Blogher, HOW SAD…when they sold out, we were, well….we were deciding if we wanted to go or not. Janine and I had met at Blissdom 09 and as roomies there, we quickly became “roomies for life”. When the idea kicked in, and we had a hotel room and a bunch of ideas on how to promote a brand, we decided we needed a way to pay for it. Who needs passes; we have a room and a bunch of light bulbs going off in our heads!!

Let’s face it. We may run Buzz Cooperative now, but Janine and I have always felt more like Frick and Frack. Except that now Frick and Frack are armed with unique ideas and, for lack of a better word, ‘BALLS’ (direct quote from an instant message discussion we had)! And that’s when Stan came into the picture. We started putting the word out about some of our “totally effing innovative” ideas (again, I quote Janine from her amped up IMs) and Stan was all over it like my dog on his ‘special’ hump toy.

Through a series of humorous emails, hilarious brainstorming sessions and, to be perfectly honest a little bit of begging (shhh – Janine think she played hardball), Stan “got” the genius of the BTSMoms and how we’ll promote his All Natural Shaving Oil to everyone inside AND OUTSIDE the conference. He simply couldn’t resist forking over some moolah to defray our costs so we could play in Chi-town for a few days. (Yay Pacific Shaving Company!)
YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS OUT ON WHAT WE HAVE IN STORE FOR YOU!!!
Live Shaving events? Oh yea…and we’re not just talking legs… (chins, arms, get your mind out of the gutter)

Definitely make sure you enter the Best Legs contest…

And find out how we will Plant 1,000 Trees BlogHer weekend…

Check back here all weekend long (July 23-26)

Email btsmoms [at] gmail dot com if you want to get in early on the action!

Welcome to Behind The Scenes Moms!

Janine — Fri, 22 May 2009 23:26:46 +0000

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