Jill Berry

Newseum

My Fave Place in DC — The Newseum

by Jill Berry September 15, 2011 Around Town

When you live in a city for years, it is easy to fall in to the trap of seeing the same sights over and over again. That is how it was for me. I moved to D.C. as a junior in college after my parents emigrated from England to the DC Metro area. From about [...]

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9/11 — Then and Now

by Jill Berry September 8, 2011 Child

It was an ordinary Tuesday. My kindergartener was settled in to the routine of the elementary school. My preschooler was learning the ropes at her new preschool. I was kneeling on my bedroom floor leafing through a set of galley proofs for a book that was due to be returned to the printer that afternoon. [...]

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Jill Berry at BlogHer 11

Getting My Ducks in a Row for BlogHer11

by Jill Berry August 17, 2011 Tech

I clicked “Order Now.” That click was a placeholder only. While I had just purchased a ticket to BlogHer 11, I had no knowledge that I would ever get there. San Diego was too far away. San Diego hotels were too expensive. How could I travel to southern California without my family? How could I [...]

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