Chicagoans: I will be out and about offering up sage advice on easy, breezy ways to glam up your holiday look. Please join me at one of these fab events. RSVP required

PREGGERS & BUMP CLUB CHICAGO

GIRLS’ NIGHT OUT: HOLIDAY SHOPPING EXTRAVAGANZA! 

With Special Guest, journalist, television personality and

author of Bump It Up, Amy Tara Koch

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Preggers

900 North Michigan Avenue, 5th floor  Chicago, IL 60611

6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

$15 in advance/$20 at the door

Fabulous giveaways include:

                    Medela Swing Pump                          Bebe Au Lait Nursing Cover Gift Set

MD Moms Silky Smooth Baby gift set                  BabyBjorn Little Potty

http://www.bumpclubchicago.com/The_Bump_Club_Chicago/Preggers_Event.html

Neighborhood Parent’s Network

BUMP IT UP for the Holidays

Featuring Style Expert and Author, Amy Tara Koch

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Bubbles Academy

1504 N Fremont St, Chicago, IL 60642-2526

6:00 – 7:30 p.m.

Raffle includes a Britax B Nimble stroller and more!

www.npnparents.org

http://npnparents.org/expectantMomsGrp.asp

I just completed my fantabulous BUMP IT UP event with Twitter Moms at the W Hotel San Francisco. The day included incredible “cravings-based” treats, tasty mocktails by La Croix, Sprinkles cupcakes, Makeunders from Lancôme, Bliss mini-spa treatments, shapewear and bra fittings from Wacoal, registry tips from Giggle, baby planning tutorials from Itsa-Belly, Britax and Baby Björn and fab gift bags featuring my favorite mommy must-haves like Tide To Go™, Pampers with DryMax™, Moms The Word smoothies, Mama Mio Boob Tube™, Episencial Playful™ foaming bath and gifts from Wacoal.

More photos can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=236273&id=114367277518

BUMPing IT UP at the W City Center in my hometown of Chicago was incredible. Seeing scores of knocked up women having BLISS oxygen treatments and getting their glow on at LANCOME’s faux Glow bar was a vision come true.

Fulcrum Point’s Stephen Burns and operatic sensation Genevieve Thiers performed the “BUMP IT UP Ballad” (a twisted and retooled version of “Hey, Big Spender”), an homage to all of the fashionistas in the family way. My glamorous co-hosts made the event: Katrina Markoff, Korey Karnes-Huyler and Micah Materre. Haute chocolatier and new mama Katrina Markoff modeled her son Rohan in the new baby Bjorn organic Comfort Carrier. A pregnant Korey Karnes Huyler, CS’s editor-in-chief, was the poster child for BUMP IT UP sporting a chic sheath dress and big tote. My pal Micah Materre’s amazing toast to me brought tears to my Pinot Noir swollen eyes. Even my kids got in on the action distributing chocolate  in their BUMP IT UP tanks. Thanks Chicago!!!

Amy at the W Hotel Chicago

Amy chatting with posh preggo moms!

Amy and friends (and the BUMP IT UP "Do's and Don'ts" board!)

Here are some photos from my recent book tour! Check out the BLISS SPA, Britax, Baby Bjorn, and Kourtney Kardashian’s new book, “The Belly Bandit,” and other fabulous wares starting with the letter “B”—including BUMP IT UP! More to come!