Blog Spotlight: Exclusive Associated Content Interview with "CityMama"

Stefania Pomponi Butler is "City Mama" and, although I could introduce her, I think I will let her do the honors herself (from her "About Me" page):

Stefania Pomponi Butler aka CityMama is proud mother to "Bunny" and "Wallie" and wife to "J." She is a professional blogger/ writer/editor who covers beauty and style, food, arts and entertainment, and (of course) parenting with a cheeky twist. Stefania is on the "Blogebrity B-list" and CityMama is a Bloglines Parenting "QuickPick." Stefania was born in Honolulu, HI and has lived in Rome, Italy; Atherton, CA; Menlo Park, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Belmont, CA; San Francisco, CA; and Portland, OR. She currently resides in San Francisco where she blogs from the comfort of her kitchen.

Besides CityMama and her work as Contributing Editor on BlogHer, Stefania also has three other blogs: FamilyFood (her food blog), Kimchi Mamas (her blog about being a parent and being Korean), and Mama's Got It (her Beauty and Style Blog on ParentsConnect.)

BC: Stefania, thank you very much for agreeing to do this interview!

Stefania: You're very welcome!

BC: Anyone who reads CityMama will find out what your life has been like for the past three years, but could you tell us a little about Stefania before CityMama?

Stefania: I was certainly more well-rested! I started CityMama when my eldest was just a baby. Before that I taught elementary school in a low-income school for three years, and prior to that I was a Co-Marketing manager for an audio company, an industry I had worked in for about five years. In the 90's my husband and I were typical dot com boomers. (I'm sure we fulfilled every stereotype about that time…) We rode it until it crashed. Then we had kids.

BC: What was your motivation to begin writing CityMama, and what is it about writing a blog that keeps you doing it day after day? Do you ever say, "I'm tired of doing this"? Do you see this as a stepping stone to something else, or is writing a blog what you see yourself doing for the foreseeable future?