I also got news from the Dolce hotel in Chantilly, where we’ll be staying. It has a swimming pool, and the possibility to order massages (or, “remise en forme”, as they call it).  Here are the availabilities – make sure to book well in advance for the massage sessions:

But first: a little contest for all those who can’t join us. During the BGGD road trip, the girl geeks will try out how many of them fit into a Jazz (with its doors closed). The first one to guess the correct number below in the comments can have the new Honda Jazz for one weekend – as soon as it’s launched in Belgium somewhere in Spring 2011. We’ll be able to see who won on 6 October, when the girly car geeks get back from their Paris trip.

this is where we got the idea from:

This year, international Brussels music festival KlaraFestival starts today 7 September, with concerts and specials until 17 September.

I’m going to the  Club K project on Wednesday 15 September 21:30-23:59 in  Club K-Nal.
Course of the evening:

• 21u30 : Concert Invisible + Visual Kitchen
• 22u30 : American classical and jazz pianist and composer Uri Caine + Visual kitchen
• 23u15 : Mauro Pawlowski + Visual kitchen
• 00u : Shameboy

Want to join me? Let me know in the comments and I’ll arrange to have your (real)names on the guest list.  Feel free to bring a guest – just make sure his/her name is mentioned below. List closes at 30 BGGD names…

See you on the 15th!

Or… check out http://paper.li/ – it organizes links shared on Twitter into an easy to read newspaper-style format. Newspapers can be created for any Twitter user, list or #tag. Check out the Brussels Girl Geek Dinner Daily:

So the BetaGroup has invited 6 ladies Web Entrepreneur to present their startup for the next meeting.

Book your free spot now for this special event “Ladies on Stage” on March 30th at 6:30PM at the ULB in Brussels.

Info and registration at :

http://betagroup17.eventbrite.com/

Presenting Startups :

1.   UserPlus.org by Lonneke
2.   Silkinabox.com by Vanessa
3.   123feelfree.be by Leen
4.   Kameleonbon.be by Eva
5.   SchmoozyFox by Olga
6.   Belmodo.tv by Tiany & Angelique

“Computer engineers have lots of different specialties. They can do anything from building coputers to making video games!”

The next Barbie could be an environmentalist, a surgeon, an architect or a news anchor. But if you help with this vote, Barbie’s next career could be in IT!

Mattel decides on February 12 what Barbie will be next. I can hardly wait.

Anyone can curate and publish lists, so if you have an idea for one, just click “New list” in the sidebar of your Twitter account and you’re on your way. Add accounts to a list using the “Lists” drop drown on a profile page. We believe Lists will be a new discovery mechanism for great tweets and accounts.

So if you’re curious about who the girl geeks behind Brussels Girl Geek Dinners are, follow http://twitter.com/bnox/brusselsgirlgeekdinners

And help me build the list: who is still missing?

Cote d’Or will divulge some of the secrets which gives its chocolate a unique and intense flavour.  A  chocolate 8 out of 10 Belgians can recognize even when blindfolded. A chocolate that is the result of technologies and manufacturing processes imagined and mastered for over 125 years by the brand with the elephant. But all this magic also comes from multiple innovations and daring and delicious combinations of flavours. Discover some anecdotes about 100% Belgian chocolate, the origins of the cocoa pods and the different steps in the manufacturing process, such as the conchage.

Denis Vernaillen, chocolatier at Cote d’Or, will welcome you to his workshop at the front of the boutique to initiate you in his art before tasting in all exclusivity a new chocolate, which will pair two of the favourite flavours of the Belgians… surprise!

Also on the menu: tablets especially for this season, exclusively created for the Boutique, or gift boxes soon available online.
A cocktail will close this evening full of flavours.
Because the Boutique is small and cosy, we will have to limit attendance to the 30 girl geeks who put their name on the wiki page. This will give everyone present the chance to fully indulge in their chocolate evening.

See you next week !

UPDATE: Don’t forget to take your camera(phone) during the Chocolate Soirée. You can upload your pictures to the Cote d’Or Facebook Group to enter a chocolate related contest. Details about this contest will be revealed tonight.

The European Directory of Women and ICT is a new ecospace for all stakeholders (public, private, academia, NGOs, networks, clusters, projects and individual users) interested in measurably and significantly increasing the number of girls and women in the knowledge based economy in general and in ICT in specific.

This initiative, which is the 1st regional directory for Women and ICT issues, is supported by universities, organisations, and companies like Imec, HP, Google, Alcatel-Lucent and Cisco.

So what do you think: should we add the Brussels Girl Geeks events to their calendar? Or add our names to the database?

Yesterday, Solo treated our girl geek jury and 5 of their friends to an exclusive cooking workshop with Jeroen De Pauw. The location was wonderful, the dishes looked delish and the company was to die for. For the occasion, chef de cuisine Jeroen De Pauw prepared a special girl geek menu consisting of 3 super tasty yet healthy dishes. You can easily try out the recipes for yourself. Just follow the instructions at www.solo.be/nl/girlgeekdinner (in Dutch).

For all the girl geeks who couldn’t make it to the workshop Solo also has a special surprise. To celebrate the launch of Solo Light we are going to give away richly filled gift baskets to 10 girl geeks who register to the site via www.solo.be/nl/girlgeekdinner

The site will be updated with a French girl geek page shortly.