Sheila Bernus Dowd blogs about the many different facets of her life (on 5 different blogs) including: being a Filipina mother, raising children in Silicon Valley, her volunteer work, politics and obsession with going to open houses on weekends.

She has been featured as a parent expert on Graco's Ready for the Road Online Campaign and serves on Yahoo's Mother Board.

She is the founder of Lookiloos.com, a home and garden voyeur site. She contributes to Silicon Valley Moms Blog, MOMocrats and Filipina Moms Blog. She blogs about all things mommy at xiaolinmama.com.

When not blogging or eating, she is a writer, non profit fundraising consultant and event producer in real life.