Real Men Drive Minivans chronicles the adventures in fatherhood of PJ Mullen, a stay at home dad, who lives in Charlotte, North Carolina with his wife, son and daughter. He is an amateur chef, wannabe author, blogging fool, recovering football addict, prolific air drummer and The Stig in a minivan.
He began blogging to start a conversation on all the things that were important to him. Alternating between attempts at humor and being insightful, he likes to talk about his life as a dad, his responsibilities as a husband, the failed career path that got him where he is today and how a dad’s place is in the kitchen.
PJ writes a weekly column on food and cooking for Digital Dads and is a member of the Bumble Bee Foods “Bee Squad”. Occasionally, he can also be found talking about his culinary adventures at peaches en risotto.
Previously, he contributed to Man of the House, a Proctor and Gamble media property, was a a member of the Shared Tastes Panel at Ready Set Eat, a ConAgra media property, and wrote a music column over at Dad Blogs (now Dad Exchange).
Since starting this blog in November 2008 he has been asked to review books on fatherhood and has done product reviews for Sony, Red Envelope, Conair and Lands End.
Real Men Drive Minivans Milestones and Notables
2008
April – A son is born
June – The suburban assault vehicle is acquired
November – The first post on Real Men Drives Minivans goes live
2009
September – First ever review goes live for the Sony Xplod MEX-BT5700U; Attended the Nestle Family Happy, Healthy Gathering
October – peaches en risotto is launched
2010
April – Perdue Verifiably Good Video Contest Grand Prize Winner; launched Spread Your Warmth social good campaign for Sweatshirt Blanket
June – “At Home with Daddy” feature in Charlotte Observer; daughter is born five days later
September – Became a Contributing Writer for Digital Dads writing a weekly food column; launched Get in the Game social good campaign for Adirondack Fleece
October – Became a Contributing Writer for Man of the House, a Proctor and Gamble media property
December – Named to the Shared Tastes Panel for Ready Set Eat, a ConAgra media property
2011
February – Became a member of the Bumble Bee Foods “Bee Squad”
March – Co-host of Cooking with Dad at The Motherhood
April – Participated in the Sam’s Club Grilling Challenge for Easter
May – Held a Green Lantern Party courtesy of BSM Media; named a Guest Judge for the Mango Hometown Tour event in Charlotte
August – Attended BlogHer’11 to support Bumble Bee Foods and the “Bee Squad”
If you’d like to contact him, the best way is to drop him a note by going to his Contact page.
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