May 18, 2012

Three twitter classes tell all (sort of!)

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Are you scared of Twitter?  Or do you know it’s time to “get tweeting” but don’t know how to get started?  Or have you been using Twitter but have no idea what you are doing? Don’t worry your pretty little head any longer – I have many ways to help you!  One of my new [...]

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Celebrating birthdays in the Seattle foodie scene

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Yes, it’s my birthday today and as much as I wanted to skip writing a post today, I didn’t.  And why not, you ask? Because I’m committed to honoring my “31 posts in 31 days” project, and today is only the second day – I can’t break the streak so soon! So today I will write [...]

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Finding my blog’s purpose

31 flavors of blog posts in 31 days!

What is the purpose of this blog? I thought I knew, but I think I better make sure before we go much farther – and definitely before I start my “31 blog posts in 31 days” project today!  I hope I haven’t confused anyone, but my business is going through a bit of a metamorphosis these [...]

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Don’t quit Twitter – get TweetDeck!

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Since we’re all foodies here, I have a question for you.  If you went to a restaurant and the menu was presented in a “news ticker” style – one long enormous random list that scrolled on endlessly and rapidly - how long would it take you to get frustrated and leave? And isn’t that how some [...]

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Looking for my gold spatula

The gold spatula - an undeniable sign of retirement for a chef

Who throws you a retirement party when you are self-employed? Good question. Is it your former clients? Is it your colleagues or your competitors or your friends or your family? All of the above or none of the above? I just want my gold spatula. Yes, what I’m trying to say, is that after nearly [...]

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