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A game of chance becomes a morality test – or – who will become Seattle’s “Charlie Bucket”? You might have thought Canlis Restaurant in Seattle had already torpedoed themselves to the top of Marketing Mountain with their brilliant scavenger hunt/clue contest. And if you have to ask what I’m talking about, catch up quick by [...]
Most of you are well aware that November is Dine Around Seattle month – but did you know it’s also National Pomegranate Month? And in a fun little twist to the 8th annual D.A.S. event, there’s a pomegranate theme running through most of the restaurant menus – along with a chance to win a trip [...]
You’d have to be living in a cave to have missed all the excitement and chatter surrounding Canlis Restaurant over the past 10 days. The iconic Seattle restaurant is celebrating its 60th birthday by hiding replicas of its 1950 menus at various historic spots all over the city, and issuing daily clues via social media as [...]
The last thing I imagined I would be doing on a football-packed Sunday in October was helping judge a lamb cooking contest. And yet there I was, at the 2nd annual Lamb Jam Seattle at Bell Harbor International Conference Center last Sunday, sitting with eight experienced judges in a secluded room about to be teeming [...]
I have a soft spot for a very special food event called Foodportunity. It’s produced quarterly by the fabulous Keren Brown (@franticfoodie on Twitter), and brings together a variety of restaurants, food companies and Seattle-area “foodies”. It’s an opportunity to meet and greet, try samples of fabulous food and just generally indulge. It’s the venue I found [...]
I have married my two primary loves - food and marketing - into one very smart business, called One Smart Cookie Marketing. I create powerful strategies to blend online and offline marketing activities for restaurants and entrepreneurs, which helps them make more money. I've taught hundreds of restaurants, food companies, and entrepreneurs how to increase their customer base and gain visibility through Twitter, Facebook, blogging and other social media tools. It works and I can show you how to make it work for you!
