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July 2008 archivesMonday, July 21, 2008
When Irish Eyes are Smiling
Me: ... I want to name our kids Mary Catherine and Sean Patrick. We'll call the girl "Kate," because you already said you didn't want to call our daughter "Mary Kate" because it would remind you of that Olsen sister. Him: Jesus, Erin. Mary Catherine and Sean Patrick? We might as well name one of them "Potato Guinness." Me: You already said you were OK with Mary Catherine! What about my dead mother! Him: Your dead mother? Oh my God. Now you're being Irish-Catholic on top of this. Your dead mother ... Me: What? And my grandmother! And my sister! I mean, they're not dead but ... Him: That's it. We're just naming them all "Lou Holtz." Posted by Erin at 11:28 PM | | filed under: Odds and ends Friday, July 18, 2008
Changes. A round up.
1) I am getting married in three months. Posted by Erin at 07:10 PM | | filed under: Odds and ends Tuesday, July 08, 2008
The Wackness
My friend, Brian, is a movie producer. Like, a real one. It sort of boggles my mind, not because of Brian, mind you, as he's super-talented and always has been, but it boggles my mind that I know someone who is real movie producer. We've known each other since high school, and I promise you he was the sort of guy everyone liked because he was - is - a great guy. Anyway, so Brian is a producer out in Hollywood, and he has a movie - "The Wackness" - coming out this weekend in Chicago and I think you should all go see it. And if you're not in Chicago, well, when it comes to a theater near you, same orders: "The Wackness" stars Sir Ben Kingsley, Josh Peck, Olivia Thirlby, Mary-Kate Olsen, Famke Janssen and Method Man and won the Audience Award at both the Sundance and the Los Angeles Film Festival this year. (Also, it's known for a scene where Mary-Kate makes out with Ben Kingsley, which is really rather twisted and awesome. - EJS) The Standard PG Trailer: Honest to Pete, there are few people that deserve the kind of success that Brian has found - it's always nice when the bright, kind, genuinely talented people make it. Posted by Erin at 06:19 PM | | filed under: Supastah Monday, July 07, 2008
... now for something completely different.
How many of you Yelp? How many of you think it's a good thing? How many of you would think it's a good thing if you knew out in San Francisco they were doing this? Hearing this sort of breaks my heart, mainly because I believe in the spirit of an organic community, and hate the idea that ad reps would effectively be, as the post says, "holding a gun to a restaurant owners' head" just to get a posted review in a top spot. What's a business owner to do? I open this up to you guys - with full disclosure that the site where the discussion is taking place is FohBoh- because you use the Internet as a resource more than most. And because I wonder if I'm the only like-minded user who is surprised and disappointed in these tactics. I was really pretty shocked when I saw the blog post at FohBoh, and I know that Yelp has come under fire recently, but still. Would you support this? Posted by Erin at 08:09 AM | Comments (5) | filed under: Blog move Sunday, July 06, 2008
New adventures
I don't mean to get all mysterious and then drop off the face of the earth. Really I don't. But in the past month, I've been here at Fohboh when I'm not at work. What is Fohboh? Well, it's only the most delightful, fantastic, amazing and wonderful social networking site dealing with All-Things-Foodservice. And I am their Director of Community Development. Yup. I went off and got myself hooked up with a really awesome job where I get paid to hang out online with other folks. It only took me about ten years, but thanks to a former colleague of mine at the restaurant magazine where I used to work, it's finally happened. I get up at 5:30 a.m. and work until I have to go to my already-busy full-time job, where I work all day there, breaking at lunch to take phone calls for FohBoh, then finish out my day till all my work is done there. After I get home, I start working all over again until I make myself stop, which is usually by 9 p.m. at the latest. Since you all don't pay me to blog, I figured you'd understand because everyone else is. The new contract position is so much fun, though, it makes my teeth hurt, and they're the most fun folks, and if you're in the restaurant/foodservice industry, you should come on over and join the conversation because we're growing by the leaps and bounds. I'm so proud of what we're doing over there, and I'm proud to have such a huge part in making that happen. But obviously it's a lot of work, and I'm very tired, but Scott and I reasoned, at least we did at first, that the window was closing on an offer like this (they came to me), especially as the medium evolves, and now, what with us with no kids and other responsibilities, was the time to take it. But, yeah. I'm tired. Other than the exciting job news, life is beautiful all around. We planted flowers and vegetables and enjoy them in our backyard often. We're constantly surrounded by good friends and family and good news. We're having a lot of adventures, as Scott likes to say, and we toast our good fortune in having them every chance we get. Our wedding plans are finished, and Scott is picking up our wedding bands this week. The deposit for our honeymoon is down, and we've already got three big trips planned for the next year. Our unofficial countdown has begun, until Scott moves in here for good, which is very shortly, thank God. We were glad that we didn't move in with each other until we got married (or until very shortly before, as the case is) but I'm pretty tired of having to say "good bye" every Sunday instead of "good night." Posted by Erin at 09:42 PM | | filed under: Odds and ends |
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