Monthly Archives: August 2010
A Long Weekend in Seattle: Good Food, Good Hiking
I’m back from my long weekend trip to Seattle, where I was a speaker at the International Food Blogger Conference. The conference was great — good food and good company — but I also really enjoyed the teensy bits of sightseeing … Continue reading
Filed under environment, Life, Photography, Travel
Not-At-All-Sleepless in Seattle
¡Hola amigos! El Blog de Joy is in Seattle this weekend for the fabulous International Food Blogger Conference. I’m speaking on Saturday morning, on the thrilling topic of blog traffic and search engine optimization. I left New York at 8 … Continue reading
Bet You Can’t Guess Where This Is in NYC!
This past Sunday, my friends Dora and Gene took me (and Brendan) on another excellent tour of a far-flung New York City neighborhood. While New York City can be a far-from-perfect place to live, one under-rated benefit is that there … Continue reading
Filed under Life
Q&A with Joy Victory, editorial czar at WordPress.com (via The Editor’s Desk)
Andy Bechtel, a journalism instructor at UNC-Chapel Hill interviewed me about my job today. Joy Victory is “editorial czar” at WordPress. She previously worked as an editor at About.com, and prior to that she worked at ABCNEWS.com, and several newspapers, … Continue reading
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Eat, Pray, Love: Why A Woman Seeking Solo Joy Pisses Everyone Off (via Broadside)
I read the book Eat, Pray, Love, a couple of years ago, and while I found Gilbert a tad on the whiny side, I also found her to be an excellent, funny writer. It was a “quick read” and I … Continue reading
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Why I Sometimes Miss Commuting
My husband emailed me from the subway this morning: “There’s a shih-tzu on the train today.” And I wrote back “well, they commute, too. To Shihtzulandia. It’s very cute there.” Then he sent me this photo, to rub it in.
Michelada Lesson Sends Me Down (Beer-Fueled) Memory Lane
Last week, after reading a T Magazine article, friend and fellow Astoria blogger Meg asked me if I had ever tasted michelada-style beer when I lived in Mexico. Tasted them?! Not only had I tasted them, I drank probably hundreds … Continue reading
Filed under awesome, beer, cocktails, food, Life, Mexico, Photography, Travel, Uniquely Mexico Moments
Reason Eleventy Billion I Love Astoria, New York
Reason Eleventy Billion: The free outdoor summer cinema at Socrates Sculpture Park, which is located on the East River and has a phenomenal view of Manhattan. Each Wednesday they show a film from a different country. Tonight’s film was the … Continue reading
My Brother Rescues Animals, Meets Pamela Anderson
My brother now has a long history of working in animal rescue, and recently took a great coordinator job with one of the country’s major animal welfare groups. He’s been training in Virginia, and so was able to help out … Continue reading
