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Recipes
Recipe: Two tomato salad
Since my kitchen is unavailable due to my “reclaim the space” movement. . . I felt like I needed to share a simple recipe that can be made window side in your living room. I have yet to have a meal come from my kitchen in over a week and my husband is getting twitchy…
Recipe: SPICY Deviled Eggs
Y’all know I love trying/creating new recipes. You also may have figured out that I love spicy food (even though it doesn’t like me). When I saw this post by Isabel (@familyfoodie) on Instagram I HAD to try making SPICY deviled eggs. Thankfully my friend Davina (@davinavb) shared a basket full of peppers she grew and…
Recipe : Fresh Broccoli Soup
One of my husband’s favorite homemade soups is my VERY simple fresh broccoli, unsalted butter and sea salt. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do! Time : This takes about 2 hours from start to finish and can be easily frozen. Ingredients : 1 head of broccoli 2 tablespoons of unsalted butter 1…
Technology
How to save your iPad from the loop of doom : A true story of patience and curse words
Have you ever had your iPad get stuck in the low battery/apple icon loop of doom? Not even enough juice to go into recovery mode? Yeah. That. Off and on since Saturday morning I have been searching for a way to get my iPad to snap out of it’s low battery/apple icon cycle of doom….
Segway Sales Growing Fast Because of Gas Prices Escalating
I admit that when I first heard of the Segway, I wasn’t completely sold on the concept because it only made sense for short term travel. It’s appealing if you live in larger cities, but the problem I see is this . . . do you drive it on the road or on the sidewalk?…
Social Shaming, Media Meanness and Down Right Dangerous Diatribes
Early this morning I came across a tweet that shared a timely piece by By Howard Kurtz of CNN : Media meanness: When the nastiness goes too far: About halfway through The New York Times review of TV chef… bit.ly/UM8UgP #cnn — Resa Harrison (@PreciousPixie4U) November 26, 2012 I’ve read Howard’s piece 3 times 4 times…
Business
A Little Lesson in Respecting the Inbox
It happens to all of us. We check our email only to find that a hoard of people we barely know have signed us up for their email newsletter, openly copied us along with all of their contacts to promote their website/event/product or gave/sold our emails to businesses looking for “free press” at their next…
#FinishItFriday
All week our schedules are full of things that MUST get done. With ringing, dinging and bleeping phones surrounding us everywhere we go . . . it’s a miracle any of us can focus on something for more than the length of a commercial. Most of the time we are dividing our attention on multiple…
The Ingredients of a Press Kit
Whatever the size of your business, you can make use of a good press kit. Here are some resources that should help : Music Press Kit Ingredients, Hardcopy & EPK – Indie on the Move Five Key Ingredients for an Effective Press Kit | Art Licensing Blog The Ingredients of a Press Kit –…
DIY
House of Cards: Claire Underwood’s Wardrobe in Patterns
I admit to watching season one and two of House of Cards on Netflix more than once. In fact I’m watching it for the 4th 6th 8th time now and I keep finding hints of fashion that I have missed. To say that I am inspired by the simplicity and elegance of the clothing and accessories of the…
DIY :: Sonoma-Cutrer Wine Crate Shelving
I was visiting my friend and client Ben Roberts, owner of The Undercurrent Restaurant in Greensboro, NC, last week and we were discussing the big screen TV he has since installed in the Wagner Room and the fact that he needed to find a storage unit for the AV equipment. He mentioned that he needed…
DIY : Coffee Bag Sewing Bench
It’s no secret that I love coffee or that I have a passion for DIYs that goes back to my first refinishing project with my mom at the age of 11. This project brings my two favorite things together in a fast and simple DIY that is a great way to wake up an old…
Social Media
As I sit here this morning and process through the online maelstrom surrounding Jared Fogle, the grassroots social media/brand spokesperson from Subway, I see vicious comments and quips being posted at a dizzying rate…even from people that I thought wouldn’t be so quick to pick up a pitchfork and torch. There is something I want…
I know y’all are going to get sick of me bitching about inbox spam but DAMN. It’s like the spam dam broke and all the smarmy sales pitches are flooding my inboxes. Every. Last. One. LinkedIn, Email, Facebook, Twitter, and yes, even my post office box. . . gah. Just. Fucking. Stop. Two things. 1. This type…
I was a little late figuring out that Hootstuite templates feature (see video below) is gone for good (for free and pro users) and was replaced with a new, but not so improved, drafts feature on April 15th, 2015. Why OH why would they change this amazing feature? Let’s just say that I found out the…
Well, are they? Chances are you may not know even if they are. How your employees behave while you are around is one thing, but what about what they say to your customers and vendors when you aren’t around? What do they say to their family, spouses and friends about your online efforts? What are they…
Whether you have 1 employee or 1000, here are 7 ways to empower them to become brand evangelists. Educate your employees on how to properly use social media. Give your employees clear examples and detailed instructions on where you need their help and A. Don’t get frustrated that your employees aren’t sharing your content when you don’t make the time…
WAIT! Before you hit send on that status update, I encourage you to carefully consider if it should be a blog post. *brace yourselves for some tough love* Yeah I know, you hate writing f*cking blog posts.Well – tough shit. “It takes too long.” “It’s not my job!” “What’s the point?” Look, if you’re not willing…