Archive | December, 2009
Louisville Beer Store Open Most of the Night, Krispy Kreme Open All Day
I know that the Louisville Beer Store is going to be open from noon today until 2AM tonight because they sent me an email telling me so. Don’t ask me how I know Krispy Kreme is going to be open all day on New Year’s day. Also don’t ask me how I know Krispy Kreme [...]
Continue reading...Ask Fairdale Bigfoot (Week 15)
31. December 2009
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Hello humans, Fairdale Bigfoot has returned! It was a great holiday break with Cousin Yeti, and Fairdale Bigfoot bought gifts for all of you, but they didn’t make it back. Do you know how hard it is to get by Nepali customs? Try sneaking a drop of duty-free mountain Kaluha past the gate, let alone [...]
Continue reading...Some of My Favorite Things
30. December 2009
When I tweaked the layout of Consuming Louisville ever so slightly one of things that got changed was the sidebar, er sidebars. I added a new spot at the very top of the sidebar for an advertisement (yay to companies who advertise on and support Consuming Louisville, I love you!). I don’t always have ads [...]
Continue reading...Free Coffee at Whole Foods on New Year’s Day
30. December 2009
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The folks at Whole Foods are fans of giving away coffee (remember they did it on Thanksgiving) and I for one love them for it. Whether, like me, you’ll be in bed at 10:30PM on NYE and therefore will be perfectly fine to grocery shop on New Year’s day or if, at noon on January [...]
Continue reading...News at 11: Consuming Louisville Banned!
28. December 2009
Oh what a fun headline to write although technically banned is the wrong word. “Blocked” by corporate IT is more accurate. Early last week one of Consuming Louisville’s most loyal readers and supporters sent me an email with this subject line: “Now this is some bullsh*t right here.” How great of a subject line is [...]
Continue reading...Louisville Blogs Wiki
28. December 2009
The Consuming Louisville blogroll was so horribly out of date that I didn’t even transfer it over when I did all the work on Consuming Louisville over the past week. A lot of the sites that were on that list are long since dormant and there are a bunch of great sites that I know [...]
Continue reading...A few changes
26. December 2009
Transitioning Consuming Louisville from Movable Type to WordPress was actually much easier than I anticipated it being. The import process for 3 years of entries including thousands of comments and images was seamless. I was very impressed. There were a few things that were more difficult than I anticipated which has more to do with [...]
Continue reading...The One Where I Try Sticky Toffee Pudding at the Irish Rover
24. December 2009
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It was delicious.
Continue reading...Danger Will Robinson
23. December 2009
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I’m monkeying around with servers and content management systems so it’s possible nay quite probably that things look wonky at the moment around these parts.
Continue reading...Bourbon Banana Cranberry Bread
22. December 2009
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Just about everybody is kicking back and taking it a little bit easy this week. Well except for B. Apparently sick people don’t take time off for winter holidays so doctors and other medical personnel have to work just as much. Since that is the case I’m baking up a storm and making candy like [...]
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Do I want to receive PR or Marketing pitches?
Yes.
Types of Pitches
I enjoy receiving news and tips that help make Consuming Louisville even more useful to its audience. If you or one of your clients has something cool going on in Louisville I would love to hear about it.
Consuming Louisville primarily focuses on independent Louisville businesses, artists and events. This doesn't mean that I never write about chain restaurants or corporate events but I do so very infrequently. If you or your client is a national chain and you have a Louisville specific event going on (say a special for Derby) then by all means let me know about it. But if you have an event or special that is happening in every city your chain has a location in then I probably won't post about it.
Personal Responses
I receive many press releases and email notices. I cannot possibly respond to every single one of them. So while I may not personally respond I think we can have enough faith in the email system to assume that I received your message. Sending the same message to me multiple times just increases the likelihood that I'll start ignoring all messages from you instead of paying more attention.
Editorial Choices
I do not write about every press release or event notice I receive. I'm the sole writer on Consuming Louisville (except for occasional guest posts) and if I don't find think my audience would find something interesting or relevant I will not write about it. Just because you think I should write about something doesn't mean I will. If I have chosen not to write about something it is absolutely not up for debate.
I'm a Person, You're a Person
Emails that sound like press releases, press release attachments without actual email messages and other communication that could have just as easily been sent to and from a robot do not hold my attention. Since I'm a real person and you're a real person I'd encourage you to make our interaction person-to-person conversation instead of an email blast to a marketing list. I like people, I don't like email marketing blasts.
31. December 2009
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