Adventures in Social Media
The Viking Cooking School Outdoors on the third floor pool deck of the Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center is currently under construction and classes are slated to begin on Thursday, September 22, 2011. The fully equipped outdoor kitchen featuring grills, smokers, and outdoor burners from the Viking Range Corporation overlooks downtown Baton Rouge and the [...]
The floods are not only devastating to the homes that are invaded by the river water, but the media hype has once again scared tourists away. Below is the latest video clip from the AP regarding St. Francisville, Louisana, the city where my parents reside. I’m glad to see a reporter recognizing the impact the [...]
The Mississippi River will always have its own way; no engineering skill can persuade it to do otherwise… – Mark Twain in Eruption The talk all over the news is the flooding of the Mississippi River and the opening of the Morganza Spillway in Louisiana. The floodgates in Morganza haven’t been opened since 1973, the [...]
Karl Pilkington is An Idiot Abroad. His travel adventures are a combination of the hilarious, the authentic, and unapologetic. Karl is not a savvy world traveler and says the first thing that enters his mind. I don’t know how Ricky Gervais and Steve Merchant managed to talk Karl into this travel experience, but it is [...]
Whoa! This was just published by the Associated Press on YouTube – Super Bowl fans with tickets turned away because their seats in Cowboy Stadium were deemed a fire hazard. Paul Colavecchi is the fan on camera who says he spent around $5,000 to travel to Dallas to watch the Super Bowl. I’d be ticked [...]
Cocktail time represents a chance to let your hair down and get to know new people when at a networking event. It can signify the end of the work week for many people and is a time for ultimate relaxing. During the holiday season, Hilton Hotels and Resorts released a series of cocktails based off [...]
When perusing media photos from CES 2010, I should have taken note of the overall dress and atmosphere portrayed in the pictures. CES isn’t a laid back, casual event. This is a professional event filled with atttendees going from exhibitor to exhibitor in search of the latest, most innovative electronic technology. The majority of the attendees [...]
In the past, traditional media and travel writers would be invited on familiarisation tours or press junkets to tour a destination, resort, or travel area. The expenses would be paid for by the host, or sometime the publication would pay the writer’s expenses. These are not free trips, by any means, but a chance to [...]
This was a follow-up interview with Tory Johnson from the Good Morning America story about Blogging as a business. Here’s the original link: Secrets of Blogging Success If you aren’t already familiar with Tory Johnson and ABC’s Job Club, you should check out the many helpful videos and articles on running your own business, making money [...]
When starting a blog to publish your content online, you may be overwhelmed by the various content management systems and publishing tools available. There are many tools that are free to use. Before I decided on which content management system to use for my various websites, I went through a long process of testing out [...]
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