Conversation bullet points for starting a newspaper.com blog *or* What are the most important questions for a newsroom to consider when creating a new blog? As a journalist/editor, I have my own set of criteria for creating a new blog. But one of the hardest things for me to learn has been to put on [...]
Here are some things that have been sneaking out of my kitchen recently: ###Black bean tacos, with tomatillo salsa, cotija, feta & spinach Method: This is a variation on my cook-em-24-hours black beans recipe from the More Humans party, using canned instead of dried beans for expediency. Saute: onion, garlic, cumin, oregano, chili powder, add [...]
POSTED BY LauraFries.com IN Food
Hey kids … you know I don’t come close to veganism, and I certainly have mixed emotions about raising a kid who would never know the taste of bacon. Mmm, bacon. But hey, I give mad props to cool hippie moms who make their kids rocking vegan lunch box meals everyday. Check out Veganlunchbox.blogspot.com for [...]
POSTED BY LauraFries.com IN Atlanta, Food
I don’t like mayo, so I suppose I have no right to complain that my tuna sandwich was a little dry. My bacon was of the pre-cooked variety — but with a full dose of afternoon sun and some untimely Atlanta breeze, who’s complaining? ###Hand in Hand 752 N Highland Ave NE Atlanta, GA 30306-4513 [...]
POSTED BY LauraFries.com IN Atlanta, Food
###Food from the past: Alejandro’s teriyaki chicken bento box My miso soup Rebecca Ford’s Dragon Roll (we miss Rebecca!) and various other plates of sushi, once consumed at Nickiemoto’s with Dan and Katherine … ###Nickiemoto’s Midtown 990 Piedmont Ave NE Atlanta, GA 30309 (404) 253-2010 [map]
POSTED BY LauraFries.com IN Atlanta, Food
I had a lunch today that photographed better than it tasted … my favorite kind. To start, some bruschetta done right … piled high with (surprisingly non-sucky) tomatoes … the top of your mouth sings with the moisture, while the tongue gets zapped with tangy, garlic rubbed bread … My companion’s penne with meat sauce [...]
POSTED BY LauraFries.com IN Atlanta, Food
Village Pizza in Cabbagetown has finally gotten its liquor license … hooray! Who’s down for some Monday night, $4.50 pitchers? Or perhaps a look at a luscious lasagna? Or maybe just a peek at some salad? ###Want more? *that other* post about meatball subs Flickr pics ###Village Pizza Co. 186 Carroll St Se Atlanta, 30312 [...]
POSTED BY LauraFries.com IN Atlanta, Interweb, Journalism & the Media, Uncategorized
Dudes! The new creelo.com (ok, creativeloafing.com) has launched. That marks my .. count ‘em … second CMS transition within 6 months. For those not in the biz, that’s an incredible amount of work in an incredibly short amount of time. (Shoutout to the Desert.Net peeps for making it easy.) In a lot of ways, I’m [...]
POSTED BY LauraFries.com IN About Me
###Main Entry: meet·ing fa·tigue ###Pronunciation: ‘mE-ti[ng] f&-’tEg ###Function: noun 1: an act or process of coming together to perform manual or menial work a) an assembly for a common purpose (as worship) for a period of time that exceeds the attention span of attendees b) a session of horse or dog racing that creates a [...]
POSTED BY LauraFries.com IN About Me
My friend Max left his job last week. In many ways, we had the same journey. Both young reporters with varying levels of skills and arrogance, we went fresh from a fellowship at prestigious Poynter to jobs as reporters at the Weekly Planet, CL’s paper in Tampa. We picked up what we had, moved across [...]
