February 12th, 2007, 10:24 am

Earthquakes and Earth-shaking success

ATLANTA, Georgia, February 12, 2007

Two things rocked my world this morning: The first, an earthquake that hit off the coast of Portugal, in Cabo Sao Vicente, approximately half an hour (to my best estimation) from where I used to live in Lagos (pictured above).

So far, so good, with no damage or injuries reported.

Here’s a rundown:

• On a Richter scale - we got a SIX! [source]
• The quake was felt as far away as Rabat, Morocco, and Sevilla, España [source1, source2]
• This was expected - as this 2004 About.com blurb suggests, it was obvious that another quake was acomin. [source]
• Portugal got off lucky - the 1755 quake that nearly wiped out both Lagos and Lisbon killed at least 60,000

Whew! So glad to hear all my peeps are safe … and so pissed that yet again, I miss everything! [The last earthquake I was near was the 2005 LA-area quake. I was in San Diego for the AAN convention, and just heard of it via elevator gossip.] My Lisbon correspondents report that they felt shakes, and joked that it might be a quake.

… and, in Earth-shaking news …

My pal, who runs a secret underground supper club called the Whisk & Ladle in New York City, was overwhelmed with reservations after hot NY website Thrillist.com threw her organization a shout-out.

Over 400 folks responded in 4 hours, begging for a seat at her supper club. There is no way that Whisk & Ladle could ever serve that many clients fantastical meals in a secret loft location … unless the parties that be quit their jobs and made this a full time gig! Which my friend is close to doing! Much congratulations and future successes to the Whisk & Ladle supper club!

Links:

• MySpace.com/WhiskandLadle
• TheWhiskandLadle.com (the site is currently down due to server demand, but no doubt will be up shortly)
• For straight up reservations, send an email to rsvp@thewhiskandladle.com