Other Games in Town Besides Yelp

As a former Yelper, I can honestly say, I’m scratching my head over why certain restaurateurs put so many eggs in the Yelp basket. The appeal of this mostly-popular-among-Gen Y-user-generated-content site is two-fold, catering to innocent restaurant-goers seeking a quick online review of a certain eatery as well as those who want to open an account, [...]

TV Munchies: Capt. Ross ‘Betrayed’

I enjoyed tonight’s episode “Betrayed” over German potato salad and pork chops. A simple meal full of course sea salt, so I write this with puffy fingers. The show starts with Capt. Ross at an honorary dinner for a former cop and renowned crime fiction author, played by Brenda Strong. We know from the beginning Ross dated Kathy [...]

Will G2 turn me into Maria Sharapova? Well, maybe just a fan. (This post has moved.)

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CHART Board Member says, ‘When it rains, train.’

Council of Hospitality and Restaurant Trainers (CHART) board member John Alexander talked to me, in a co-production with Restaurant Revolution, about training strategies to help restaurant and hospitality operators thrive in an economic storm. Part 1: The risks of cutting back on training at this time.   Part 2: What are other industry experts saying.  [...]

TV Munchies: Law and Order: Criminal Intent New Episode

Season 7 of Dick Wolf’s Law and Order: Criminal Intent resumes with Detective Robert Goren (Vincent D’Onofrio) hunched over a semi-pale draft beer—probably domestic—in a New York pub. Disturbing and complex—appropriately on normal evenings but hard to swallow on a night of a challenging Laker game—the episode follows Goren as he maneuvers through a puzzle involving [...]