Gonna try again. Wordpress (who hosts the blog of my client - My Little Flower Shop) is supposed to look at Blogger to find blogs that link to Wordpress blogs, but has yet to find the links I post here. Take 6. No, not the terrible band. Actual take 6.
Hey! How about that terrific blog for that cool flower shop in Palm Springs?
K well, two links may be overdoing it, but whatever. we'll see what happens.
Girl, Out!
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
I'd be so happy if I could figure out why the links I'm creating here to the "real blog" aren't showing up in it's search in the dashboard wingding that searches other blogs for mentions. How am I supposed to know when Oprah talks about how brilliant my writing is on her blog if my blog doesn't find it? Oh - and get this. Some person called the owner of the business I'm writing for and offered to help him with his google search results. When he said no, she did the hard sell thing, and he said no again. So she went and posted something nasty about his attitude on Yelp under reviews for his business! Yelp can really be a double edged sword. I've heard of businesses getting good reviews "filtered" while crazy-people reviews stayed up - from people like this woman who never even vsited or used the business. The digital age makes things hard sometimes. Over and out.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
blogging is hard!
Remember when there was a Barbie doll out that said "math is hard" and everybody was up in arms? I feel a little dingy these days when I'm trying to learn about SEO and linking and etc. There's actually a Barbie out (or at least there was - I don't know if she caught on) that was a computer programmer. She probably didn't say "HTML is hard!" My favorite story from that original controversy was this guerilla group of toy protestors who switched the chips in talking Barbies and GI Joes. So Joe was the one who chirped about his algebra issues, and "let's go shopping!" while Barbie said "Eat lead, Cobra!" Back to the grindstone of wedding and floral reportage, in the test environment. Girl, out!
Sunday, March 13, 2011
The Internet Bride - Confused Yet?
Fun blogs about wedding planning can be so ubiquitous - you hardly know where to look. The trick is to find someone whose voice you like, and read them for a while. If you feel you're getting good information, maybe follow them on Twitter. If not, by all means, move on. There's no one person who has all the answers, and you're probably best off picking a few websites to check out and a few bloggers whose posts you'll enjoy through the planning process. There will be blogs on big sites, like the Knot or WeddingChannel.com, but there will also be small individual vendors with blogs, and that's who I'm posting about today, a new blog that's come to my attention that's fun and quirky and of interest to SoCal brides in general, and also to Palm Springs/Palm Desert brides in particular. My Little Flower Shop is a floral and event design business in Palm Springs, and they've recently started building an online presence. In the process a great humorous blog has emerged that offers observations about wedding planning from the planner''s perspective that is a little unvarnished. It's not quite your breathless perfect wedding type prose which, to be honest kind of drives me crazy. It hasn't been going long, so I don't know about consistency, but it's worth checking out. Here's a recent post about a royal wedding - and not the one you're thinking of. Enjoy!
Friday, March 11, 2011
OK, so I'm testing...testing
I'm back, but I set this so I have control over who can read it (mwah hah haha hahah) see, that's my lame-o attempt at a maniacal laugh. anway, it'll be good for me to have a place to post links, to test stuff, and generally futz around as I learn the art of this Social Networking jazz before I ask anybody to pay me real cash money to do it. Plus I can be as weird as I want to be 'cause, well, I'm my nly reader! So: the task at hand is to link to Greg & Al's floral design business blog and see if it works - I'm getting the swing of this SEO business, and apparently that ups your pageviews or whatever. I don't know if anybody actually has to see the link, or click on it for it to mean anything, or if it can just be out there as a 'bit' of information to be optmizable. Here goes!
will report back as needed. Stay tuned. Do you believe we're gonna have to explain that to kids? They're not gonna have to tune anything.
will report back as needed. Stay tuned. Do you believe we're gonna have to explain that to kids? They're not gonna have to tune anything.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
You be illin’ !
You got a flu shot. You take your Flintstones. You mainline Emergen-C, and wash your hands compulsively when Phyllis in accounting starts sniffling, and yet, you, paragon of health and wellness, are 'illin. So, to make it through, here are some survival strategies for those dark days (or in L.A., bright sunny days - which makes it worse) when you just feel like hell.
Seek out people to bring you stuff. The less you have to leave the house, the better (for you, and the rest of us paragons of health and wellness out there). Friends who are self employed are often both compassionate AND conveniently have a meeting in the general direction of your apartment. Other brave souls who are fond of you will ask if you need anything. It is in our upbringing to say "Oh gosh no, I'm fine" but this is the time to graciously accept help, and even ask for it! No gorgeous redheaded attorney soup-bringers, or brave Jedi knights bearing Sudafed to ride to your rescue? Never fear. Put on your best Southern accent and surrender yourself to the kindness of strangers.
A mission of matzo ball soup mercy: Both Canter's and Greenblatt's deliver, and frankly, anyone who shows up at your door with hot soup is your friend, even if you've paid them to come. The soup, by the way, does not need to be matzo ball. Good chosen-people-certified won-ton soup is readily available for delivery at Chinese restaurants all over town. Order some General Tso's chicken or another spicy dish while you're at it- helps clear the sinuses.
A nose in need: Whether you need Puffs, sudafed, or just some Campbell's chicken noodle, there are many options for having your grocery needs taken care of without leaving the comfort of that nest you've built on your sofa. In WeHo and SaMo, there's Yummy.com, the rest of you unfashionable people will have to make do with Vons. Stock up - if you're going to pay a delivery fee, buy some staples to go along with your bare bones order. Heavy stuff you don't want to schlep yourself is a good way to fill out those empty bags.
Finally feeling right but appalled by your pallor? The professionals at Spa Ici (Francais for "here") will come to your house and give you a massage, a spray tan, and teach you how to apply blush properly. And voila...you're back at your desk. When, natch, Walter, in Finance, starts to cough. Will somebody please send him home before the whole building catches it? No more colds this year for
The Girl You Heard It From
Canter's Deli
Greenblatt's Deli
http://losangeles.metromix.com/restaurants/jewish/greenblatts-deli-and-fine-hollywood/37816/content
Chinese restaurants:
Twin Dragon (Pico & La Cienega) http://picotwindragon.com
Mao's Kitchen (Venice Beach and WeHo locations) http://maoskitchen.com
China Chef (Beverly & Crescent Heights) http://losangeles.menupages.com/restaurantdetails?restaurantid=27088
Grocery delivery:
Yummy.com
Vons
ICI travelling Day Spa
Craigslist Treasure of the day:
Somewhere between the break-out and the smokey fajitas, he fell in looooooooooove.
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/mis/1018689737.html
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