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What we think of YELP. (via Charlotte Observer)

Here’s the link to our interview with Marty Minchin of The Observer.

We love yelp. We use yelp. But we don’t totally agree with all of the stuff that other guy in the article said. Typically, if someone has something negative to say about a business, it ends up on the internet. Sadly, people have a habit of criticizing small stuff before businesses have a chance to correct an issue.

Lucky for us, we are so small that we can acknowledge issues with our customers on a one on one basis. And even luckier, we don’t have people get upset over things often. Complaints we receive are usually “why didn’t you make anything with peanut butter today???” (for real, #1 complaint.)

So thank you, people who know how to use social media outlets, the people who don’t just complain, but know how to tell us when we do a good job, too. Because we really do try every day to make sure everyone enjoys our desserts. We work too hard for people to think we suck. Thanks for your business, as it’s the customers that make us a success!

 

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Aiming Low Non-Con, For bloggers AND bakers.

AnotherIMG_2599 conference under my belt, and I’m still a blogging slack ass. I keep thinking if I go to these conference, I’ll get motivated to work on my business blog. Because this “flog” (fake blog) just don’t count for shit.

People ask me ALL OF THE TIME: “why do you go to those things, you aren’t a writer.” No, assholes. I’m not. I don’t pretend to be either.

I enjoy being around writers or creative people in general. But because I am not a writer, I get uninspired and discouraged easily. It’s not like I want to BE a writer, I just wanted to tell funny stories and do weird shit. Or do weird shit and tell funny stories about it. I have good ideas for my business and want to connect the two. I enjoy getting advice from people in a field I’m not familiar with, but they are.

Some days I don’t have time to take a shower let alone read a bunch of blogs. I am much better keeping up with a scrolling twitter feed, and watching “stories” or conversation in 140 characters. Once in a while, a link pops up in my feed and I HAVE to stop, click, and read.

But there was one person that inspired me to even START a blog, just as an online journal for myself. Ree Drummond. I didn’t know her name 6 years ago, but I sure as hell knew www.thepioneerwoman.com. I found her by googling a recipe I think. I was pregnant, puking but always hungry. It was early 2006 maybe. When I first started reading her blog, it was simple, easy, filled with pictures and great recipes. And then she BLEW UP. All around the internet you saw stay at home moms, and former business women turned “inspiring online journal writers”, and “want-to-be-but-cant-make-it-with-a-publisher” dabblers getting a shit ton of attention for “blogging.”

Then Ree had a cookbook, and another book, and finally a tv show. If there was ever a “blogger” that could inspire business success for me? It’s her. I felt lucky to be sitting in an intimate group of people (considering the sheer size of Aiming Low to the monster anxiety filled Blogher GAH- kill me!) listening to her story. To me, she is absolutely inspiring.

At Aiming Low I was able to meet new people, and spend “quality” time and drinks with (mostly) ladies I met at Blogher and TypeACon. We had a blast, because that’s what Tricia and I do.

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Unlucky people go to work conferences and sleep with their eyeballs open and consider conferences a drag. But this group of bloggers and bakers, well we happen to have super powers.

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NYC & BanShe Party. (as opposed to banshees)

How do you spell hangover? CHEESEBURGER.

We couldn’t waste our free day in NYC screwing around with hangovers, so we started the day with wine and burgers  hydrating and protein.

We ate at a cute bistro overlooking Rockefeller Center, and for dessert we headed over to Magnolia Bakery. OF COURSE.

 and then 

Not so awesome. They’re a little more expensive than mine, but 1/3 the size. Also, the frosting definitely has vegetable shortening in it. They did not get the memo red velvet is suppose to be cream cheese…And they were very dry (so at least I can tell they baked them themselves). Next time someone bitches about our cupcakes I will totally laugh. We each took 1 bite and pitched the box.

hung out at the Met for a few hours, saw the Prada show and some NAKED people…

 

Hangover time out…Kelly sleeping with her phone, TPO and I harassing my daughter who is now positive I am a lesbian because I sleep with women all of the time.

 

Time Square where I almost fell square on my face in too-high of heels.

And last but not least we attended BanShe. I had NO idea it was going to be “that” kind of party…and by “that” I mean, can you see what’s in our hands?? wink wink*

LOVE Tracy Beckerman! http://lostinsuburbiablog.com/

Sponsored by:

Thanks for the invite @rockdrool@marymac @tracyinsuburbia @mrsstrick

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Sparkles, Unicorns, Drunk Bloggers & Cake Fails = Sparklecorn.

What the hell am I talking about? After a long day of conference mayhem, bloggers let loose, REALLY raving loose. We attended SPARKLECORN.

I don’t know the last time I laughed this hard.

Kelly is the fashion and beauty guru, and refused to allow us to be seen without the proper gear for dinner and a rainbow gala.

She lashed me!

TPO was jetsetting to a party with VIPs so Kelly and I headed to Aureole. The food is fantastic and the name makes me giggle.

 <-before & after-> 

Sassy, no doubt.

The first thing you see when you walk into Sparklecorn? The crazy ass Rainbow Unicorn Cake with a protruding robot from Charm City Cake -that fell on the Mo Fo FLOOR! AHHHH! Whose blogger butt knocked it over?!

Caketastrophy!

Next on the agenda, trying to visit with people I’ve met, and hunt down bloggers I’ve been twit-stalking for years!

 @NotASuperMom Anne Parris  & @4hatsandfrugal Amiyah Martin

 @marymac Mary McCarthy @carabee Land of Bean

 my FAV stalkable @anissamayhew Anissa Mayhew

 @ketilave Kate and she’s got moves like Jagger.

 creepiest shot of the night, for sure.

Have you seen this video? THIS is what I’m talking about. 

Thanks for a great night, @mamapop! (more pics at their site, you might see more of our creepy…) http://www.mamapop.com/2012/08/sparklecorn-2012-photos.html

 

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