Happy Hour at Indique heights Oct 29th 2009

Would love to meetup with all of you folks at the Indique heights tomorrow Oct 29th at 6.30 p.m. You can RSVP at http://gsbhh.eventbrite.com Please help me spread the word. Thanks.

PopTech 2009 Camden Maine Oysters from Maine at the Closing Gala

PopTech 2009 Camden Maine Oysters from Maine at the Closing Gala, originally uploaded by ShashiBellamkonda.

I love oysters having had them for the first time at the Etta's restaurant in Seattle where I went to attend Gnomedex. Then the next time was at the Poptech Closing gala in 2008 where you actually watched the shucking of the oysters.

#poptech Eating to reduce your carbon footprint

#poptech lunch was vegetarian and lowered the carbon footprint, originally uploaded by ShashiBellamkonda.

In a great presentation Michael Pollan (http://www.michaelpollan.com/) gave some great tips to help reduce the carbon footprint:

- Eat locally grown produce, organic produce shipped across the country has a larger carbon footprint
- Grow vegetables at home
- Cook at home and eat less outside
- Have family meal times and eat at the table together with the family.
- A vegan in a Hummer has a lighter carbon footprint than a meat eater in a Prius
- A burger takes 26 oz of oil and 13 lbs of fuel to make
- change the food bills in the US legislature not to focus so much on corn

Vegetable Lasagna (local organic vegetables smothered in a basil pesto sauce) from http://www.paolinasway.com/ 10 Bayview Landing, Camden, ME 04843 (207) 230-0555

Poptech 2009 Portabel;o Burger at the SmokeStack Grill in Camden Maine

Poptech 2009, originally uploaded by ShashiBellamkonda.

Portabello burger at the Smokestack Grill in Camedn Maine. website is at http://www.thesmokestackgrill.com/Site/Home.html and they could use a couple of more reviews on Yelp http://www.yelp.com/biz/smokestack-grill-camden

They are on Facebook too 

Tom Sietsema's 10th Dining Guide

I Was thrilled to see this Tweet todayu on Twitter:
floridagirlindc RT @TheFix: Tom Sietsema's 2009 dining guide is here! http://bit.ly/G6KAB

I love waiting for the Dining Guide to see which of my favorite restaurants are in Tom Sietsema’s list. At least from the quick glance I think I can declare that this list does not have a single restaurant that I have visited.

The restaurant’s I want to try out are :

Michael’s Noodles

Burma Road

You can read the Tom Sietsema’s Fall Dining guide here http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/gog/tom-sietsema-dining-guide-2009/

Loudoun County Bloggers meet for a good cause Oct 21st at Finnegan's Irish Pub

I was there at the last meet-up For Bloggers for Good in Feb 2009 and Erin has organized. Families welcome and great to meet a nice crowd of folks meeting with the goal of contributing for a good cause.

Mark your calendars: our next BFG meet-up will be Wednesday, October 21 at Finnegan's Irish Pub in Ashburn from 5-7.
Our last meet-up accomplished our three core goals: we met, we networked, and we did "good." We raised over $600 for Loudoun Interfaith Relief. I was personally incredibly touched by your generosity, especially in these tough economic times. I wish you could have all been there with me when I delivered the check; they were so appreciative!
This time, I hope we can do more of the same. This is a blogger meet-up for bloggers, readers, and friends. We'll catch up, socialize and network
We've selected an amazing local charity: Cole's Closet, which provides emotional and financial support for seriously ill children and their families. They take on projects like making hospital rooms more home-like and providing toys and activities for sick kids and their siblings.
Bloggers, spread the word! Finnegan's will generously donate 30% of all the sales we generate during the meet-up to Cole's Closet, a local charity committed to providing comfort to sick children and their families.
Send me an email at Erin@BloggersforGood.org to get our flyer, press release, and graphic.
Can't wait to see you all again!

 

Read more at http://www.bloggersforgood.org/2009/09/next-meet-up-october-21.html

In time for Halloween - Drink Dracula's blood

drink Dracula's blood, originally uploaded by ShashiBellamkonda.

This was in the Fallsgrove MCDLC in Rockville. Great idea and this is seasonal only.