Word & Mouth Blog
Where food, hospitality, branding, and human behavior all crash into each other. I write about restaurants, wine, placemaking, customer experience, and the small details that make people talk about a business long after they leave.
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A mix of hospitality, branding, customer psychology, hospitality culture, and internet behavior from someone who’s worked behind the scenes in marketing long enough to know what feels authentic and what feels painfully forced.
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Yes. Especially if your marketing currently sounds like ChatGPT wrote it.
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No LinkedIn thought leadership energy here. Just strategy, storytelling, and occasional side-eye toward trends, Chat-GPT written branding advice, and “disruptive” ideas that all look the same.
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People in marketing, hospitality, branding, retail, wine, or anyone who secretly judges restaurants by their menu design before reading the food list.
How to Create a Healthy "TikTok Salad Recipe" Inspired by the 5 Foods you Should Eat Everyday
Get creative in the kitchen with this easy and healthy TikTok Salad recipe. Incorporate spinach, apple, broccoli, garlic, flax seeds, and an apple cider vinaigrette dressing. Plus, you can customize it to your liking. Don't forget to post on TikTok and share with friends, and learn about the 5 foods you should eat every day for a balanced diet.
My Weight Loss Journey to Losing 45 Pounds
Moving forward, I am learning to listen to my body. When I start shaking if I eat more than a few bites of dessert, when my head throbs after having more than two glasses of beer or wine in a day, and when I feel the urge to get up and move when binge watching Schitts Creek – I LISTEN!
An Ode To The Instant Pot AKA How I Started Cooking at Home On A Regular Basis.
Once I finally bought the Instant Pot, my family started cooking at home more often, which helped us to make small changes for a healthy lifestyle and encouraged us to be more creative with our healthy home-cooked meals.
Leek Soup for Detox (Instant Pot Recipe)
My favorite part about soup is how to filled I feel after eating even something as simple as leek soup is fulfilling enough for dinner. I usually add veggie sausages, and maybe a piece of sourdough bread but this meal can be used as a great way to detox if that's your thing in January.