Link It Up: Must Read Posts on 10.26.2012

It’s a real hodge podge of links this week. Spin the wheel of randomness and let’s see what comes up!

CLE Love via CLE+

Last night, I attended the quarterly CLE+ Social Media Advisory Committee (or #SMAC) meeting. The meeting featured presentations by:

Andy Tveekrem and Mike Foran, Market Garden Brewery & Distillery: on Twitter (@Mrkt_Grdn_Beer) and on Facebook
Margaret Mann, Tuscany Distributors: on Twitter (@TuscanyCLE) and on Facebook
Tom Lix, Cleveland Whiskey: on Twitter (@clevewhiskey) and on Facebook

While each telling us their tale of invitation here in Northeastern Ohio, they treated us to quite the spread of beverages:

Let’s just say I found a new favorite sparkling white wine:

…but Mr. Lix gets the award for the quote of the night: “Cleveland is an attitude.” LOVE.

My Blogging PSA Of The Week

If you run blog giveaways that feature an entry for “liking” a Facebook page: STOP. It’s against their Terms of Service for Pages. Read more over at the Rafflecopter site: Facebook Giveaway / Contest Rules & Regulations Explained. I’m still not 100% convinced that using a 3rd party Facebook app makes it okay (feel free to convince me otherwise in the comments), so I’m playing it safe rather than sorry.

From my Google Reader

The utter despair of shopping at Macy’s from Eat The Damn Cake is a must read for every woman who needs to shop for a new size.

Nutella Croissant Bread Pudding? Thank you, Cat. My life is now complete.

While we’re on recipes, a huge congrats to Katie: her gluten-free pumpkin chocolate chip pancakes were featured on the Huffington Post website this week! And they look delicious!

Thank You, Random Stranger at the start of my race from one of the Runner’s World blogs is great in itself, but I love the comments of others tales of random strangers helping out one another at races.

#crazydoglady entries of the week

50 things to do before you die – if you’re a dog. Not so strangely, my dog has already done several of these.

Would you buy your dog a treadmill to lose weight?

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