It seems I’ve been nominated for a cool little event called the Best of 604. It’s a best of list for Vancouver based blogs, and since I’m based in Vancouver, I qualify for this cool little award. 

So, please, head here, and please vote for Drinks After Dark as a “Best Food Site”, mmmk?

I love lists. I make lists all the time… I want to be on this list. It’s just cool. 

So, help me out? 

You guys rock!  Thanks!!!

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Shameless Self Promotion

Blogtoberfest will run an entire two weeks throughout our channel beginning Monday, October 6th and wrapping up Friday, October 17th.

Here’s how it will work:

Each day select blogs within the channel will post as usual, the only difference is, they’ll post our beautiful Blogtoberfest button (shown above) and a special note letting you know that it is a sponsored post. That particular post will have a secret prize assigned to it from our list of awesome prizes that will be announced prior to opening day.

All you have to do to enter to win that prize is leave a comment! That’s it! All prizes will be available to the U.S. and Canada unless otherwise noted. We do have some goodies for our global friends too!

Within a few days of leaving your comment, check back with that blog to see what the prize is and if you’re the lucky winner as well as instructions on just how to claim your prize.

Our objective is to reward our loyal readers and subscribers. Loyal readers will know when to comment, if they’ve won and how to get their prize! Pretty good, huh?

Does that sound like you? Do you want that to sound like you?

If you would like to become a loyal reader, visit our channel blogs – add them to your favorites, subscribing to their feeds and checking back are the only ways to win.

And well, with the holidays just around the corner, it’s a great way to kick off your holiday shopping!

We do hope you’ll come celebrate Blogtoberfest with us!

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Lifestyle Channel rewards loyal readers with Blogtoberfest!

OK, this is cool. I don’t know who did it, but I’ve been nominated for the Hot Blogger Calendar. They’re only taking nominations till tonight, and they’re basing it on how many nominations the person gets. I’m up against some pretty stiff competition, so get’cher ass over to the site and nominate me!

I want to go to New York for the shoot! :D

See? Hot. Smart. Funny. Heck, you guys keep reading me! Go nominate me please! :)

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Nominated for the Hot Blogger Calendar

Rachel’s got her hands full at the moment keeping the b5media marketing ship sailing straight, and she’s doing a fantastic job.

I’ll miss Rachel, but I’m looking forward to the fun coming up here on Drinks After Dark!

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More Drinks After Dark News

Well, since it is August, and there’s nothing that I can do about it, I figure I may as well enjoy it and roll out the features and fun new things that I promised I would.

July was a good month on Drinks After Dark. A new feature, “So you wanna learn how to drink….”, was introduced, and I promised something new along those lines for August as well.

Starting next Wednesday, Drinks after Dark will feature “So you wanna learn how to make….” and will feature all the weird concoctions, classic cocktails and neat drinks you’ve always wondered about but just didn’t know how to make. Have something you’re curious about but haven’t managed to figure out? Let me know in the comments and I’ll be happy to help!

I’m also going to be starting Happy Hour on Blog Talk Radio as well, 7 pm PST beginning next Friday, August 8th. I’ll post the phone number and the first week’s topic here as well as all over Twitter, so mark it on your calendar and be sure to call in and chat!

Each Tuesday throughout August (and likely beyond) will be a review of something I’ve had the pleasure of trying recently. Every second Monday continues “So you wanna learn how to drink…” (Absinthe and Sake are my next two on tap – anything else you’re interested in learning about?)

Finally, I was considering an “Ask the Cocktail Girls” feature, (kinda like Ask DrinkPlanner) but before I start that, do you guys have questions? Is this something you’d be interested in reading or participating in? If so, I’ll start a separate page for this exact thing and you guys can ask me whatever you want. “what makes a dirty martini dirty?” “What’s the best wine to order on a date?” … whatever. I’ll compile 2 or 3 at a time and answer once a week (if I have enough or I’ll wait till I have two or three collected). An advice column for the cocktail set if you will.

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Updates, News and New Features

A year or two ago, I decided that if I wanted to do business with the big boys, I would need to learn to drink something a little more manly than a Cosmo. I knew that the businessmen that I envisioned myself sitting with, which for some reason, were oil barons in my mind’s eye, would be impressed by a woman ordering a scotch rocks.

I announced to my husband that I wanted to learn to drink scotch, knowing that it, and frankly, many other spirits, is an acquired taste.

That little experiment hasn’t ended yet – I’m still working on it – but it occurs to me that there are likely lots of other people in my same situation. Maybe you’re looking to impress the boss. Maybe you want to drink with the guys from work, without being mocked for your drink choice. Maybe you just want to break stereotypes. No matter what your motivation, Drinks After Dark is here for you.

Starting tomorrow, there’s going to be a new feature called “So, you want to learn how to drink….” and we’ll cover all of the wonderful world of spirits that are out there that you either want to start drinking for whatever reason or if you’re just curious about what the heck to do with that bottle in your liquor cabinet you got as a gift.

We’re starting with Tequila, the adversary of so many people (including me, until recently) and then we’ll tackle Scotch with the help of a scotch fan, Tris Hussey. If you’ve got any requests, please let me know in the comments!

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Introducing a new feature: So you want to learn how to drink…..

I’m moments away from crashing so that I can get up early and head down to Seattle to have my hour of face to face with Vaynerchuk himself. I’m looking forward to it, and working on coming up with my own questions, but I’m wondering what YOU would ask him? So, dear readers, tell me in the comments, what would you ask Gary?

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What would you ask Gary Vaynerchuk?

Lookit! There we are! Right above the Alltop banner and riiiight near the master of wine himself, GaryVee.

Alltop is Guy Kawasaki’s latest venture, and is basically a “dashboard,” “table of contents,” or even a “digital magazine rack” of the Internet. At each Alltop site, they display the latest five stories from thirty or more sites on a single page. They call it “single-page aggregation.”

I met Guy very briefly at SxSW, and through the power of Twitter, not only have I had several conversations with him, I’ve also gotten three four sites on Alltop. I’m part of the Twitterati, my personal blog is on the Life page, my other b5media blog, BuzzNetworker is on the Social Media page, and I’m pleased to announce that as of this afternoon, DrinksAfterDark is now included in the Living section under Wine!

I’m ridiculously proud that all three four of my main sites are in the Alltop world. If it’s like anything else that Guy touches, Alltop will be turning to gold shortly.

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Drinks after Dark makes the cut for Alltop