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Results of Draw — Vancouver 2010 Olympics Opening Ceremony Dress Rehearsal
The response was simply overwhelming. When Arkensen and Nanzaro donated three of their precious Dress Rehearsal tickets to chowtime’s readers we did not think much about it. After all, we had too many tickets and the event is held on work and school hours.
Credit metronews.ca - stig nielsen/for metro vancouver
It was in the news yesterday that thousands of volunteers were lining around the block in downtown Vancouver to get hold of just one ticket (with the option to buy another one at $50). Between Nanzaro and Arkensen, they were given ten without having to line up for it.
You know …
I want to say a heartfelt thank you for all the unexpected kind words you had for Arkensen and Nanzaro. We even received a long moving email from a reader just thanking the boys for putting the tickets out there. Those words meant a lot to Suanne and I because this allows us to demonstrate to our boys what it means to share and how people out there who truly appreciates such unselfish act. I want to let you know they are pleased and are proud of what they had done even though they did not say it. I can see it in their eyes. :-)
Thanks a lot!
It goes without saying that particular post generated the most number of comments ever. We had recorded a total of 308 comments. As expected, there are some frivolous submissions (i.e. 24 comments coming from one IP within a space of 30 minutes) … sorry to say we removed the entire swath of these emails from the draw.
We ended up with 272 email addresses which we ran through the Randomizer.
Here are the results: More on following page. Click here to continue reading
Amazing Natural Camouflage
Alright this is not about food … not even remotely related at all. I got these amazing pictures from a friend and thought I want to put it up on the site for a little experiment.
As I was looking at these, I can’t help but to think how much effort one would go through to take even one picture of these creatures.
Enjoy these pictures.
Happy New Year 2010
Each moment in a day has its own value.
Morning brings HOPE
Afternoon brings FAITH
Evening brings LOVE,
Night brings REST,
Hope you will all of them everyday.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
from Nanzaro, Arkensen, Suanne and Ben
Using Menu Psychology to Entice Diners (by the NYT)
I came across this very interesting article on the New York Times today. The article is a bit longish but it describes how the combination of prices, adjectives, fonts, type sizes, ink colors and placement on the page can coax diners into spending a little more money.
Quoting the article:
Some restaurants use what researchers call decoys. For example, they may place a really expensive item at the top of the menu, so that other dishes look more reasonably priced; research shows that diners tend to order neither the most nor least expensive items, drifting toward the middle. Or restaurants might play up a profitable dish by using more appetizing adjectives and placing it next to a less profitable dish with less description so the contrast entices the diner to order the profitable dish.
In another section of the article it also pointed out:
A study published by researchers at Cornell found that when the prices were given with dollar signs, customers spent less than when no dollar signs appeared. The study also found that customers spent significantly more when the price was … More on following page. Click here to continue reading
Splayd — Towards a Grand Unification of Cutlery
I thought this would be interesting and relevant to a food blog.
I don’t get the “Splayd” part. Anyone?
Image credit: http://www.geekologie.com/
This is taken off … More on following page. Click here to continue reading
Mona Lisa Coffee Art
A friend of mine sent me this link below.
Do you know what they used to make that Mona Lisa portrait? It is this …
Couple Arrested For Refusing To Pay Tips!
I know this will provoke a response from some of our readers:
What do you think?
