Tag Archive | "WOMMA"

A South Beach Diet

Friday, May 15, 2009

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Miami

I have been in Miami the past 3 days for the WOMM-U conference. I had a little talk to do and I needed to reconnect with some old Womma peeps. This time the conference was moved from Downtown Miami to the Ritz South Beach. Needless to say the hotel, pool, restaurant and service held up to the swanky, sexy South Beach standard i expected. I also had my bosses along for the trip. Brian and Sean were making the trek from San Fran to Miami for their first Womma event. Because of this, I wanted to make sure they had an educational and fun experience. Naturally, I turned to my beautiful, foul-mouthed, food loving friend May for a recommendation. Why May? Because, she had been raving about a certain restaurant down there for months. May doesn’t live in South Beach but is there enough to know what’s what. So I took her advice…

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Otto in Vegas

Saturday, November 15, 2008

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Las Vegas

With 5 hours left in Vegas I made one more restaurant stop. This time at the Venetian to Enoteca San Marco one of three Mario Batali restaurants. This one was great. It had virtually the same menu as OTTO in NY. Although, it sits in the fake St. Marks square, so it feels like you are sitting in a wine bar outside in Venice, Italy (in a cartoon way sort of)…

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War on Smorgasbord

Thursday, November 13, 2008

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Las Vegas

Although it sounds like it could be part of the former Soviet block, the New World Buffet, could not be farther from a cold war remnant. Billed as the largest buffet in Las Vegas, The World Buffet sits inside the Rio Hotel and Casino. I just happened to be staying at the hotel for the annual WOMMA (Word of Mouth Marketing) Conference. On my first evening there, as everyone was still arriving and settling in, I took the opportunity to put this to the test. The first weird bit was that there is no “live” person who sells you the ticket for the buffet. It is an automated ATM like machine that prints a ticket and then you are corralled into a space where a woman eventually comes and seats you. Weird. Let’s start with a tour. Shall we?

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