Happy blog birthday... we should have that gluttony party we were talking about in honor of it. Because I can't think of ANYTHING that deserves it more!
What a great post, Joy! Yay! I love it. Now, aloha to you, young lady. See you next weekend...if you're all tan, I may have to beat you over the head with a wine bottle.
I'm a bit late with my post here, but I just wanted to offer my congratulations and best wishes on reaching the one year anniversary of the founding of your outstanding blog!
10/12/2005 1:39 PM
So I guess the number is a little smaller, like 1080 say, because the actual birthday of this blog is October 3rd. But since I'll be leaving for Kauai tomorrow, I thought I'd leave you with this while I am gone.
I can't believe my little baby bitchfest is already a year old. When I started this blog, I started it for the many people in my life who kept bugging me about where to eat (Shut yer traps already!). I had no idea that anyone else would (or would want to) read it. Fortunately for me, they did. And so, in honor of this momentous day, I've compiled a list of things from the past year:
Highest Number of Visitors in a Single Day: 262
Highest Number of Visitors in a Month: 5800ish
Number of Visitors All Year: As of this moment, 32,835
Total Number of Posts: 103, including this one
Total Number of Mesh Articles: 4
Most Disturbing Search Term: "fuck my dirty whore girlfriend" Nice folks I attract, huh?
Best Food I Ate Outside of the County this Year: Street Food in Bangkok, hands down. Duh. Like you didn't see that coming.
Pieces of Hate Mail for the Michael Mina Post: 9
Pieces of Fan Mail for the Michael Mina Post: 14 (yee haw!)
Number of Chefs Who Have Posted On the Blog/E-mailed Me: 8, including three from other countries.
Number of Oysters Eaten: Around 157, I would guess
Number of Burritos Eaten: 43
Number of Times My Grandma Has Asked Why I Have to Swear So Much In the Blog: 32
Thing That Makes Me Happiest: Being able to give a little love back to the restaurants that have taken such good care of me for so many years.
Thing I'm Most Proud Of: Staying true to myself and not compromising my style or ethics to please anyone else. I still don't write anything down, I still make friends with my servers, bussers, chefs and bartenders and I still own my opinions, popular or not. Fuck, yeah!
And, finally, my blog birthday wish for this year: To be able to write off some of these meals so I can afford the personal trainer that I so desperately need after all of this gluttony.
Thank you to everyone who has read, loved, laughed, been outraged, paid attention to me, shared a meal with me and put up with my potty mouth. I have adored finding people who get as dorkass excited about food as I do. I love you. Lots.
Happy Birthday, bitches!
xoxo Joy
"To eat is a necessity. To eat intelligently is an art." --La Rochefoucauld
"1095 meals later..."
6 Comments -
happiest of blog birthdays
unexpected welcome bonus for moi too
enjoy hawaii, forget the blog for a few days
love sam x
9/28/2005 4:54 PM
We love you!!!
Happy blog birthday... we should have that gluttony party we were talking about in honor of it. Because I can't think of ANYTHING that deserves it more!
xoxo
F
9/28/2005 5:10 PM
What a great post, Joy! Yay! I love it. Now, aloha to you, young lady. See you next weekend...if you're all tan, I may have to beat you over the head with a wine bottle.
9/30/2005 8:21 AM
Happy Happy Birthday you salty mouthed Ho!
I like that I can come here and curse too.
Funny how those search engines find us, eh?
Keep On Keepin' On --- You Rock Sista!
9/30/2005 12:32 PM
Thank you to all...I'm the luckiest slut that ever there was.
10/09/2005 11:21 PM
I'm a bit late with my post here, but I just wanted to offer my congratulations and best wishes on reaching the one year anniversary of the founding of your outstanding blog!
10/12/2005 1:39 PM