Reality check.

There are a lot--and by a lot I mean THOUSANDS--of really great food blogs out there. Chefty needs to be competitive.

I met a woman here recently who is equally mad for food & cooking--let's call her FGF (foie gras fanatic). She suggested we start a food blog together that focused on Seattle & the PacNW. I like this idea, and feel it could have the potential to become a kind of local blogging collective.

So, dear reader. If you're reading this blog you're no doubt bright and creative and love to eat & cook & all that good stuff. You may also be my friend or relative. It of course goes without saying that you are an arbiter of exquisite taste. What do you think?

*Fleshing out Chefty into a really excellent blog would mean a considerable allocation of resources on my behalf.

*Working with this other fine foodie would also be expensive in terms of commitment, but it would be a shared one that would likely produce more content and better content (scroll down for a digressive footnote on 'more' and 'better').

*I'm uncertain how much of what I might have to say--at this early point--is really distinctive compared to some of the great blogs already out there. Not sure that I need some kind of challenge to sustain me, but there should be a cohesive thread. I have some thoughts about what a compelling angle could be and welcome your feedback--particularly since many of you are pretty familiar with my (virtual) voice.

*What are the chances that I could make a really terrifically fun and informative blog and land myself a job at Gourmet let's say four years from now? Gotta dust off your crystal balls for that one. :)

I have to say, I am feeling bubbly about a new enterprise. I know my posting practices have not been stellar thus far, but I know that they can be!



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Digression: Hip hop slang doesn't work once you're off the streets.

In a work meeting last week I flubbed and said 'more better' to describe something and then, because I thought it would be funny and felt the need to counteract my flub, I said immediately 'mo' betta,' while donning what I would assume to be a gangsta-type cadence.

Crickets.