Stuart Perrin's Announcements, Happy Blogging!

Dear Friend,

Reading and Posting to Stuart Perrin's Announcements is easy! You will find it to be as easy as using email, but more convenient and versatile.

A key difference is a permanent web page is being updated right on Stuart's website. But this is no ordinary page it is also an rss feed. That means email subscribers can get a copy of the message when it's posted and they are able to subscribe to the page in a news reader. (The displayed image shows my Outlook reading the Who Am I news feed on my computer. Notice it looks exactly like an email inbox).

Please see the Announcement page itself for a full list of options and how to subscribe via email.

In addition to updates of postings, I just sent you a Guest Author invitation so you can even post your own message to the blog. Press on the link in the invitation to register yourself. This will confirm your identity and complete the registration process for you.

At this point you will now be able to publish a message to Stuart's announcement news in one of two ways:

1.) By sending your message as an email to the email address below: [spaces added for security]:

[ i t s i m m e d i a t e . w h 0 a m 1 n 3 w s @ b l o g g e r . c o m ].

2.) By logging in to blogger.com with your email address and password and pressing New Post from your Dashboard.

Whenever a posting is published it goes to the top of the news page and all the email subscribers are sent a copy too. People subscribe easily from the page and control their own settings.

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!

If you see your name then, congratulations. You also can post a message to the blog by using the hidden form used to send this message found here [spaces added for security]:

[h t t p : / / w w w . s t u a r t p e r r i n . c o m / a n n o u n c e . p h p ]

This sends a message to everyone on the old list, 62 people and 1 blog, that's why the message results in a new posting. It's fun!

Contact me if you're curious about any of this stuff or if you need any help.

Happy Blogging!

And, of course, lots of love,

Derek

August Intensive on the banks of the Hudson

Greetings Everyone!

I hope this invitation finds you all well and reveling in the magnificence of spring! Stewart Dean and I would like to welcome everyone to attend a weekend intensive in upstate New York on August 4th and 5th. We have been fortunate enough to secure the same lovely old Victorian home on the Hudson River in Tivoli that we stayed at last year. Now all we need to know is if you're going to come!

Details:
The donation to Stuart for the intensive is $300. We are asking for additional contributions of $75.00 if you would like to stay in the house for the weekend, and $25.00 if you stay elsewhere. We can accommodate up to seven people very comfortably and possibly arrange more. Food and transportation costs will be left to everyone's personal preference. Maintenance of the house will be a cooperative effort as always. Stewart will provide a taxi service between the Rhinebeck Amtrak train station and the house.

Stewart and I are very happy to host the retreat, make arrangements and serve all of you in anyway possible to make this happen, but we can't do it alone! We and Stuart need to have an idea of whether there will be a minimum of six people that could commit to attending the retreat in advance.

If you can confirm that you will be able to attend, please let us know within two weeks of receiving this announcement so that we can secure the house and Stuart's time.

Email your response to me at: Gourmetraveler@aol.com

Much love to you all,
Cathy