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Commenter Spotlight #1

4 January 2007 381 views 17 Comments

In an effort to continue sharing the culture and cuisine of Trinidad and Tobago beyond the limits of this digital confine I’m gonna be sending out little thank-you packages to my Top 5 Commenters to date. These people have made logging onto TriniGourmet a joy for me on a daily basis and I look forward to their (and your!) feedback more than they may realize :)

I realize that for some a blog is a podium or soapbox to opine from. I have never really been comfortable with that format. Yes this is primarily -my- space and my tastes and likes and dislikes will predominate, but I hope that you realize that I also want you to think of it as a space where you as the reader/visitor are more than welcome to -respectfully- contribute and enrich both my knowledge and the knowledge of others who also pass by :) These 5 people have all done so and my life (and this site) are all the richer for it. Thanks gals (and guy)! I will be contacting you each individually to get your contact details :) I will be running this project on a random basis, so who knows… maybe next time your name may be one of those below :D

TriniGourmet’s Top 5 Commenters

1. Marsha – who knew that Marsha (a high school classmate of mine) would also end up becoming a total foodie with her own foodblog? :)
2. Chennette – yet another Trini foodblogger (we seem to be a disproportionate percentage of Caribbean foodbloggers!) currently based in Guyana, somewhere in the Caribbean? Her blog has amazing photos – some of which I have featured in my own posts!
3. Lilandra – Lilandra is Chennette’s sibling and partner-in-internetcrimez :D Funny and witty you should totally check out her blog which combines sci-fi geekgrrl and foodography like no other :)
4. Veron – I had been a fan of Veron’s site for quite a while so I was surprised when she started commenting on mine :) I really appreciate the support and comraderie that she has displayed. Her creations are as much works of art as they are ‘food’ :D
5. Burekaboy – Very Canadian and very sweet, Burekaboy is one of the newest visitors and commenters on TriniGourmet. Make yourself at home here and thanks for representing all the Y chromosome foodbloggers out there :)

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17 Comments »

  • Lilandra said:

    Wow! I post so much on your blog???

    /me wonders if anybody will believe I was grading all this weekend and all last week…

    # 4 January 2007 at 1:12 am | link
  • Sarina said:

    lolz yeah boy gyal :D i was surprized too! :D ayay ay yuh sneaky! yuh just posted again :D hahahaha

    # 4 January 2007 at 1:27 am | link
  • Lilandra said:

    it’s so strange to think you went to Smith!

    # 4 January 2007 at 1:52 am | link
  • Sarina said:

    *laughs* i was -not- expecting that :D

    ZooMass :P

    # 4 January 2007 at 1:53 am | link
  • burekaboy said:

    hey sarinalicious! ;) what a NICE and completely unexpected surprise!! more importantly, thanks for sharing all your wonderful things from trinidad & tobago, place i know so little about (so far). every time i visit, there is something “new” for me to read about. your blog is, IMO, very well done and highly user friendly. and yes, boys do seem to be the minority around the foodblogging world :) thanks again ;p

    # 4 January 2007 at 2:04 am | link
  • Lilandra said:

    My goodness. This Burekaboy is definitely not trini. He’s so very polite and gracious. Me, I so bold I just say wow! look at me!

    I didn’t even manage to squeeze in a little thank you or anything.

    Hmph.
    How I bring up so??

    I didn’t live at the Zoo…really…I never even heard that term…:-p
    (well maybe i did)
    Grad students live in a completely different dimension from those undergrads!
    I completely didn’t understand them.

    # 4 January 2007 at 2:10 am | link
  • Chennette said:

    Oooooh…Trinis are polite :-) THANK YOU! See ;-)
    Being fairly new to the blogging world and still completely new to foodblogging, ever so glad to discover your blog AND that you do all the work :-D you know, having cool links and browsing YouTube etc…and I can read it and enjoy.

    # 4 January 2007 at 9:22 am | link
  • Veron said:

    Hi Sarina,
    I always enjoy visiting your blog and reading all those delicious food that you showcase over here. Thanks for selecting me for the Trinidad and Tobago package, I am very flattered !

    # 4 January 2007 at 9:23 am | link
  • Lilandra said:

    Chennette wouldn’t've said thank you if she didn’t see my post and the non-trini posts.

    i think my website is down :(

    # 4 January 2007 at 11:10 am | link
  • Sarina said:

    lilandra – i been trying to visit it for an hour now :( i thought it was my connection :( doh take on chennette she not foolin’ me :D :D

    # 4 January 2007 at 11:21 am | link
  • Lilandra said:

    She just making style on me.

    A whole hour? I wonder what was up! :-(

    *sigh*

    Well, I haven’t had problems with my hosts except once last month and now this. I’m new to them. Hmmmm.

    # 4 January 2007 at 11:29 am | link
  • Chennette said:

    I am a polite person, without prompting!
    When people think of me, they always say “That Chennette, she is so polite!” :P

    Allyuh people…trying to ruin my reputation

    # 4 January 2007 at 12:03 pm | link
  • Lilandra said:

    No they don’t.
    They say “That Chennette, so calm, no backbone!” :-p

    # 4 January 2007 at 4:37 pm | link
  • Marsha said:

    Well this is a big honor Nikki! Also my major now in grad school is food science!
    My masters was in food too hahahah

    # 4 January 2007 at 5:59 pm | link
  • Marsha said:

    You know my hotmail email address right Nikki? That is my main contact for email….

    # 4 January 2007 at 6:02 pm | link
  • Marsha said:

    You know my hotmail email address right Nikki? That is my main contact for email….that is also my contact for MSN messenger…add me as a contact nuh?

    # 4 January 2007 at 6:06 pm | link
  • Sarina said:

    hi marsha :) i don’t use MSN too much problems :) you know my address too, send me your deetz :P

    # 4 January 2007 at 7:05 pm | link

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