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Almost 20 years ago (!!!), back in 2003, before Facebook and Twitter and Eater and all of it, I was a freelance writer with an idea for sharing more of my writing with the world. I could only publish what I could sell, but I had so much more to say. (Don't we all?) So, I thought, what if I just put everything I want to say in a blog? My friend Harvey Kreiswirth helped me build the site (long before nifty platforms like Wix and Worldpress) and The Strong Buzz was born. I covered food, restaurants, chefs, trends, farmers, news, reviews, and more. It became one of the first and most celebrated food blogs in the history of, well, blogs. 

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Fast forward 10 years. I was now married with two little kids at home and the blogosphere was fairly packed with young people who were out a lot more often than me. So I put The Strong Buzz to bed and focused on my journalism career and on being a mom.

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With the COVID pandemic in full swing, and lots of us at home and searching for honest reporting, I decided to bring The Strong Buzz back. This year I decided to join all the cool kids on Substack and migrated the Strong Buzz over there. It's still free, but if you become a paid subscriber you'll get extras like restaurant reviews, discounts and early access to events, first looks at new openings, discounts to museums like MOFAD, and much more. Sign up here!