The week that I was foodblogging, I went to several outposts of Zingerman's. Rather than write them up one by one, I saved them all and wrote up a post all about Zingerman's, with all the pictures I'd taken throughout the week. In addition to including it in my blog, I crossposted it to the "Heartland" forum on eGullet (the geographical area that MI is in).

So, I'm in the midst of organizing a gathering of eGullet folks this summer. To make the trip more enticing to out-of-towners, we're trying to line up a couple of special opportunities, including something to do with Zingerman's. In my email to Zing to start making arrangements, I included a link to my write up.

Today I make my near weekly stop at the Roadshow to pick up lunch for Sue and I, and the Roadshow girl greets me with "Hey - you made us famous!" Apparently a link to my eGullet post got sent to the Marketing Director, who sent it out to the whole company! From what she told me it was really well received - Ari wrote a followup email and everything! The Roadshow staff were down at the deli and someone there recognized them from my pictures (the reason for the "famous" comment.)

So that's all nifty and cool. I keep thinking that if I do want that career change and think working for Zingerman's would be cool, now might just be the time to try to make that happen, while my "talents" are on their radar screen...

The post is here.