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		<title>My Top Ten Picks For Kansas City Restaurant Week 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[January 20th kicks off the best week of the year to be a food lover (on a budget) in Kansas City.  Restaurant week returns and once again provides an opportunity to eat at some of the best restaurants in Kansas City for just $30.  You will also be making a $3 donation to Harvester’s Food <a href="http://tipsfortips.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/my-top-ten-picks-for-kansas-city-restaurant-week-2012/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tipsfortips.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13117777&amp;post=1345&amp;subd=tipsfortips&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jardines Update: Score One For The Little Guys</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 04:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that the documents are official, I can let the cat out of the bag and write a final chapter on the Jardines saga.  Jardines has been sold.  The new owners are vowing to keep it as a jazz club.  The former owner will stay on for a transitional period.  After that period it is <a href="http://tipsfortips.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/jardines-update-score-one-for-the-little-guys/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tipsfortips.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13117777&amp;post=1342&amp;subd=tipsfortips&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Jardines Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some local blogs have criticized my coverage of the closing of Jardines Kansas City.  I will make no apologies about standing on the side of the servers and against this owner.  I try not to take sides in situations like that.  I do not speak out against owners of restaurants.  You will not find me critical <a href="http://tipsfortips.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/a-jardines-update/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tipsfortips.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13117777&amp;post=1339&amp;subd=tipsfortips&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Jardines Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life in a restaurant is far different than life in corporate America, especially for the 15 former employees of Jardines restaurant.  Jardines has been a Kansas City jazz landmark for as long as I can remember.  Some of the greatest jazz musicians in the world have played this little club, but this weekend they showed <a href="http://tipsfortips.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/the-jardines-story/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tipsfortips.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13117777&amp;post=1330&amp;subd=tipsfortips&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Best of Kansas City 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2011 19:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year the local weekly paper has a “Best of Kansas City” ballot.  Every year it is a bit disappointing to see these picks relegated to a small corner of the page as they write about their favorites.  Despite all of this, when I was voted “Best Server” it was one of the coolest things <a href="http://tipsfortips.wordpress.com/2011/09/04/best-of-kansas-city-2011/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tipsfortips.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13117777&amp;post=1314&amp;subd=tipsfortips&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Updates, Redirects, and &#8220;Aren&#8217;t You That Guy Who&#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://tipsfortips.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/updates-redirects-and-arent-you-that-guy-who/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You should be over here right now Recently I have noticed a small spike in subscribers to this blog.  That is great.  I appreciate you choosing to subscribe.  I hope to reward you with outstanding content that will make you glad you did.  The problem is that this is not where I am doing that <a href="http://tipsfortips.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/updates-redirects-and-arent-you-that-guy-who/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tipsfortips.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13117777&amp;post=1304&amp;subd=tipsfortips&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Reviews Are In</title>
		<link>http://tipsfortips.wordpress.com/2011/06/29/the-reviews-are-in/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; Read any good books lately?  When I sent out advanced copies of my book, I was hoping someone would say something nice about it.  All of the people who had read it previously did so to edit it.  Something about getting back all the previous copies covered in red ink made me wonder <a href="http://tipsfortips.wordpress.com/2011/06/29/the-reviews-are-in/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tipsfortips.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13117777&amp;post=1297&amp;subd=tipsfortips&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Announcing Tips²: Tips For Improving Your Tips</title>
		<link>http://tipsfortips.wordpress.com/2011/06/23/announcing-tips%c2%b2-tips-for-improving-your-tips/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is with a great deal of pride and excitement that I can finally announce the release of my first book: Tips2: Tips For Improving Your Tips.  I have been teasing this big announcement for months and am glad to finally be making it, even though for regular readers it may be akin to Mitt <a href="http://tipsfortips.wordpress.com/2011/06/23/announcing-tips%c2%b2-tips-for-improving-your-tips/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tipsfortips.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13117777&amp;post=1293&amp;subd=tipsfortips&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Best of Tips For Improving Your Tips</title>
		<link>http://tipsfortips.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/the-best-of-tips-for-improving-your-tips/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the final installment of “best of” week on The Hospitality Formula Network.  Today I am looking back to where it all began.  Tips2 was the original focus when I began blogging.  It is still the largest blog on the network and in my opinion the one that can have the most impact on <a href="http://tipsfortips.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/the-best-of-tips-for-improving-your-tips/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tipsfortips.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13117777&amp;post=1291&amp;subd=tipsfortips&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Best of The Manager&#8217;s Office</title>
		<link>http://tipsfortips.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/the-best-of-the-managers-office/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Manager’s Office joined The Hospitality Formula Network as the smallest blog.  I had tried to avoid discussing issues related to management on tipsfortips.  To the extent that I did discuss them the posts were designed to provide greater understanding of how restaurants worked to servers and foodies.  After I started the site, I realized <a href="http://tipsfortips.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/the-best-of-the-managers-office/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tipsfortips.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13117777&amp;post=1289&amp;subd=tipsfortips&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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