January 2008 - Posts

28 January 2008
Tom Brady's Flowers
Flowers and the Super Bowl run-up merged last week when the New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was spotted carrying a gorgeous white bouquet and wearing a boot on the way to girlfriend Gisele Bundchen's home. The Boston Herald's Renee Nadeau covered Read More...
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25 January 2008
Flowers for Guys in Trouble
The Netherland Flower Bulb Information Center has launched a new Web guide, SavedBytheBud.com , geared toward showing guys what they "need to know to use flowers to get, keep, impress or redeem themselves with women." The wittily written site offers advice Read More...
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20 January 2008
Orange County's Million Dollar Florist!
A big congratulations to Orange County's own florist Rachel Rosales and her partner TK Irwin for bringing home the Million Dollar prize on CBS's The Amazing Race . Challenged with two floral oriented tasks during the season, making an Indian wedding garland Read More...
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18 January 2008
I've Been Nominated for a SEMMY
Well, knock me over with a heliconia . One of my blog posts got nominated for a SEMMY in the category of Local Search and I'm pretty sure to hold the distinction of being the only florist on the list, (although I did try to get Michael Gray to play one). Read More...
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03 January 2008
What Kind of Flowers Reflect Your Mood?
Rich and Kathy of Bloomery posted about the Flower Council of Holland's new interactive site called Read My Mood so I decided to take it for a spin by requesting a flower based on the feelings they sensed from of our blog, too. Here's the result: I wonder Read More...
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03 January 2008
When being a florist really pays off!
Orange County florist Rachel Rosales , a competitor with partner TK Irwin in CBS's Amazing Race , must have thought she was dreaming when given a choice between hanging a multi-piece Bollywood poster or creating a traditional Indian wedding flower garland Read More...
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02 January 2008
We're Not Review Mavens?
Miriam noticed that Google Local/Maps isn't counting her user review . Mine don't appear in the thumbnail summaries either. Discussions about user review updates at Maps/Local's started last month at Mike Blumenthal's Understanding Google Local and Yahoo Read More...
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