{"id":10567,"date":"2010-02-08T00:22:41","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T04:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=10567"},"modified":"2010-02-08T00:24:28","modified_gmt":"2010-02-08T04:24:28","slug":"jetwit-blog-beat-2-7-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2010\/02\/08\/jetwit-blog-beat-2-7-10\/","title":{"rendered":"JetWit Blog Beat 2.7.10"},"content":{"rendered":"

JetWit Blog Beat<\/em><\/strong> by <\/em>Crystal Wong<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (Iwate-ken, 2002-04)<\/em> <\/em><\/strong>is a recurring item featuring posts from the blogs of various JET alumni.\u00a0 Crystal is a former English-language writer for Kyodo News. She now works in online marketing in New York and relishes her constant hunt for the best cheap(ish) eats in the city.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hope everyone had an excellent Super Bowl weekend – I’m sure it was a good one for those rooting for the Saints. Without further ado, let’s get to the much belated first Blog Beat round up of 2010!<\/p>\n

– In need of a winter pick me up that you can easily whip up in the kitchen with a few staples? Check out Elizabeth W<\/a>hite’s<\/a><\/strong> (Toyama-ken, 1995-98)<\/strong>, delicious Sausage & Tortellini soup recipe<\/a>, inspired by her grandma Mary.<\/p>\n

– After participating in the JETAA Regional Technology Conference<\/a>, JETAA NY and Jet\"\"<\/a>Wit webmaster Lee-Sean Huang<\/a><\/strong> (Oita-ken, 2003-06)<\/strong> reports from Portland, Oregon on what he calls some of the “best Thai food I’ve ever had outside of Thailand.”<\/a><\/p>\n

– Check in on Kevin Kajitani<\/strong> <\/a>(Kyogo-ken, 2006-07)<\/strong> and his experiences with New Year’s traditions<\/a> in Japan.<\/p>\n

– Learn how Robert Weston<\/a><\/strong> (Nara-ken, 2002-04)<\/strong> deals with writer’s block and his obscure novel recommendations in his online interview with WriterGirl<\/a>.<\/p>\n

– Snow in Japan is a very different affair than it is in New York, as you can see in enviable fashion on JET alum Toby Weymiller’s<\/strong> blog.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

JetWit Blog Beat by Crystal Wong (Iwate-ken, 2002-04) is a recurring item featuring posts from the blogs of various JET alumni.\u00a0 Crystal is a former English-language writer for Kyodo News. She now works in online marketing in New York and relishes her constant hunt for the best cheap(ish) eats in the city. Hope everyone had […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,70,20,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs","category-food-drink","category-video","category-writers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t