Shanghai Nights 2010, benefitting Gawad Kalinga

I don’t normally promote events that I haven’t been to myself, but as this is for charity, I’ll make an exception.

Shanghai Nights casino charity event- Sept 18th @ 7:30pm — www.bpsandiego.org

100% of this year’s proceeds go to Gawad Kalinga (Tagalog for “to give care”), offering an alternate solution to tackling poverty by building communities in the Philippines and other developing countries such as Indonesia, Cambodia, & Papua New Guinea.

A few of my co-workers went to last year’s event, benefitting another charity, and had a good time; mostly gambling and checking out hotties. There’s a live DJ and other entertainment as well.

How Craigslist, Google, Pho and SEO come together

It seems like it’s been forever since I posted anything to this blog, not to say that nothing eventful or noteworthy has transpired. I’ve just been busy trying to “maintain” I guess.

We’ve bought quite a few baby items from Craigslist. Just picked up a Superyard XT in Birdland yesterday from an ad in Craigslist.

Where the hell in San Diego is Birdland you ask?

Even after 20+ years living in this city, I had to consult Professor Google (Maps) to learn that Birdland is the area between the 163 & 805 split, where Sharp Memorial, Sharp Mary Birch and Rady Children’s Hospitals are located. I’ll stop here and leave it up to Noah to film an episode of Wonderland on Birdland. I love that show!

What prompted this post was a coworker asking me how to get to Pho Joy in Poway. I couldn’t remember the restaurant’s name so I Googled “pho Poway” and got my answer.

I WAS surprised to see that my post reviewing Pho Joy appeared on the first page of my search results. OK, I wasn’t too surprised. After working in SEO for awhile, I tend to write in keyterms and phrases now.

It was nice to be able to verify firsthand that my search engine optimization skills are still applicable.

Cheers!