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	<title>Comments on: Summer 09 Redesign</title>
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	<description>When all else fails, cook (gluten free).</description>
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		<title>By: Ryan Mintz</title>
		<link>http://www.wasabimon.com/archive/summer-09-redesign/comment-page-1/#comment-12701</link>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Mintz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Steph!  I totally dig the redesign.  It&#039;s a total improvement, and totally ups the professionalism of your site. 

The branding is awesome.  The header is perfect.  Love the colors.  Love the heart sushi.  And the colors are really fresh/playful.  Very you.  The tagline &quot;when all else fails, cook&quot; is great too.  That immediately tells me what the blog is about.  (otherwise, I&#039;d think it was a japanese themed, or asian food site)

I really like how each post has 3 similar posts suggested.  That can keep a user here clicking along.

I love how you categorize the blogs by cuisine.  And have the Twitter links prominent.  And I&#039;m impressed at how you have the advertising stuff setup!  You&#039;re such a whiz.

I&#039;ll give you a couple constructive comments, since everyone else gave positive, and I know you wanted feedback...

*There&#039;s a lot of info here, and you do a good job laying it all out.  But some pages have a little bit too much happening along the edges for me.  I get overwhelmed easily.

*Also, I&#039;m wondering what you want a visitor to do when they come to the site.  (Aside from reading the blog).  Do you have action items in mind?  Like, join your email list?  Share the recipe on Facebook?  I&#039;m just throwing ideas out there.  But make sure you know how you want to *convert* a casual reader into a more loyal fan.

*Typo in the About section.  2nd sentence should say &quot;site&quot; not &quot;sight.&quot;

*In the About section, I saw that it&#039;s mainly a gluten-free, with a heavy dose of vegan &amp; seasonal.  That may be something to sell more.  It can be a way to draw repeat readers back.  Can it be on the home page?  

Hope this helps!!

What else.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Steph!  I totally dig the redesign.  It&#8217;s a total improvement, and totally ups the professionalism of your site. </p>
<p>The branding is awesome.  The header is perfect.  Love the colors.  Love the heart sushi.  And the colors are really fresh/playful.  Very you.  The tagline &#8220;when all else fails, cook&#8221; is great too.  That immediately tells me what the blog is about.  (otherwise, I&#8217;d think it was a japanese themed, or asian food site)</p>
<p>I really like how each post has 3 similar posts suggested.  That can keep a user here clicking along.</p>
<p>I love how you categorize the blogs by cuisine.  And have the Twitter links prominent.  And I&#8217;m impressed at how you have the advertising stuff setup!  You&#8217;re such a whiz.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll give you a couple constructive comments, since everyone else gave positive, and I know you wanted feedback&#8230;</p>
<p>*There&#8217;s a lot of info here, and you do a good job laying it all out.  But some pages have a little bit too much happening along the edges for me.  I get overwhelmed easily.</p>
<p>*Also, I&#8217;m wondering what you want a visitor to do when they come to the site.  (Aside from reading the blog).  Do you have action items in mind?  Like, join your email list?  Share the recipe on Facebook?  I&#8217;m just throwing ideas out there.  But make sure you know how you want to *convert* a casual reader into a more loyal fan.</p>
<p>*Typo in the About section.  2nd sentence should say &#8220;site&#8221; not &#8220;sight.&#8221;</p>
<p>*In the About section, I saw that it&#8217;s mainly a gluten-free, with a heavy dose of vegan &amp; seasonal.  That may be something to sell more.  It can be a way to draw repeat readers back.  Can it be on the home page?  </p>
<p>Hope this helps!!</p>
<p>What else.</p>
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		<title>By: Jennifer Margulis</title>
		<link>http://www.wasabimon.com/archive/summer-09-redesign/comment-page-1/#comment-11586</link>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Margulis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I like it -- the design is really bold and I like the icon, and the heart-shaped sushi in chopsticks. I don&#039;t have anything critique-y to say because it&#039;s really grand. The one thing I&#039;m not sure about is the background pink wall paper. It makes it feel a little busy to me and I like a whiter look. But I suspect I&#039;m in the minority there so you should just keep it the way it is!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I like it &#8212; the design is really bold and I like the icon, and the heart-shaped sushi in chopsticks. I don&#8217;t have anything critique-y to say because it&#8217;s really grand. The one thing I&#8217;m not sure about is the background pink wall paper. It makes it feel a little busy to me and I like a whiter look. But I suspect I&#8217;m in the minority there so you should just keep it the way it is!</p>
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		<title>By: Melissa</title>
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		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Stephanie, this all look super cute and is easy to navigate.  I had to stare for a minute before i noticed, but my very favorite detail is the pointy green grass in the top header bar- its sushi grass!  The little green plastic grass you get in to-go boxes of sushi.  Nice touch.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stephanie, this all look super cute and is easy to navigate.  I had to stare for a minute before i noticed, but my very favorite detail is the pointy green grass in the top header bar- its sushi grass!  The little green plastic grass you get in to-go boxes of sushi.  Nice touch.</p>
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		<title>By: Susan Johnston</title>
		<link>http://www.wasabimon.com/archive/summer-09-redesign/comment-page-1/#comment-11437</link>
		<dc:creator>Susan Johnston</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Stephanie, 
Happy belated birthday! I think the redesign looks fab! I especially like the heart-shaped sushi roll and the sushi favicon. Also, I clicked around and couldn&#039;t find any error messages. 
Susan</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stephanie,<br />
Happy belated birthday! I think the redesign looks fab! I especially like the heart-shaped sushi roll and the sushi favicon. Also, I clicked around and couldn&#8217;t find any error messages.<br />
Susan</p>
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		<title>By: French Cooking for Dummies</title>
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		<dc:creator>French Cooking for Dummies</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Looks great! Good job :-D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Looks great! Good job <img src='http://www.wasabimon.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':-D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: cheryl</title>
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		<dc:creator>cheryl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, I&#039;ve never been here before, so your blog may have  looked like crap before, but it certainly looks clean, fresh, and eye-catching now.  I looked at your pro website, too, and clicked on your article about using Twitter.  Thanks for the useful content!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, I&#8217;ve never been here before, so your blog may have  looked like crap before, but it certainly looks clean, fresh, and eye-catching now.  I looked at your pro website, too, and clicked on your article about using Twitter.  Thanks for the useful content!</p>
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