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There’s a new tidbit on the actual Three-Bowls site that I wanted to alert you to. (Actually, this is also for the regular visitor who might happen to not pore over every inch of the site looking for something different and might have missed the little addition to that column to the left there.)

(Sound trumpets!) Huzzah! The Seattle Food Events Calendar has been spun off into its own kit and caboodle, www.FreshPickedSeattle.com.

The site will incorporate what I used to do here – maintain a food events calendar and occasionally have highlight posts with suggestions for fun activities in the next week – and add some additional resources and tools to be a more comprehensive source of info for the food-loving Seattleite.

Right now, I am doing a soft-open, of sorts, with plans to continue to grow and add.

You can subscribe to the highlights blog, which will feature (fairly) regular weekly updates of upcoming events, as well as anything else that might be time-sensitive.

There are also some other resources on the site that food-lovers might find handy.

• Full calendar with festivals, markets, and special events. As before, you can filter the calendar just to show the free or charitable events or festivals.  I've also introduced a Pac NW category, which will continue to grow to offer you fun day trip options.
  
• Market page with a clickable Google map of the Seattle metro area farmers markets. I will continue to add farmers markets throughout the Puget Sound region (again, in case you want to day trip it) and will be starting a specialty/ethnic market page as well with listings by cuisine.
• Links to seasonal food resources. I also have some fun plans for this section so stay tuned for that. The Giggly Doofus might make a special appearance...
• I will also be adding, eventually, other activities like classes, tours, wine tasting listings, etc.

Right now, with the winter weather, gloomy economy, busy holiday season and tightened budgets, it might be tough to add (or get motivated for) any additional outs-and-abouts. But if you have any family in town and need to get out with (or away from) them, or you are sick of wrapping presents, or you have already watched all the nostalgic holiday specials you can tolerate, you might just find something fun to do.

I am really happy to hear suggestions on how to make the site more useful and helpful, so check it out and feel free to shoot me a message if you have any requests!