Thank you Al Gore, for inventing this Internet thing. It really takes Word of Mouth Marketing, which in the past was known as powerful, but s-l-o-w, and made it quite timely. Take this little tale, for instance:This morning I got up early and headed to San Antonio to promote my game, Blurt! Before I left, I signed onto facebook and announced that I was headed this way. When I landed (after a "no time to eat" connection in Atlanta) it was way past lunch and I was starving. I went back online via my iPhone to get directions to my hotel. That's when I saw that an inventor friend of mine, Joe Haus, commented on my post with, "If you get hungry, I recommend the Chile en Nogada at La Fogata." One quick search and my GPS took me to Mexico. Joe knows I am a game inventor, but he probably didn't know that I lived in Mexico for close to 3 months and that I love authentic Mexican food. La Fogata was authentic and wonderful.
The big wooden doors open to a lush courtyard, which I bet is gorgeous at night because the place it strung up with lights for Christmas. It's chilly in Texas today, so they had a fire burning.
Inside the restaurant, the smells were mouth-wateringly incredible.
The Chile en Nogada was amazing. Thank you Joe for your Word of Mouth tip that led me to a wonderful meal. Now I shall "pay it forward" by telling everyone go out a buy a game Joe invented, called Doodle Dice. If you're hungry for fun, I recommend it.
2 comments:
I would like to add to your commments...
1. I hope that you got to hear the mariachis serenating couples and families along with your great food.
2. I have heard from people all ages about how much the enjoy playing Doodle Dice -from three year old kiddos pretending they are making doodles, to grad students that have made it into a social happy hour event, to also grandparents that will turn into very competitive players while playing with their friends.
I'm glad you had a great lunch today!
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