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Confirming what we already knew, Lafayette has been named the best place to live in Louisiana by U.S. News & World Report! The report cited Lafayette's outstanding restaurant, music and festival scene, robust local job market and high quality of life as reasons for the win. U.S. News & World Report evaluated cities based on several factors: job market strength, affordability, quality of life, and overall desirability. Read more at https://bit.ly/44TNFmY. #ULGradLove #ULGradLife

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Food is magic. I love the transformation that food represents as simple ingredients become alluring aromas and delightful bites. And I love how food brings people together, creates memories, and transports us through time. In 2019, I started leading Off The Beaten Path Food Tours of Central Square, Cambridge. I loved learning the stories behind the restaurants and being a neighborhood ambassador for guests from near and far. The pandemic paused our tours in 2020, but when it was safe to resume, I helped reopen our tours and develop new routes, especially after so many beloved food spots had closed. My favorite part of the job was building relationships with our restaurant partners. Together, we would dream about what new tour stop could look like - what would be the perfect bite and sip to experience the vision and yearn to come back for more. And of course the logistics - how big should the smoothie be, when should we arrive, what other sparkles could we add to the experience... When you work as a guide and tour developer, you start to see food differently. You zoom out from individual dishes and see restaurants within their neighborhoods, their cities, their foodsheds. You appreciate the dreamers and workers that make it all happen, with their moving stories and weird favorites on the menu. Food becomes experiential, a testament to time, place, and spirit. This month, I'm ending my time with Off The Beaten Path so that I can focus on other parts of my professional life. But I couldn't leave without a last hurrah: helping develop an evening tour of Central Square, which adds new food stops to the mix and is more accessible for the post-work crowd, date nights, and just an evening on the town. Check out this new tour along with our other offerings, and at the very least, the next time you walk through your neighborhood, find a restaurant you haven't tried yet, ask for the staff's favorite thing on the menu, and give it a try. You never know what magic might happen. https://lnkd.in/gV4ZVXVm PS: Shout out to the founders Lizzie and Sam, and all the amazing guides I worked with over the years! You are all a source of inspiration!

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Happy New Year! 🌟2024 is starting with a bang with $81.9M in event-driven spending this January, and that’s just for the top 5 cities across the US! 5️⃣ First on the list is Bakersfield, CA where local spending is expected to surge by $792,037 due to sports matchups including AHL Bakersfield Condors vs Abbotsford Canucks 🏒 4️⃣ Next up is Wichita, KS with a spending surge of $4,332,321 as a result of sports events combined with major expos such as the Wichita Bridal Expo 💍👰🏻 3️⃣ Chandler, AZ starts the year off strong with a demand surge of $9,629,768 spanning across two weeks due to overlapping shows and festivals including the Chandler International Film Festival 🎥🍿 2️⃣ Sacramento, CA is our runner up this month with a demand surge of $13,279,289 in local spending due to attractions such as Monster Jam Sacramento and the Sacramento Chocolate Salon 2024 during the last week of the month 🍫🎉 1️⃣ Tampa, FL stays in demand surge territory for most of the month with a whopping $53,897,955 in event-driven spending over three weeks. The Gasparilla Pirate Festival alone accounts for most of this, bringing together 300,000 attendees who are predicted to spend $24.7M in just one day! 🏴☠️ Discover these incredible events and more with your free copy of the January 2024 Demand Surge Report! 📊 #predictiveanalytics #predictivedata #localevents

How do you make your Red Drink? 🍓⁠ ⁠ For #Juneteenth, learn about the iconic drink's many manifestations throughout history as well as how it originally came to be. Get the story here 👉️ enth.to/3xz0bvU

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