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A Review Crew Review – Shrek the Musical

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March 6, 2011

This past week, I was lucky enough to get two free tickets to the Broadway showing of Shrek, which had just opened up right here in Playhouse Square at the gorgeous Palace Theater. I was really excited to see it – I loved Shrek (the movie) when I first saw…
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Healthy Appetizers

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February 24, 2011

A few weeks ago for the Super Bowl, I was searching for some healthy, yet entertaining-worthy appetizers. The fiance is on a mission to lose some weight before our wedding, but I still wanted to find some fun finger-foods for our super small Super Bowl gathering. Nearly a month later, I’m…
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A Mid-Winter Escape to a Tropical Paradise – South Pacific

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February 13, 2011

It’s been two weeks since I saw South Pacific at Playhouse Square with the Review Crew, and I feel awful that I haven’t sat down and written a review. Why? It’s not because I was at a loss for words (am I ever?). It’s not because I was simply too…
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Cookies and Cream Cupcakes!

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January 27, 2011

If you know anything about me – you probably know that I love to bake. AND I love cupcakes. So, for my birthday last week I decided to try out a new cupcake recipe. I came across a photo of cookies and cream cupcakes when visiting my new favorite food…
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Food Friday- Pretzel Rolls for Thanksgiving

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November 26, 2010

Happy Thanksgiving! Hope you all got to enjoy some stuffing, turkey and tons of pies and other greatness. This year, B and I got tasked with bringing rolls to Thanksgiving. Again! As you’ll remember, the last time we spent Thanksgiving with his family we were told to bring bread ….…
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A Review Crew Review – Billy Elliot at Playhouse Square

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November 23, 2010

This week, thanks to my participation in the Review Crew, I was lucky enough to catch a showing of Billy Elliot at the stunning State Theater of Playhouse Square. If you haven’t seen the show yet, you should really buy tickets. The choreography is stunning, and the children dancers are…
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The Changing Face of a PR Pitch

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November 22, 2010

As a PR pro, I’m constantly pitching the media. Writing an email. Follow up call. Follow up email. Writing an email. The cycle is never ending, and unfortunately, sometimes I feel like a telemarketer calling to follow up on a media event I sent a week ago. “Hi, just calling…
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Blue Man Group Comes to Cleveland … you MUST see it!

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October 12, 2010

A few weeks ago, I found out I was selected to join the Playhouse Square Review Crew. It’s a cool new initiative that Playhouse Square is trying out to engage social media users for their Broadway series. I’m really excited to be part of it – as a member, I…
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Old-School Is Still Cool In Customer Service

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August 6, 2010

Normally, I write posts to share about cool social media things that companies are doing. I share online marketing stories, social media trends and other nerd news. This post is different. I’m writing to tell you about a cool old-school customer service initiative — so if you don’t want to…
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Mayo Clinic launches a Center for Social Media

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July 27, 2010

Now here’s a cool idea – the Mayo Clinic recently launched a Center for Social Media to teach social media to staff, physicians and patients. Traditionally, social media has been seen as a purely marketing function and under the Mayo Clinic’s PR and marketing team; however, this initiative will take…
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Hello,

I’m Melissa

Welcome to I Crashed The Web — proof that I’ve been oversharing online since the early days of blogging. It started as a blog (back when that was cool), morphed into a mom blog (when that was cool), and now it’s my happy place for all the things I love: running, baking, reading, traveling and life with my family of five.