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		<title>Brewing Trends: Education &amp; Innovation in Craft Beer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With craft beer sales continuing to climb and more and more craft breweries opening every year, there seems to be no end in sight for the ever-expanding craft brewing industry. In addition to an explosion in craft breweries, craft beer’s popularity is paving the way for a new face of bars and businesses.
While the grocery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wall Street Journal Meets Steven Smith Teamaker. A Watershed Moment.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2011 has been another great year for our artisan clients and we&#8217;ve had great success in helping them get their stories in the media spotlight. This Wall Street Journal article profiling Steven Smith Teamaker is  especially satisfying &#8212; fantastic exposure for a fantastic entrepreneur and his team.
Congratulations to Steve and Kim and the folks at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ladcommunicationsblog.com/blog/2011/12/23/wall-street-journal-meets-steven-smith-teamaker-a-watershed-moment/</link>
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		<title>Happy Holidays from Watershed. Time for cocktails!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here at Watershed, we have a tradition of hand-crafting something delicious during the holiday season as a way to pay tribute to the wonderful artisans we spend the rest of the year learning from and promoting.

Our inspiration this year? Cocktails. More specifically, barrel-aged bitters.
The first person we called was Jeffrey Morgenthaler, bar manager of Clyde [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ladcommunicationsblog.com/blog/2011/12/16/happy-holidays-from-watershed/</link>
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		<title>Hit of the Week: the Beagle in The New York Times Dining Journal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hankerings for anything of the warm, caloric, and hot-buttered variety can only mean one thing: winter is finally here. Luckily for New Yorkers, those hankerings can be satisfied by  some trend-setting hot toddies crafted at the East Village cocktail bar and restaurant, the Beagle, selected by Florence Fabricant for  The New York Times Dining Journal.
Beagle owner [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ladcommunicationsblog.com/blog/2011/12/07/hit-of-the-week-the-beagle-in-the-new-york-times-dining-journal/</link>
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		<title>Oven &amp; Shaker Brings Sparkle Back to the Pearl</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kurt Huffman, Cathy Whims, and Ryan Magarian
Monday night marked a momentous occasion for the Pearl District’s restaurant scene. We had the pleasure of hosting the media launch party for Oven and Shaker, the much-anticipated pizza-and-cocktail project of Nostrana’s Cathy Whims, ChefStable’s Kurt Huffman, and renowned cocktail genius Ryan Magarian. Oven and Shaker, a sort of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ladcommunicationsblog.com/blog/2011/12/01/oven-shaker-brings-sparkle-back-to-the-pearl/</link>
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		<title>Hurry, pick up your last minute Thanksgiving pie on the go</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanksgiving is just 2 days away.  If you haven&#8217;t already, it&#8217;s definitely time to get your act together and figure out just what you&#8217;re going to bring to the table.  Whether you&#8217;re the host, or a guest, we have a couple of ideas that will keep you Portlanders stress free and even sweeten your day. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ladcommunicationsblog.com/blog/2011/11/22/hurry-pick-up-your-last-minute-thanksgiving-pie-on-the-go/</link>
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		<title>2011 Portland Metro PRSA Spotlight Awards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Portland&#8217;s premier annual gathering of public relations, marketing and communications professionals has come to a close and Watershed Communications is the proud new owner of three Portland Metro PRSA Spotlight Merit Awards!

Watershed Founder &#38; Principal Lisa Donoughe and Senior Account Executive Stephanie Selk attended the October 27 event at Nike headquarters in Beaverton.

Watershed&#8217;s 2011 Portland Metro PRSA [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ladcommunicationsblog.com/blog/2011/11/03/2011-portland-metro-prsa-spotlight-awards/</link>
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		<title>Watershed&#8217;s 2nd Annual Halloween Client Look-Alike Contest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nope, no goblins or vampires in this office! Each year, we host our own client look-alike contest at Watershed HQ and now it&#8217;s up to YOU to vote for who you think looks the most like their better half. In the running we have:

Carin Pike as Rudy Marchesi, Montinore Estate
Lisa Donoughe as Lee Medoff, Bull [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ladcommunicationsblog.com/blog/2011/10/31/watersheds-2nd-annual-halloween-client-look-alike-contest/</link>
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		<title>Oregon Fresh Hop Beers Become More Interesting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 1993 Charlie Palmer and I created a simple little event in his restaurant on East 22nd Street (Chefs &#38; Cuisiniere Club) to promote Beaujolais Nouveau.  It was a way to mark the harvest and celebrate the French tradition of throwing back some simple fresh wine while we anticipated the journey of waiting a year [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ladcommunicationsblog.com/blog/2011/10/13/oregon-fresh-hop-beers-become-more-interesting/</link>
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		<title>Hit of the Week: Food &amp; Wine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tomatoes for dessert? Indeed, Clyde Common’s love affair with the tomato runs deep. So, as we bid adieu to Executive Chef Chris DiMinno’s summertime tomato salad, we transition into fall with a perfectly inspired seasonal dessert from another Clyde star – Pastry Chef Danielle Pruett.
Food &#38; Wine’s popular blog, Mouthing Off, just published a roundup [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ladcommunicationsblog.com/blog/2011/09/27/hit-of-the-week-food-wine-2/</link>
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