One of my favorite Twitter buds, and local to St. Louis, @KBestOliver, is now the Novice Foodie for the Riverfront Times. In her new role, she’ll be blogging about her food experiences. As the title implies, she’s bringing a fresh face and open mind, not to say mouth, to food reporting.

Her latest article, The Novice Foodie Experiences the St. Louis Food & Wine Experience, should have been titled, Novice Foodie versus St. Louis Food & Wine Experience. Kelli shares her honest surprise that the wine side of the event was more focused on than the food.  Not to say she didn’t eat anything. Far from it, but to note she doesn’t mention one special or unique dish served.

The funniest part for me was her mentioning about spitting. If you’re in the know about wine tasting, spitting is what keeps you mostly sober. Gary Vaynerchuk made spitting and wine spittoons something ordinary folks talk about. Apparently Kelli missed the etiquette lessons. This made for discomfort on her part and laughter on ours.

I encourage you to show your support for Kelli’s food blogging adventures by reading her latest article and leaving a comment.

Kopper(left), Bill Streeter(right)

Bill Streeter and I have known each other about two years and change. We started running into each other before we were formally introduced. It turned out we were both bloggers. Bill had worked up Lo-Fi St. Louis to a full fledged multi-media blog and go to sight for the local music scene.

Bill has moved beyond creating and chronicling social media in St. Louis on his own to writing for the Riverfront Times. He’s now a regular columnist for the online version, covering the who, what, when and why of folks like myself, and events, such as tweetups, interactive festivals and more.

Imagine my excitement when St. Louis Social Media Report chose him as the first interview in a series. The Report will be interviewing social media types in the greater St. Louis area, but I think Bill was perfect to go first.

The interview with Bill Streeter gives us a bit of his history, what he’s doing now, and where he thinks St. Louis is headed. Some interesting insights he has. You may not agree with everything, but I wager you’ll find it a good read.

My only complaint? Not enough questions! Maybe you have more questions for Bill? Share them here and I’ll pass them on. Or if you have a story to tell, I’d love to hear it.

Cheers,

Todd

Links:

St. Louis Social Media Report

Bill Streeter at the Riverfront Times

Lo-Fi St. Louis

The Riverfront Times ran an article today featuring the Friday social networking lunch series, Bring a Tweep to Lunch.  The article is an interview style with key questions about the how, why, and who of these gatherings.

Go show the Riverfront Times some love.