{"id":2,"date":"2012-06-27T20:08:14","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T20:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2016-01-03T15:52:39","modified_gmt":"2016-01-03T20:52:39","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Eileen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Scan11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-22\" title=\"Scan1\" src=\"http:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Scan11-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Scan11-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Scan11-703x1024.jpg 703w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a>Hi, I\u2019m Eileen Smith Dallabrida. Let\u2019s grab a drink, hit the big sales and catch a plane.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to shopping, dining and traveling, I also write and edit. I am passionate about helping businesses and other organizations to communicate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smithreports.com\">Just the Right Words<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Shop Til You Drop, my blog for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.courierpostonline.com\">Courier-Post<\/a>, southern New Jersey\u2019s leading newspaper, was named to the Top 30 shopping blogs by Shiny Shack, the UK retailer. You might have read my work in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smithreports.com\/articles\/vacuum.htm\">USA Today<\/a>, National Geographic Traveler or the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2003\/1113\/p18s02-hfes.html\">Christian Science Monitor<\/a>. (I\u2019m also a champion of the television quiz show Jeopardy! and know all the state capitals and the six wives of Henry VIII.)<\/p>\n<p>Today, I\u2019m an indy, blogging wherever the perfect crabcake, a hot deal or the lure of adventure takes me.<\/p>\n<p>The Eileen file:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Born in New Jersey.<\/li>\n<li>Lives in Delaware, a small state between Pennsylvania and Maryland, not a mountain in New England as suggested by an L.A. cab driver.<\/li>\n<li>Believes the outfit you wear to a fine restaurant should cost more than your meal.<\/li>\n<li>One perfect kid, all grown up and living happily in California.<\/li>\n<li>Mommy to two fur-babies, Siamese kitties named Princess and Pippa. (Yes, they&#8217;re sisters.)<\/li>\n<li>Party animal.<\/li>\n<li>Journalism degree, West Virginia University. Still reads a daily newspaper.<\/li>\n<li>Always looking for great products, destinations and experiences to share with readers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, I\u2019m Eileen Smith Dallabrida. Let\u2019s grab a drink, hit the big sales and catch a plane. In addition to shopping, dining and traveling, I also write and edit. I am passionate about helping businesses and other organizations to communicate &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/about-me\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2zjZK-2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1074,"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/1074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smithreports.com\/eatshopgo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}