Contestos Galore! Starbucks, The Orbbies & Examiner Photo Contest

Dear Foodies & Foodettes,

The time has come for me to shamelessly ask for your approval in the form of online votes. We are all trying to get a little ahead in this blogging world, and right now I'm trying the contest thing. Muchas Gracias, Grazie, Merci, and oh yea, Thanks!

First up, Mocha Pumpkin Brownies is an official contender in the Starbucks Via recipe contest. All you have to do is give a 'thumbs-up', that's it! Note, if you are so inclined friends and I have discovered if you have multiple browsers on your computer, you can vote from each one. :-)

To vote: http://www.starbucks.com/via/occasion/recipes/post/1844

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Secondly, Laptops and Stovetops currently hails out of Orlando, FL. The Orlando Sentinel newspaper is now running The Orbbies contest to find the best blogs in the Orlando area. This one is a bit trickier, it does require voters to start an Orlando Sentinel account. Its free, and you can chose to not receive their emails. Scroll to Food Blogs and there is where you will find me.

To vote:

http://www.orlandosentinel2.com/data/orbbies/voting/

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Third, I have entered some photos in the Examiner.com Photo Contest. Of course in the Amateur Round! The following 6 photos are each in the running. Simply click on the URL under each image to vote.

Caribbean Club - http://photocontest.examiner.com/bin/Rate?image_id=1008903903

Puff Pastry - http://photocontest.examiner.com/bin/Rate?image_id=1008903916

Berry Good Biscottis - http://photocontest.examiner.com/bin/Rate?image_id=1008903902

'Stealing a Kiss' - http://photocontest.examiner.com/bin/Rate?image_id=1008903898

My Milano Wave - http://photocontest.examiner.com/bin/Rate?image_id=1008903910

Pre-roasted Chicken -http://photocontest.examiner.com/bin/Rate?image_id=1008903921

Thanks for reading and keeping up with L&S's progress. Hopefully one day I can call myself a winner and know that all my friends helped me get there. Cheers!