Here’s a Moment of Truth – I admit that I love gossip and secrets. Not the malicious kind. I don’t have time for that negativity in my life, but I LOVE juicy gossip and secrets about new menus and restos as much as the next gal. As you well know by now, I love food. I love Vegas and I love my culinary community, and I love gossip and secrets about what’s coming next more than I should.

A little birdie told me gossip & secrets

In the past year, several folks in the culinary community have shared secrets with me “off the record” and I dutifully respected their confidence as requested. The only person I share with is The Hubs and he knows to keep his lips zipped too. For example, I knew about Robert Irvine’s announcement before it was made public (but not about the rappelling) because a little birdie told me. I’ve known about Nicole Brisson’s recent promotion to Culinary Director for months. People tell me, and other writers, secrets all the time. Some of us respect the confidence and others don’t. And I have been sitting on a couple of doozies for months; including my recently announced job. And yes, I want you to follow along with that excitement. I have often wondered if the secrets I am told are MEANT to be shared because while I am KEEPING the secret as requested, someone else in the press blabs it…

I don’t have the social media reach to be the one to share a scoop

The sad part about my keeping those secrets is that I have yet to be awarded the honor of breaking a story about anything. Why? I don’t have enough clout is the simple answer. While all of you loyal readers fan my ego and I love it, I simply don’t have the social media reach that is required to be the one to share a scoop. While I do have a LOYAL audience, I simply don’t have a WIDE audience. I would love to dish on everything that I know, but my conscience prevents it because secrets are SECRETS until I am told otherwise. In our family we jokingly call my Aunt Marilyn the CIA because she never shares anything. I have unknowingly become the same way about the juicy bits people confide to me.

Some friends and fans tell me to spill. “Just share it. It’ll get out sooner or later.” My answer is “No!” I feel I have built a solid reputation as an ethical writer in Vegas and I don’t want to jeopardize that intentionally.

Do you want me to share what I know? Here’s how you can get me, and you, the scoop:

• Tell your friends about Good for Spooning on social media (and THANK YOU to all of you who regularly do just that! My own sisters don’t even share or post as frequently as some of you…BROAD HINT…!)
• Share my Facebook page and encourage your friends to “like” the page in your post.
• If you like the blog post of the moment, share it from my Good for Spooning FB page or directly from my website with a link on your FB page (there is even a handy button to do that on the top right of this page).
• Repost my stuff on Twitter or Instagram
• Post your food porn to my FB page

I would love to be able to post, “Coming Soon…” about a new place that is opening by a well-known local celebrity chef (and yes, there is more than one). I would love to be able to write, “Funding Problems Stall Opening…” (and yes, this is really happening) or “Chef [So and So] moving to…” (it’s ALWAYS happening in Vegas) and be the first to do it.

So help me help you get the scoop. Invite, share, post to my page and get your friends involved.