As a foodie, one of my frustrations is following the many blogs in the growing food blog community, local or otherwise, and reading about food or food-related events I could have attended had I known beforehand.

As a local food blogger whose goal is to make Ottawa a foodie destination, I blog to highlight our growing restaurant scene and encourage people to visit our eateries and attend events. To date, I have been mildly successful via Twitter, a calendar application, and Post-It notes.

Yesterday, I discovered BeTidings. According to the Webster's dictionary the verb "betide" means "to happen (to); befall." Aptly named, BeTidings (@betidings) is a free online social calendar, built by local entrepreneur Treena (@TGrevatt), to make events accessible. It allows registered users to setup calendars, add events, share events, "collect" events, and "follow" other users' calendars. Best of all, individual calendars are publicly accessible and the web application is really easy to use. Though, I have not tested the GCal integration yet...

Here is a screen capture of the calendar I setup for Ottawa food/food-related events.

foodiePrints on BeTidings
Click here for the live calendar.

To date, I have added the events I know about. And, I have tweeted several local event organizers, caterers, and restaurateurs to send me lists of upcoming events, which I will add as I receive them.

As time permits, I will also add a widget to foodiePrints’ layout to list the 5 upcoming events.

In the meantime, if you know of a food or food-related event, feel free to drop me a comment. If you see us on twitter, drop us a tweet too.



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