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My name is Jonathan Herman; I'm 28 years old and currently employed as a Network Administrator. I go to school online at Walden University where I'm majoring in computer information systems with a dual minor in information security and computer forensics. My future goals are to become federal law enforcement with the Internet Crime Complaint Center investigating computer crimes. During my time off I enjoy going to independent coffee shops and dining out at ethnic restaurants and diners. I'm also heavily involved in the Montgomery County Peace Project and trying to become involved in community policing.

Chef Dave Martin gained notoriety as a Chef-testant and finalist on the first season of Bravo's Top Chef winning viewer‟s hearts and palates with his intense layering of flavors and vivid descriptions of his dishes.The first season of Top Chef debuted in 2006 and Dave quickly became a fan favorite winning more challenges than any other contestant (three in all). Finishing third, Dave moved to New York City soon after his appearance on the show and served as the Executive/Consulting Chef at Lola, Crave on 42nd,VYNL and The Meatball Factory restaurants and The Frying Dutchmen (food truck) introducing city diners to his creative take on comfort food classics. In 2009 he self published and released his first cookbook, Flavor Quest, Volume 1 and due to popular demand followed with Flavor Quest, Volume 2 in 2010.In 2011, he launched his own line of gourmet sauces and rubs while teaching recreational cooking courses at The French Culinary and The Culinary Loft in SoHo, NY. Dave travels around the country as a guest chef for various Food & Wine Festivals, winemaker dinners, consulting projects, auction dinners, corporate and private catering events, and pop-up restaurant appearances.Firmly believing in giving back to the community, Dave supports several charitable organizations such as the Make-A-Wish Foundation, The American Heart Association, Ronald McDonald House (NYC), Leake & Watts, Greenwich House, Share our Strength (Taste of the Nation) and The Special Olympics.

Daniel is a Professional Baker and avid food lover now living with his wife in the Astoria area of New York. Its a great place for what he loves to do. Having been in the culinary field since 2003, he has worked in small business bakeries, an in house hotel bakery catering to 2000+ rooms, and as a chocolatier for an award winning Pastry Chef. Though the journey is never over, he has met numerous people and experienced a vast amount of things in his professional career. Sharing acquired knowledge about all things bread as well as constantly trying new cuisine and experiencing interesting places has always been his personal joy. From high-end restaurants to the diners to food vendors on the streets, he loves to try it all. Daniel is not one for menus with more adjectives than ingredients. "Keep it simple and let the food (and the people) do the talking," has been his belief. Outside of the food realm, he enjoy video games as a release. Mostly Xbox 360 (LickitySplit001), Wii, and various computer games. For him, finding good indie games and niche downloadable titles can yield some interesting and many times, unique experiences, not able to be created by larger name companies.

I grew up moving constantly across country. At 19 I joined the Marine Corps. I have the taste of a food critic and the mind of a political journalist. I see numbers and facts in all I do. It s either right or it s wrong - black and white. I tour eastern Iowa s Mississippi region visiting diners and clubs reviewing the best of the best, so you don t get stuck at the worst. I write political news, short stories, and product reviews for toys and tech.

A respected thought-leader and industry analyst in both the traditional CRM and Social CRM (SCRM) marketplaces. My passion for and in-depth knowledge of Web/SaaS, CRM, analytics and SCRM has allowed me to build strong collaborative relationships within the industry analyst community. A visionary leader with more then 15 years of executive-level professional services and product management experience. Before founding CRM Mastery, I was a Senior Product Manager for predictive CRM applications at SPSS, Inc. where I played the lead role in the design, development and role out of predictive analytic CRM solutions. Finally over the past 25 years, as a Sales Force Automation and CRM Consultant, I've helped more than 100 organizations design and successfully implement CRM technology solutions; including companies like Sprint, Apria Home Healthcare, ADIC, Iomega Corporation, US West, Citicorp Diners Club, Hewlett-Packard, Times Warner, Mellon Mortgage, Charles Schwab and many others. My writing appears in various industry journals including RealMarket, the Journal of Data Warehousing, TechTarget's SearchCRM portal and of course the CRM Mastery e-Journal. Specialties * CRM Best Practices * CRM Planning & Implementation Methodologies * Change Management * Performance Metrics Optimization* CRM Marketplace and Product Expertise * Strategic Thinking* Entrepreneurial Spirit * Product & Project Management*

Currently living in NYC, working in television production, love all things funny, dogs and diners. Fled the corporate world for greener pastures and soon realized that paying for your own health insurance is no fun.

Bryson Hughes is a Prophet and Philosopher, Mason and Trucker by trade, Story Teller and Patron of Diners.

The name's Kelly and I'm from the-middle-of-nowhere, Pennsylvania just outside Reading where the cows and rednecks roam. I am a closeted Goth girl with a group of all male geeky friends that loves to sit around in diners drinking coffee, playing RPGs, and talking about vampi

I am a waitress, been doing it for 10 yrs. at small diners. I have 1 19mnth old son, recently engaged.

Sherri is a freelance writer who was born in Delaware, but currently lives in southwestern Pennsylvania. She has traveled the United States extensively in search of everything from the best to the strangest food, restaurants, diners, local businesses that stand out, unusual and rare attractions, haunted locations and cities that offer a unique quality that exhibits history, extreme or rare events. She then writes about these places and experiences so that the rest of the world can enjoy them as well.

I am a 37 year-old Female to Male transgender guy living in Pennsylvania. I was born in Rockford, IL, and have lived in Las Vegas, Arkansas, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. I believe that it's important to get out of your comfort zone. One of the ways that I do that is by moving to new places. I consider myself a nomad of sorts. I am currently disabled as a result of a motor vehicle accident, and am trying to find ways to raise money to pay rent, etc until my Disability payments start coming in from Social Security. I am well-read, intelligent, and have a pretty decent sense of humor. That sense of humor is what gets me through the hard times in life. Without it, I wouldn't be here today.

Raised middle-class with typical middle-class views, I was able to escape a rather dull life by immersing myself in literature and creative writing. I spent the ever exciting teen years with my nose in a book. Even now, when I attend class reunions, only the top of my head is recognized. My passion for books and writing lead me to become an English instructor. I have written a number of articles, ranging in topics from "How to survive 18 hours on the back of a chopper" to "How to survive 18 hours in Cincinnati with teenagers". I have written for: *AOL Travel News-Articles based on local places and events. *TV Squad-Television's influence on career paths. *AOL Lifestyle-Career related pieces. *7+ years of resume and cover letter production for college graduates *2+ years as columnist/copyeditor for national motorcycle publication where I wrote a monthly 1000-1500-word article and reviewed and edited monthly submissions from freelance contributors.

I find myself on the road a lot for both work a pleasure. Love ball parks and European Soccer fields. More so than the parks themselves, it's the experience of what goes on at the pubs and grills outside the stadiums.

Devoted to all types of music and art, especially those of the previous generation singer/songwriter Justin Marra is a teacher/songwriter/preformer/photographer/writer/banrtender, a man who wears many different hats.

I am a freelance artist. Writing, painting, sculpting and more. I have been to school for it but found the best learning was in experience :) I'm sarcastic, witty and a bit flighty . SO thats me and it works so far :)

I live with boys in a big, old house on a pretty steep hill near the Mohawk River in upstate New York. I sell used and rare books, write for UFO Digest, Women of Esoterica, and have a weekly column at Binnall of America called Medusa's Ladder.

Hi there! 32 yr old successfull mother of five living the small town dream. Writing is my passion and cure for all that ails me. Its the door I open in my mind when it gets too full!

I was born, abused, saved, raised and "reborn" in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Currently I am 21 years old, residing in Hollywood, Florida. I am a wife, mother, and babysitter. I have a non religious love of life.

These are the tings that make up my day---family,work, church,traveling,film,photography,shopping.But at the end of the day,I find rest in writing.It takes out my unnecessary thoughts,finds my balance and know myself.