Meet the Team: Krithika Muthukumar, Webmaster

Editor’s Note : We love highlighting our users here on the blog, but we thought it’d also be fun to introduce you to the people behind the ...

Introducing our San Francisco Community Manager, Ashley Hayes

Well hello, dahlings, pleasure to make your acquaintance! My name is Ashley Hayes, and I’m your San Francisco Community Manager for Google P...

Meet the Team: Gregor J. Rothfuss, Technical Lead for Google Maps User Interface

Editor’s Note : We love highlighting our users here on the blog, but we thought it’d also be fun to introduce you to the people behind the ...

Introducing our Brooklyn community manager, Margarita Vaisman

Brooklyn’s in the house! Hi, folks! My name is Margarita Vaisman , and I’m your Brooklyn, New York, community manager for Google Places . Th...

Introducing our Manhattan Community Manager, Esther Brown

Hello, New York! My name is Esther Brown and I’m absolutely thrilled (and humbled!) to introduce myself as the Manhattan Community Manager ...

Meet Your Places Neighbor: Kristian Serrano

Editor’s Note : Now and then we'll spotlight one of our amazing Google Places reviewers. Both so you guys can start to get to know one a...

Talking Favorite Places at Portland’s Star Bar

This week we hosted our first Google Cocktail Mixer at Portland, Oregon’s, Star Bar . Owners Tamar and Josh welcomed our Google Places crew...

Best Evers: Leigh Feldman, Events Producer and Advertising Specialist

Editor’s Note : As we set up shop in cities across the country, we wanted to bring some local flavor to the blog by asking different local ...

Smash Putt Takes Mini Golf to the Next Level

Editor’s Note : A Seattle group has brought Smash Putt — half art exhibition, half miniature golf course — to Portland, Oregon, for the sec...

Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festival: an Austin Best Ever

It was a blustery March day as the crowds packed the Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festival Sunday Fair , but that didn’t keep Austinites...

Introducing our Portland Community Manager: Maria Perry-Crawshaw

Editor’s Note : Last week, we introduced you to Whitney , our community manager in Austin, Texas. Today, meet the newest addition to our Goo...

Get Your Mixtape On, Portland

We recently threw a series of shows in Portland called the Best Ever Concert Series . Some of Portland’s best musicians played at some of th...

Introducing our Austin Community Manager, Whitney Francis

Hello, Hotpotters of Austin! My name is Whitney Francis, and I’m happy to announce that I’ve recently joined the Google Hotpot team as Aust...

Best Ever Concert Series: The Dandy Warhols, Typhoon and Y La Bamba

To wrap up our Best Ever Concert Series , The Dandy Warhols, Typhoon and Y La Bamba took the stage last Thursday at the University Chapel in...

Share your Austin Best Evers at Music by the Slice 2011

Editor’s Note : We on the Hotpot team love our music — Best Ever Concert Series , anyone? — so we’re sponsoring Music by the Slice , a three...

Best Evers: Stephanie Stricklen

Editor’s Note : While we’re in Portland, we wanted to bring some local flavor to the blog by asking writers who live in the area to contribu...

Come Celebrate Austin with Google and GSD&M at SXSW

The best taco in Austin sparks a healthy debate when brought up at GSD&M — every employee you ask will give you their opinion about the...

We're On a Boat: Sailing With Red Fang and The Builders and the Butchers

Update 3.11 : We've got video of the show! Film and editing by Chris Hornbecker & Caleb Plowman in collaboration with Official Mfg C...

Rocking and Rolling to The Thermals and Lifesavas

Update 3.3 : Here's  a video capturing all the fun at The Rink . Film and editing by Chris Hornbecker & Caleb Plowman in collaborat...

Best Evers: Laura Kelso, Writer

In addition to rating and reviewing businesses on Hotpot , you can give your favorite businesses a Best Ever award. While we're in Aust...