In-Line Skater, Food Critic (204)Meet a real estate sales executive who quit her lucrative job to pursue her love of in-line skating and a lawyer who switched gears to become a food critic.
In-Line Skater Facts:
- Donna Vano's first sponsor was Rollerblade, Inc.
- Vano earns anywhere from $150 to $700 per day. She also earns money producing action sports events for various companies
- Vano and her husband run the USA Snowboarding Association's South Tahoe competition series.
Contact information:
Donna Vano
1839 Jicarilla
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
530-577-4179
Resources:
Ridge Tahoe Resort
400 Ridge Club Drive
Stateline, NV 89449
775-588-3553
www.ridge-tahoe.com
USA Snowboarding Association
www.usasa.org
Food Critic Facts:
- Steven Shaw has been nominated for two prestigious James Beard awards.
- Shaw usually visits each restaurant two to three times before writing a review.
- Shaw has written close to 200 reviews of New York City restaurants, and eats about $20,000 worth of restaurant meals per year.
- Shaw gets paid $40 for a mini-review and up to $6,000 for a multi-part article series.
- Shaw dines out several hundred times a year for business and pleasure.
Contact information:
Steven Shaw
steven@fat-guy.com
www.fat-guy.com
Resources:
Chives Canadian Bistro
1537 Barrington St.
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 1Z4
Canada
902-461-4646
info@chivesbistro.com
www.chivesbistro.com
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