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/><feedburner:emailServiceId>EssentiallyEntertaining</feedburner:emailServiceId><feedburner:feedburnerHostname>http://feedburner.google.com</feedburner:feedburnerHostname><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;D0YMRHw7eyp7ImA9Wx9WGUs.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4395485666796226354.post-607479028138339867</id><published>2011-01-25T08:19:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-01-25T08:19:45.203-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-01-25T08:19:45.203-06:00</app:edited><title>moving on up...</title><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://savvyhost.blogspot.com/feeds/607479028138339867/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4395485666796226354&amp;postID=607479028138339867&amp;isPopup=true" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4395485666796226354/posts/default/607479028138339867?v=2" /><link 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It may take a village to raise a child, but it took 6 months, several web-savvy resources, and more than a little lost sleep to raise up our website from it's prior incarnation!!


We are proud to announce that 

The Savvy Host site  - at www.savvyhost.com - 

is once again LIVE and STRONG!!

Over the next month, we will be tweaking it around the edges - backfilling past articles and posts, 
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Pasta is such a perfect food.  And this is not only because Italian blood runs through our veins,...da vero! 

Pasta - ever-so-versatile - can be:

dressed up or casual, 
fresh &amp;amp; light or rich &amp;amp; creamy,
extravagant or budget-friendly, 
room temperature or hot from the oven, and/or
stuffed or strings or shells or BUTTERFLIES...

The options are truly endless.  And PERFECT for our idea of a 
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