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About us

Phoenix Picks is Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice. If we can't say anything nice, we don't say it at all.

Phoenix Picks is a free, subscription-driven weekly publication, sent out every Friday via email and then updated on our homepage. It’s a fun and sassy format for "City Secrets," delivered in a timely and unique manner to a highly targeted market. Phoenix Picks reaches mostly women, busy and well-educated “influencers,” who like to find out about items and services that enhance their lives.

Phoenix Picks' founder, Kathi O'Neil, started her career in Manhattan with Hearst Magazines and The Hearst Corporation. A native Oregonian, O'Neil and her husband returned to Portland in the early 90s. There O'Neil started Westover Media, a full-service marketing firm whose partial list of clients includes: Elle, In Style, Lucky, Tom's of Maine, Oprah, Gourmet, The New Yorker, Town and Country, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Conde Nast Traveler, W and Health, to name a few.

Editor-in-Chief Alisa Sloan oversees the content and managing editors in all cities and heads the flagship Portland Picks publication. Based in Portland, she has been with Westover Media since June of 2005, and brings more than 12 years of experience in publishing, marketing and online content management to the team.

Phoenix Picks are mostly the unsolicited opinions of the Phoenix Picks staff. They are hints, recommendations, and best-kept secrets of shops, restaurants, hangouts, products, and services.

Phoenix Picks' parent company, City Picks Group, is a subsidiary of Westover Media, LLC.

Visit the other publications in the City Picks family at www.PortlandPicks.com, www.MinneapolisPicks.com, www.ChicagoPicks.com, www.SeattlePicks.com, www.SeattlePicksforMen.com and www.PortlandPicksforMen.com ! And help us spread the word. If you like what you see, tell your friends in our sister cities to sign up today ... it's free!

Staff

Kathi O’Neil Publisher	Alisa Sloan Editor in Chief	Somlynn Rorie Managing Editor	Rebecca Cannon Senior Writer


Courtney McCune Contributing Writer	Jennifer Kampp Contributing Writer	Lindsay Watrous Contributing Writer	Sam Roloff Creative Services /Web

Editorial Policy: Contributing writers' submissions are completely unsolicited. Advertorial is written by the Ad Director only and marked with an "Advertise with Us" banner.