blogroll

While there are lots of design blogs & popular tumblrs that I follow, I'm trying to keep this list as "for the little guys" as possible.

GREAT FRIENDS, GREAT WRITING
idiosyncrasies: my best friend's more visual site
elegance of an empty room: best friend's blog about her insane life in NYC
beauty & the mess: my good friend's inspiring stories of writing & sharing the art of it
phat & sassy: a great writer that I went to school with, hosting a great blog
joe b: my husband, my favorite poet, my co-blogger
paper or plastic: a friend from college becoming an awesome architect

KINDRED SPIRITS
metzing around: a fellow American living in Lorraine for the year
smooth around the edges: the friend I visited France with the first time is also making his return
miss adventures: tumblr by a talented girl I went to school with who has a habit of collecting pretty things on her page

RECIPES
(never)homemaker: reliable source for veg-heads like us
smitten kitchen: yummies of all varieties
the kitchn: actually a huge blog, but always clear directions & nice pictures
101 cookbooks: one of the most aesthetically pleasing recipe sites, & tons of healthy, rustic, veg-head recipes
a chow life: great recipes with insight on a great city, Seattle