Under the Weather

Hello, reader. Missed me? So have I - I've been feeling a bit sick the past couple days. Just a head cold kind of thing and I'm sure I'll make a full recovery, but although I've done a lot of staring at this computer screen the past few days, what I've made sense of and have been able to concentrate on has been little.

When in such a state where I am preoccupied by only my thoughts and a runny nose, I do tend to Google a lot though. Pretty much anything that comes into my head is fair game, and sometimes, if I'm luckly, I end up coming across some really cool stuff. Combined with my work as an intern in Philly this week, I now give you the best of my recent Philadelphia-centric blog finds - a genre that I was fairly convinced hardly existed until now. I'm fairly happy and impressed.

Philebrity: Kind of like Gawker for Philly (although the folks at Phawker might presume that title), but the fact that Philly is much smaller and local than Manhattan makes it a lot more relatable to the everyday Philadelphian. Meaning, events, news and gossip that may actually directly affect you - but packaged to be cool and, you know, a little snarky.

Philly Chit Chat: Call itself a "Social Diary" of the event scene here in town - your inside pass (with lots of pictures (!) from photog Hughe Dillon) to events you couldn't go to, or perhaps wouldn't have even been invited to. Plus, there's a cool blog roll of other Philly bloggers. Dying to check out Geekadelphia more.

Uwishunu: Powered by the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation (I know, sounds too business-y), this site actully attracts a really diverse set of writers, giving us the scoop of new events in town. And, it's just a really cool name.

Design-Phan: This blog reminds me how nuananced and creative Philly can be, and I kind of love that. Follows Philly design and makes you wish you could make all that stuff too.

Yellaphant:Less a blog about Philly and more about Philly-based writer Bridget Hanahan's thoughts and musings. I like that it's approachable and personal, so I'm pretty hooked.

What blogs do you read? (Ugh, I feel like ending with a question like this is something lame they would teach you in Blogging 101. But no, really, tell me.)