Susan Henderson, over at her site, is conducting a pop quiz of sorts. I’ve been amazed at the quality of visitors to her site. Here are just some of the many different, quirky and beautiful sites that I’ve come to enjoy, thanks to her efforts.
Writing and surviving in the Netherlands
Write Livelihood: Because I Can
Pia’s nest
Eight Diagrams
and Kevin Dolgin tells you about places you should go in Europe
Note that these tend to be sites that exhibit blogging tendencies - forgive me. There are others, from designers, film-makers, poets, writers, literary journals, nuts, that are worth visiting, too.
By the way, if you haven’t already been there or heard about it, you might want to urgently click your way to Overheard in New York, a site that reports exactly that, with gems such as:
Fat chick on cell: Well, it kind of sucks because the subway is like two avenue blocks away and–
Queer passerby: And there’s no Krispy Creme in between?
–Astoria
Or this one:
Girl #1: He’s coming into town to visit me this weekend…but he says he doesn’t wanna leave the house except to go eat sushi.
Girl #2: Ew, sushi.
Girl #1: I know, right? He expects me to eat that shit? I’m not a fucking polar bear.
–7 train
and another thing …
Here’s what I get for surfing the net. It’s an entire community of like-minded independent women. Mercurial Girl and overworked and underf*cked are pretty decent reads.
