City weblogs
A fairly busy schedule today (not to mention general laziness) prevents me from checking to see if I’ve posted about Gaper’s Block before, but it’s a weblog focused on all things Chicago. I bring this to your attention because now we also have Chicagoist, which (at first glance) seems to have a refreshingly less “hipper-than-thou” attitude than the aforementioned and appears to be a close relative of the New York equivalent, Gothamist. Gothamist is, in turn, a lot more satisfying than the “was that two parts snarky and one part ironic, or the other way ’round?” online scene ‘zine for NYC, Gawker.
I think I’ll try keeping Chicagoist on the list of occasional reads until I can form a more complete opinion, but I’m hopeful that it’ll be good.