Around Town
Not so long ago, there was this big divide in bloggery among "personal" bloggers and "political" bloggers (or warbloggers, a term that thankfully is being used less and less all the time). The political bloggers tended to look down on the personal bloggers, and the personal bloggers all tended to get a hearty laugh at the notion that Glenn Reynolds invented weblogging (a pretty laughable notion indeed).
Somewhere along the way, a sort of hybrid emerged (like this blog), where there's a dose of politics and a dose of the personal and a dose of that, and a good strong dose of the local. I still think there's lots of room for more blogging on local topics, ranging from politics to cultural events to music to restaurants. But people are starting to do more of it, and that's useful. Especially in big cities like Houston, where there's always something interesting going on (or something being misreported by the local daily).
Along those lines, here are some interesting blog accounts of "local stuff" (for lack of a better term):
Trivial Pursuits has followed up on the comments to this post (where he lists good Thai spots in Houston) and posts his first restaurant review -- of Ouisie's Table.
Alex Whitlock has an account of last week's Cross Canadian Ragweed show.
Steve Casburn visited the Toyota Center, and comments on the experience.
Greg Wythe details the mechanics of the Senatorial District 17 Democratic Convention
Rob Booth details the mechanics of the Senatorial District 17 Republican Convention.
And there are a number of blogs getting geeked over Astros baseball (Astro in Exile and The Juice Box, along with Astros Daily, which may not consider itself a blog but is close enough for me).
That's a bunch of good reading, and not a bit of it warblogging. :)
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 03/30/04 20:38 | Houston | Technorati
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If you want local, check out mine "Neighbors Against Kilworth Manor". It's for Lower Montrose residents living next to the Kilworth Manor bed and breakfast. The neighbors are protesting against the amplified noise from DJ's and live bands playing during the weekly barrage of wedding receptions.
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Posted by klesher @ 23:37 on 03/30/04
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