Tip Top Blogs

Writing better blogs means reading better blogs, first. Here are my 5 favorite blog sites!


Scott Schuman built the bridge from street fashion to the web with his conversational blog The Sartorialist. This blog opened the door to dialogue about fashion. Were are lucky to have Schuman, with his honest eye for grace and beauty in clothing, because he sees past trends, labels, and celebrity status. He posts multiple times weekly, with anonymous photographs of brilliantly dressed men and woman off streets all over the world.




 One of my dear friends spends half of her year at McMurdo Reasearch Station in Antartica. She and her partner write Weird Birds together, a blog about their adventures, emotions and experience at the end of the earth. They're both photographers, so they take tons of gorgeous photographs. She also writes beautifully about her life, and I watch her evolve as a writer and artist. It's also very personal and because I know her, it is always interesting.





Street Etiquette is my latest obsession. The layout on this blog is unusual, but it is clean and works really well. I get tired of how straightforward most blogsites are: this is one I can really explore and get happily lost in. There are loads of links, photographs, and inspiration on this site. It's not only fashion but digs deep into artwork ( and music, trends, politics) of the past and present that relates to their highly personal, highly attentive style. Most importantly, I think these dudes are just killing it! They're only 20 years old! I love the work that they're doing.


There are SO MANY food blogs. Woah. I haven't really realized how HUGE the food movement is until now. Civil Eats is one of the more concise, accesible, and relevant blogs of it's kind. With over 100 contributors, it's also diverse: covering topics such as policy, philosophy, and academics. It's been a great starting point for delving into the wide world of food blogs.

Finally, The Tartelette was once described as the "online patron saint of bakers." As an aspiring pastry chef, the adventures, recipes, and pictures on this site are so lovely and inspiring. We're always looking for new ideas in the bakery I work for, and this site is so enjoyable to look through with it's challenging ideas that are still simple and centered around high quality, fresh food. Delightful!