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Your Favorite Chicago Blogs and Bloggers?

by Krista

The bean 
Even though I lived in this city for eight years before I moved to London in March of 2004, I still need to rediscover it. So much has changed! For example, the 2nd tallest building in the U.S.–the Trump Tower–was constructed in my absence. Talk about a different skyline!

For me, there’s no better way to learn about a city than through its bloggers. So I’ve been valiantly Google’ing away, trying to find some of the best Chicago blogs. Now here’s the rub. There’s this perception in the U.K. (or in London at least) that blogging is much more popular in America. (Look at Mommy Bloggers, in particular.) So I expected to find an abundance of high-quality blogs here in Chicago. I’ve found a few, for sure, but I must be looking in all the wrong places because there just aren’t as many as I would have hoped. So I need some help. Know a good Chicago blog? Do you follow a plethora of Chicago bloggers? Please tell me by leaving a comment!

Plum & Radish: A girl after my own heart! She writes about food. And bicycles! (She just bought a Pashley–a UK bike no less! And I just bought a big Dutch bike right before I left London.) And photography! All around Chicago.

Let’s Go Ride a Bike: Two gals, one in Chicago, one in Nashville, writing about biking in their cities. Lovely photographs. I CANNOT wait until my shipping container arrives and my two bikes get delivered.

Chicago Gluttons: A Chicago restaurant blog. Would love it it was updated more frequently. Their latest review–The Girl and The Goat–is the restaurant that everyone in town is talking about. I tried to get a booking but the only tables available are at like 4:30 pm. (Welcome to America, folks. Yes, we sometimes eat dinner that early.)

Chicago Bites: Another Chicago restaurant blog, but this time with podcasts!  (Although I don’t see any recent podcasts. Maybe I’m not looking hard enough though.) Good use of whitespace. A very clean and neat blog. I’m hoping to meet up with these gals soon as we’ve corresponded in the past.

312 Dining Diva: I’d compare Audarshia’s blog to Guide Girl’s site, but with more frequent updates. She’s got the inside line on everything going on food-wise in Chicago.

The Chicago Bucket List: A relatively new blog, but a city explorer like myself. Check out the full list of everything he is trying to accomplish. (At least, I think he’s a he.)

City Girl Chicago: Part food–both restaurants and recipes. Part blog about things to do in Chicago. 

So if you know of a good Chicago blog–whether it be your own or someone else’s–please do let me know by leaving a comment as soon as you can! 

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8 comments

Shannon Scanlan 2010 -

I’m a Chicago girl who blogs at http://livelylibrarian.blogspot.com/
Check out my tag cloud for what I’ve written about Chicago.
I really enjoy your blog, London is one of my favorite cities.

LondonAnnie 2010 -

Lottie and Doof (http://www.lottieanddoof.com/) is interesting and Chicago-based. I like that he gives recipes provided by his favourite restaurants, both in Chicago and elsewhere. Hope you find some more!

Krista 2010 -

Hi Shannon! Dropped by your blog the other day and left a comment. Hope you are still enjoying Paris!

Randomly related…last time my dad came to London, his observations were:
“Everybody smokes here. And takes the bus. And when they’re not on the bus, they’re rolling a suitcase behind them.” I looked at London through his eyes and he was so right!

Krista 2010 -

Thanks so much for the Lottie and Doof suggestion. Totally gorgeous blog and I love the Chicago tips.

cara @ City Girl Chicago 2010 -

Thanks so much for including me on your list ~ and what a great way to connect more Chicago bloggers to one another. I owe you an email with some other Chicagonistas I know of 🙂

Have a great weekend~

Dottie 2010 -

Thanks so much for including my blog, Let’s Go Ride a Bike! I also have a photography blog that usually has a lot of Chicago photos (although lately it’s been all Paris and NYC photos from my recent vacations), Dream Camera.

I appreciate the list of the blogs because I’ve also had a hard time finding other Chicago bloggers.

Priscilla 2012 -

I blog in chicago too!

diariesofavagabond.tumblr.com

Susan Barsy 2012 -

Christopher Jobson’s art blog is colossal:

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/

I also like celiahercity.com, but it’s new. We’ll see if it lasts.

I love your own blog, which I just discovered and shared with a friend (a Chicagoan who loves London too).

I would love to hear of/from any other independent Chicago bloggers out there.

Best of luck!
SB

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