Link Love

Ellen from Two is a Pair recently listed me as one of her favorite newly discovered blogs. Ellen is a professional dancer and artist chronicling her life in Vancouver with her fiance, Cort. Thanks for the shout out, Ellen!

I am going to interpret the prompt somewhat differently and point readers' attention toward some of my favorite blogs. I follow so many delightful blogs that it is like a tsunami of awesomeness when I open my google reader. BUT, if I am crunched for time, these are the ones I simply cannot miss:

• For an eccentric collection of beautiful, funny, and inspiring images and stories I read Cup of Jo, Swiss Miss, Design Milk, Design for Mankind, and of course the always-witty Melanie of You are My Fave.

• For style advice, I always turn to Tiffany of I am Style-ish and ogle the street photography of Garance Dore and Scott Schuman, the Sartorialist.

• For recipes, I read Tastespotting and Smitten Kitchen, and I turn to Tyler Cowen's Ethnic Dining Guide for restaurant recommendations in the DC metro area.

• For Foreign Service news, I follow Digger of Life after Jerusalem--and if you're interested in reading more, she has an exhaustive list of all the Foreign Service blogs on the web.

• For new media and writing advice, I adore Laryssa of Comma 'n Sentence.

• And if you aren't reading Joel and Ashley's blogs This Paper Ship and Spring to Spring, what are you waiting for!? This freakin' awesome artistic couple lives in a real life farm house in North Carolina complete with cats and chickens.

• Finally, Erin of The Fierce Beagle writes about life and motherhood in a sometimes hilarious, sometimes touching voice that will have you hooked after one visit.

I hope you found this post helpful! The blogosphere can be so overwhelming. How do you organize your daily reads? Do you use google reader or have you found a better method of organizing the madness?