My favourite blog

When I first started blogging about a year ago, I decided that in order to create my own successful blog, I should keep myself up to date with other popular local blogs to see what they were writing about, how they were writing about it and what made their particular blog interesting. I began to subscribe to blogs via Google Reader on a variety of topics from fashion and photography, to local news and politics. It was my random stumbling that had me one day land on Beyond Robson's blog.

Beyond Robson is a Vancouver-based blog written by who else? Vancouverites! They cover anything from music and arts, to local businesses and politics. Their mission? To showcase Vancouver's unique and diverse culture, and to inform those who live in our fabulous city, just how great it is. The site has six main contributors, as well as a resident designer, webmaster and publisher. The site is well designed and laid out for easy access to local event listings, restaurant reviews and city news. And although the site began as a simple run of the mill blog, it hardly looks like it anymore--perhaps adding somewhat to the websites' credibility and popularity. The blog also accepts post from guest bloggers who like to put in their two cents on local happenings. It is a good venue for writers who enjoy blogging, but perhaps do not want to bother with the maintenance of their own blog, to submit pieces for the public's viewing.

Another favourite blog is The Conveyor Belt. This fashion and lifestyle blog by Terri Portratz is the perfect turn-to blog when I'm looking for fashion world updates, news and beautiful photographs, and has even been featured in Lou Lou magazine as one of Canada's top fashion blogs. Check it out!

-Tanya