I'm a reader. I've been a reader since I was a small person. I used to read Babysitters Club books and mysteries of any sort (but not scary books). When I commute I read the free commuter daily (Washington DC Express - awesome, Chicago Red Eye - less awesome). Every possibly Sunday morning I sit on the couch with the Sunday Tribune, making stacks of what I read, what I don't and paging through it all. I imagine most people who read blogs are also readers and I - truly - want to know what you read. Especially online. I find myself at a loss for what exactly to glance over sometimes, especially when I'm trying to read a bit between activities or get my brain moving in a particular direction. I'll spill my favorites - I must admit, it's almost like the blogs I read are my secret friends that I don't quite want to share. But sharing is caring. Here goes:
- Six Until Me - This is a thoughtful blog about living with diabetes. The writer, Kerri Sparling welcomed a baby girl this spring and is joyfully candid about life with Type 1 diabetes. This is my diabetes community fix. Kerri Sparling talks about things like the beauty of showering with out anything attached to you (free showers - a rare delight for people with continuous glucose monitors and pumps/pods) and the frustration of high blood sugars of unknown origin. Six Until Me has made me feel so normal, even about things that are not.
- Cupcakes & Cashmere - Now for something completely different. Californian Emily writes about fashion, home decorating and cooking. She's made homemade Oreos, which is a dream of mine, and she loves Halloween. I don't wear the clothes Emily wears, like at all, but I enjoy her perspective, and the fact that she bakes things I will never bake. Seriously.
- Smitten Kitchen - This cooking blog is honest, funny and makes your tummy growl. I've made Deb's black bean soup, blueberry muffins and spinoffs of a few other things. I love the photography, the humor and the happiness of a successful meal.
- Bittman - All right. I'm a little into Mark Bittman. He's a food writer for the New York Times and proved to me that I can make my own crackers. I can. That's pretty revolutionary. I read Bittman, even though sometimes I think he's a jerk. I read his recipes just because I think he's thoughtful and cooks like I cook. "Don't want to add that? Don't!" and "Use this or that, whatever - the idea's there." I read Bittman on his own site because I do not care about restaurants in New York, though I do like FloFab's advice.
- FitSugar - This website about being healthy is sort of dumb but always catches my attention. It's got lots of ideas and encouragement, which can be helpful.
- For news I look at the Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, Google News, New York Times, TBD (where BFF Julie runs things, she's bigtime!) and People magazine. I read People as an antidote to reading all other celeb news. It's possibly the least awful of them all.
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I should also mention that pretty much everything we cook these days come out of Bittman's cookbook, How to Cook Everything. It's like 1,000 pages long and almost everything we've cooked from it has been amazingly delicious, even if it's only like three or four ingredients.
Amanda and I both read Wired on a monthly basis (my subscription) and I'm trying to start reading the New York Times and Wall Street Journal on our iPad on the way to work each morning rather than staring blindly out the window. Helps me feel more knowledgeable to start the day.
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