https://rvanews.com All the news, none of that gross newsprint feel Tue, 10 Nov 2020 02:23:10 +0000 en-US https://rvanews.com/etc/richmond-2k7-blog-awards/1870?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS+Readership Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:30:01 +0000 Ross Catrow http://rvanews.com/2007/12/richmond-2k7-blog-awards/ <p style = "text-align:center"></p><p>Or RVA2k7BA for short.</p><p>I'll tell you what guys, if there is one thing I've learned from <a href="http://www.styleweekly.com/">Style</a> and <a href="http://www.richmondmagazine.com/ME2/Default.asp">Richmond Magazine</a> it's that handing out awards makes for easy articles. "Top 40 Under 40", "Richmond's Best/Worst", "The Power List", etc, etc. If you write for any sort of anything doing a "best of" piece is, like, your golden gun.</p><p>Earlier this year, after experiencing some displeasure with Richmond Magazine's Best/Worst list, we (the <a href="http://rvanews.com/author/Susan.Howson/">Suze</a> and I) decided to have our own <a href="http://haduken.com/2007/09/2007-richmond-bestworst-recount-results/">Best and Worst Recount</a>. Continuing in a similar vein, and for, perhaps, lack of better content, I bring you: the <strong>Richmond 2k7 Blog Awards</strong>.</p><p>Here are the categories:</p><h3>Topical awards</h3><ul><li>Best community blog<ul><li><a href="http://chpn.net">Church Hill People's News</a></li><li><a href="http://northrichmondnews.com">North Richmond News</a></li><li><a href="http://wotbn.net">West of the Boulevard News</a></li><li><a href="http://chesterfielddaily.net">Chesterfield Daily</a></li><li><a href="http://nearwestendnews.net">Near West End News</a></li><li><a href="http://pburgpn.net/">Petersburg People's News</a></li><li><a href="http://fdhub.net">The Fan District Hub</a></li></ul></li><li>Best political blog<ul><li><a href="http://saverichmond.com">Save Richmond</a></li><li><a href="http://richmondva.wordpress.com/">Urban Richmond</a></li><li><a href="http://www.baconsrebellion.blogspot.com/">Bacon's Rebellion</a></li><li><a href="http://jsnotes.com/">j's notes</a></li><li><a href="http://wardsmythe.com/">The Ward View</a></li></ul></li><li>Best business blog<ul><li><a href="http://the804.com/blog/">The 804.com</a></li><li><a href="http://www.theyarnlounge.blogspot.com/">The Yarn Lounge</a></li><li><a href="http://sproutrichmond.blogspot.com/">SPROUT</a></li><li><a href="http://blog.bricksmith.com/">Brick's Blog</a></li><li><a href="http://jakelyell.com/blog/">Jake Lyell Photography</a></li></ul></li><li>Best food blog<ul><li><a href="http://brandoneats.typepad.com/brandon_eats/">Brandon Eats</a></li><li><a href="http://sproutrichmond.blogspot.com/">SPROUT</a></li><li><a href="http://www.messycuisine.com/blog/">Messy Cuisine</a></li><li><a href="http://www.eatdrinkandhopeitisnotscary.blogspot.com/">In Vino Veritas</a></li><li><a href="http://rivercityfoodwine.blogspot.com/">River City Food and Wine</a></li><li><a href="http://caramelizedopinions.blogspot.com/">Caramelized OpiNIONS</a></li></ul></li><li>Best diarist<ul><li><a href="http://babylust.typepad.com/">babylust</a></li><li><a href="http://madeinrichmond.net">Made in Richmond</a></li><li><a href="http://100wordminimum.org/">100 Word Minimum</a></li><li><a href="http://turnfortheworse.blogspot.com/">a turn for the worse</a></li><li><a href="http://aliciafarrell.com/blog/">Alicia's Pilgrimage</a></li><li><a href="http://thisgirlsview.blogspot.com/">Sarah Says...</a></li><li><a href="http://instatick.wordpress.com/">questionable rationale</a></li></ul></li><li>Best topical blog<ul><li><a href="http://woodmechanic.blogspot.com/">The Wood Mechanic</a></li><li><a href="http://geistweg.wordpress.com/">geistweg † genocide </a></li><li><a href="http://trigirl40.blogspot.com/">Journey to Ironman</a></li><li><a href="http://www.messycuisine.com/blog/">MessyCuisine</a></li><li><a href="http://rivercityfoodwine.blogspot.com/">River City Food and Wine</a></li><li><a href="http://www.theyarnlounge.blogspot.com/">The Yarn Lounge</a></li><li><a href="http://babylust.typepad.com/">babylust</a></li><li><a href="http://trashcanobsessional.com/">The trashcan obsessional</a></li></ul></li><li>Most addicting blog<ul><li><a href="http://duanekeiser.blogspot.com/">A Painting a Day</a></li><li><a href="http://learndaily.blogspot.com/">Learning Daily</a></li><li><a href="http://rvanews.com">RVANews</a></li><li><a href="http://awkwardthingsisaytogirls.com/">Awkward Things I Say To Girls</a></li><li><a href="http://www.lestercat.net/blog/">je ne sais pas</a></li><li><a href="http://madeinrichmond.net">Made in Richmond</a></li></ul></li><li>Funniest blog<ul><li><a href="http://thisgirlsview.blogspot.com/">Sarah Says...</a></li><li><a href="http://doublevisionary.wordpress.com/">Double Vision</a></li><li><a href="http://awkwardthingsisaytogirls.com/">Awkward Things I Say To Girls</a></li><li><a href="http://haduken.com">Haduken</a></li><li><a href="http://livingrichmond.blogspot.com/">Living Richmond</a></li></ul></li></ul><h3>Overall awards</h3><ul><li>Best writing skills from a blogger<ul><li><a href="http://saverichmond.com">Save Richmond</a></li><li><a href="http://rivercityrapids.blogspot.com/">River City Rapids</a></li><li><a href="http://blancett.blogspot.com/">Fig.1-Worm Drive</a></li><li><a href="http://popularink.com/ik/">Indelible Kitchen</a></li><li><a href="http://ironmanlife.blogspot.com/">IM Training</a></li><li><a href="http://www.misanthropicreview.com/">Misanthropic Review</a></li><li><a href="http://awkwardthingsisaytogirls.com/">Awkward Things I Say To Girls</a></li><li><a href="http://neovino.blogspot.com/">NEO VINO</a></li></ul></li><li>Best designed blog<ul><li><a href="http://rvanews.com">RVANews</a></li><li><a href="http://chesterfielddaily.net">Chesterfield Daily</a></li><li><a href="http://www.lestercat.net/blog/">je ne sais pas</a></li><li><a href="http://www.zillasays.com/">Zilla Says</a></li></ul></li><li>Best kept secret<ul><li><a href="http://woodmechanic.blogspot.com/">The Wood Mechanic</a></li><li><a href="http://aliciafarrell.com/blog/">Alicia's Pilgrimage</a></li><li><a href="http://babylust.typepad.com/">babylust</a></li><li><a href="http://learndaily.blogspot.com/">Learning Daily</a></li><li><a href="http://rvanews.com">RVANews</a></li><li><a href="http://caramelizedopinions.blogspot.com/">Caramelized OpiNIONS</a></li><li><a href="http://livingrichmond.blogspot.com/">Living Richmond</a></li><li><a href="http://www.neovino.blogspot.com/">NEO VINO</a></li></ul></li><li>Best new blog in 2k7<ul><li><a href="http://trigirlcyndi.blogspot.com/">Simply Tri-ing</a></li><li><a href="http://rvanews.com">RVANews</a></li><li>All of the community blogs (<a href="http://www.cjwn.net/news/">Carver &amp; Jackson Ward News</a>, <a href="http://chesterfielddaily.net/">Chesterfield Daily</a>, <a href="http://chpn.net/">Church Hill People's News</a>, <a href="http://fdhub.net">The Fan District Hub</a>, <a href="http://hillsandheights.net/news/">Hills and Heights</a>, <a href="http://nearwestendnews.net/">Near West End News</a>, <a href="http://northrichmondnews.com/">North Richmond News</a>, <a href="http://www.oregonhill.net/">Oregon Hill</a>, <a href="http://pburgpn.net/">Petersburg People's News</a>, <a href="http://riverdistrictnews.com/">River District News</a>, <a href="http://wotbn.net">West of the Boulevard News</a>)</li><li><a href="http://jakelyell.com/blog/">Jake Lyell Photography</a></li><li><a href="http://thejim-nasium.blogspot.com/">The Jim-nasium</a></li></ul></li><li>Post of the year<ul><li><a href="http://www.lestercat.net/blog/archives/2007/01/community_blogs.php">There need to be more very local community-oriented blogs.</a></li><li><a href="http://chpn.net/news/2007/07/26/black-sunday/">Black Sunday</a></li><li><a href="http://ironmanlife.blogspot.com/2007/07/buy-bigger-bowl.html">Buy A Bigger Bowl</a></li><li><a href="http://awkwardthingsisaytogirls.com/2007/07/i-dont-think-nice-means-smoking-hot/">I don’t think "nice" means "smoking hot."</a></li><li><a href="http://rvanews.com/2007/11/nine-more-ideas-to-save-downtown-richmond/">Nine More Ideas to Save Downtown Richmond</a></li><li><a href="http://haduken.com/2007/06/thank-god-for-my-dog/">Thank god for my dog</a></li><li><a href="http://rivercityrapids.blogspot.com/2007/04/i-survived-slaughter.html">I survived the slaughter</a></li></ul></li><li>Blog of the year -- <em>sponsored by <a href="http://www.openhouse-richmond.com/">openhouse</a></em><ul><li><a href="http://floricane.typepad.com/buttermilk/">Buttermilk &amp; Molasses</a></li><li><a href="http://rivercityrapids.blogspot.com/">River City Rapids</a></li><li><a href="http://awkwardthingsisaytogirls.com/">Awkward Things I Say To Girls</a></li><li><a href="http://www.brandoneats.com/">Brandon Eats</a></li><li><a href="http://chpn.net">Church Hill People's News</a></li></ul></li></ul><p>So go! <a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=O6ClLcNCQPmr8TEijiE4mw_3d_3d">Vote</a>! We'll keep the voting up through the month of December and announce the winners come January. Also: award winners will get FANTASTIC PRIZES*.</p><p><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=O6ClLcNCQPmr8TEijiE4mw_3d_3d">Again, go vote, do it</a>.</p><p>*Where prizes is defined as pretty neat RVANews stickers. Although if some cool business out there wanted to sponsor a category and give away gift certificates or something, that would be awesome!? If you are a cool business <a href="mailto:info@rvanews.com">shoot me an email</a>.</p><p>Update: here is a cool badge for all of the nominees to use.</p><p><img src="http://rvanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/rva2k7ba-nominee.jpg" alt="RVA2k7BA Nominee" /></p><p><br />Ho there, reader of RSS feeds! Do you ever want to support RVANews in a real and tangible way? Or at least pay a small penance for reading ad-free content? If so, <a href="https://www.patreon.com/rvanews">support us on Patreon for a couple bucks a month</a>!</p>