Paging Bitter, Party of One…Maybe…

Over the past few days, I’ve noticed that a couple of the blogs I read have noted that they’ve been picked up by Alltop, Guy Kawasaki’s new venture. Guy, in case you didn’t know, is a venture capitalist and former Apple employee. I am totally a dork, if you  haven’t guessed that already; you can catch Guy interviewing Steve Ballmer at Mix08. (It’s pretty funny.)

So I checked out Alltop, and I don’t get it. It’s like reading someone else’s Google Reader. TechCrunch (see–I am a DORK) calls it a big pile of nothing and I kinda can see why they’d say that. If you don’t want to click through to the full article, let me tell you the headline: Guy Kawasaki Formally Launches Alltop. Wow, It’s Bad.

For those of you who have been picked up by Alltop, of course I’m jealous! (And I’m dying to know what the volume of inbound traffic is.) As I asked a few weeks ago, what’s a gal gotta do around here to get noticed? But as a heavy user of RSS feeds myself (89 feeds and counting), I’m not sure I can find a place for Alltop in my life…

Interestingly, five separate blogs from Chow are listed. Who knew they had so many! But some new blogs I discovered from Alltop include…
Foodie NYC
Nothing Could be Finer than Being in Your Diner
Expatriate’s Kitchen
Chez Megane (Who hasn’t posted since January 5, 2008! I am so much more dependable…)
And one blog that hasn’t been updated since May of 2006!!!! Alltop is supposed to be a round-up of all the best food blogs??? Again, I don’t get it.

***Update: Why I Should Really Listen to My Mother***
My mother always told me, "If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say it at all." I go through phases about this…most times, I am nothing but nice. Too nice, many would say. So then I decide to not be nice. And of course, what happens? I totally get in trouble. Like this time. Like millionaire Guy Kawasaki himself posting a comment on my blog. Boy do I feel like an idiot.

So I’ve written Guy an apology…specifically, I wrote…

"Hi Guy…WOW. Thank you for visiting my blog. I ***loved*** your Ballmer interview…it was really lively and fun, but still pretty informative. You have a rare skill. You’re fantastic and I, as I noted, am just bitter for not being invited to the Alltop party. You have my apologies if you think that I thought Alltop is "crap." As I noted, I did discover some new sites, which is always a good thing. I just didn’t understand why you’d have blogs on there that hadn’t been updated in ages." (I continued on for a bit, praising Silverbrow and Cheese & Biscuits and thanking him for just dropping by Londonelicious.)

Then, I walked home from work and obsessed about Guy Kawasaki, millionaire and start-up guru, commenting on my blog. So I sent him another e-mail. Here’s what I wrote…

Hi again, Guy

So on my walk home this evening, I was thinking of ways I could make it up to you! So firstly, if you are ever in London, please let me know and I will be your personal tour guide to the London food scene.(Which is NOT an oxymoronic statement, I promise.) It will probably come as no surprise that I am nowhere near as exciting as Ballmer, however.

Secondly, if you are going to take down those older links, I have some suggestions for your Food section…below, I’ve listed some great blogs with compelling prose and captivating photographs. In comparison, my blog probably reads like the drunk girl at the party…but I would of course be deliriously pleased should you decide to add it to Alltop.

Enjoy and a have a great rest of your day,

Krista

http://www.foodbeam.com
This is written by a girl in the south of France…predominantly pastries…beautiful photographs. Great copy. You can really tell she’s passionate about her subject.

http://www.deliciousdays.com/
A gorgeous blog written from Munich. More beautiful photos. Food news and recipes.

http://www.latartinegourmande.com/
Very prettily done. Dessert oriented. Author is a food stylist, photographer, and writer and you can tell.

http://chubbyhubby.net/blog/
Blog from Singapore about Asian food, recipes, travel.

http://blue_moon.typepad.com/blue_lotus/
When I was nominated for Best City Blog last year, Blue Lotus was one of my competitors. She’s Canadian and lives in the suburbs of Tokyo. Fantastic photos of Japanese food.

http://nymag.com/daily/food/
NY Mag’s food blog. Disclaimer in that Josh Ozersky (the editor) and I attended the same university and we used to work together at the college paper. Really entertaining take on the NY food scene. Great headlines with just the right bit of irony now and then.

The End.
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