WordPress Makes It So Easy
I hope Anne starts kicking off her new site, Review Maven, very soon. I’m itchy to see what she’s watching.
She makes me itchy with my own new ideas. I’m killing the Daily Lunchbox because it’s just too damn time consuming. But don’t worry, there’s a replacement. And oh my, WordPress and Bluehost makes it too easy for me to unleash.
I’d like to unveil Penelope Room.
From the site:
Penelope Room is a new shopping blog for those who wear the shiniest of smartypants.
This is a collaborate project that searches for the art and literature that you want. Need a fabulous illustration for your kitchen or a living room painting that sparks conversation? Looking for a book that isn’t on the romance shelf? We’ve got you covered. Be sure to check in on Sundays for our No List. These are things you do not want, like anything by Thomas Kinkcade Painter of Light (TKPOT)…
We believe the best art and literature isn’t always the most expensive or the most demanding. Excellent art is being made everyday, on college campuses, basement computers, and in studio lofts. Edgy literature can be hundreds of years old to three-seconds new. We think your intelligence is sexy; your art and reading list should be too.
I’m inviting any of you who would like *cough* *ANNE*/*clears throat* *SARA* to assist as a regular contributor. I’ve already talked to my sister, Lindy, and she’s in. If you want to be a contributor, can you pretty please send me a short bio of yourself with your affirmative reply? Please reply affirmatively.
Posted by Melissa on May 15th, 2006 under Accomplices, Experimenting, Penelope Room
May 16th, 2006 at 10:46 am
I can’t wait to see what you all write in this new blog!
May 16th, 2006 at 3:43 pm
me either!
May 20th, 2006 at 5:23 pm
Thank you for the invitation. Can I be a highly irregular contributor? I am backed up on my own blogular explorations, I’m afraid, plus behind on a writing commitment to a friend.
Plus, I’m not that much of a shopper anymore. I buy most of my books used, and what else I buy, if it isn’t food, is likely to be an art, craft or gardening supply of some sort. I’m less likely to recommend art or an artist than I am a specific brand of slide film or colored pencil, and way less likely to talk about shopping for luggage than I am to go on and on about something like the sweet but embarrassingly expensive little yellow plastic watering can from Switzerland that I had to buy when I went into the hardware store for new velcro circles to fasten my falling-off six-year-old Rockport clog back onto the heel of my fake foot in the next public restroom I came across, only to discover that I had no cash and thus would have to throw something else onto my purchase to reach the $10 credit card minimum.
Still, if you want to hear about stuff like that, I’ll certainly write it out for you. Just not too soon, okay? :) Let me catch up a little, first.
Cheers, and good luck!
May 20th, 2006 at 10:40 pm
Sara, you don’t have to be so regular (insert elementary school giggles here). And, you can plug your own art all you want, because if you don’t I will.
And? Used books? Excellent. I just want what titles you love and why you love them.
And yes! I want you to contribute! When you get the time, of course!