I try to live my life as a grateful person. I’m someone who asks for your boss’s name if you give me great customer service, then I follow-up with a thoughtful email. It’s simply good karma.
I feel like I do the same service with my blog. I, out of the goodness of my heart, blog about my experiences. Places to patronize. Places to avoid. Tips on saving money. I don’t expect people to email me and say, “I love you. I totally follow all of your advice.” But I would appreciate it, if you do follow my posts, to let me know at some point. Or at least, acknowledge that you read my friggin blog!
I have friends who pretend like they don’t even know that I blog. Ummm, 100+ unique visitors read my blog on a daily basis. If you’re one of my good friends, I kinda have a suspicion that you at least know.
Here’s what gets me. I know (as in–I have no doubt) that several of my friends read my blog religiously, but will not acknowledge that they read it. Hmmm, you visit a restaurant in NYC that you couldn’t possibly have known about unless I blogged about it. You carry an obscure credit card that I have been raving about for years. You tweet about one of my favorite bloggers as one of your favorites–again, an obscure website that I discovered through my network. Now all of these examples do not describe one person, but I have personally asked some of these people, “That was in my blog. Did you get that from my blog?” They shake their head vigorously. Of course not! Then they look away.
If you really got all these innovative ideas/advice on your own, wouldn’t you then say to me, “That was in your blog? Seriously? What’s your blog address, I need to bookmark it!” Nope, no one has said that. And yet, I see my recommended websites bookmarked on their iPads or tweeted.
I swear to God, if I see one of you coming out of my recommended dry cleaner/alteration place which is a hole in the wall in the Inner Richmond, I will call serious bullshit.
CG, I totally read your blog. Not every day, but probably once a month or so to catch up on what’s been going on with you! I just came back to visit your blog since I got a Kindle for christmas and I need book recommendations to load onto it. Figured that since you’re the most well-read person I know, you’d have some good recs! I totally used your list of children’s books to get pressies for my friend’s kids too – since like you, I believe in educational gifts, not cheap plastic sh** that kids get bored of right away. So funny, I was at James’ parents house for Christmas and they still have the full collection of Beatrice Potter books from when James was a kid. I totally loved Squirrel Nutkins, a naughty little squirrel who played and teased while the other squirrels worked hard collecting nuts.
I love your blog and I love knowing what’s going on with you – so here’s a shout out from all of us who read but don’t always acknowledge it. Well, I’m acknowledging it right now, so I guess I’m not “one of those”. Keep on writing babe! Miss you so much!
🙂
Big hugs,
TB
TB, i love you long time! sounds like everything is going peachy in that other big worldly city. it’s that time of year (earnings) so i’ve been busy. but otherwise, i’m ready to go wine tasting as soon as we’re done reporting.
most everything is booked for our italy honeymoon last week of april / first week of may. i can’t wait to get started figuring out every place we will be eating.
here are some books for you to consider:
middlesex
zeitoun
the help
angel’s game and shadow of the wind
too big to fail
cutting for stone
the known world
but seriously, when are you coming home to visit!
smooches!!!
catherine