We leave our getTRIO comfort zone of thinking in 3s and award 5 Stars to 10 websites (and blogs) that deserve to be bookmarked by pop culture fans.
Architecture
A Daily Dose of Architecture is an opinionated consideration of buildings around the world. Check out the controversial pick for ugliest recent building in New York City.
Books
Bibliophiles should know about The Millions Blog, a smart group effort that will, among other things, introduce you to superb authors you might otherwise have missed.
Design
One of the most engaging and useful design websites, Apartment Therapy can do wonders for any living space. It's now in four cities: LA, NY, San Fran, and Chicago.
Digital
Reclaiming the world of electronic toys from the guys, Shiny Shiny is "a girl's guide to gadgets." Good stuff.
Etc.
Nearly impossible to describe in a few words, Zefrank is a combo meal of multimedia, humor, interactive games, blog posts, and videos by one seriously off-the-wall, off-the-charts talented guy.
Food
TasteSpotting is a gallery of fabulous food photos, each of which links you to the site that originally posted it. Delicious.
Movies
Part of the Independent Film Channel, IFC Blog "reads the news so you don't have to." And by news, they mean of course film news.
Theater
The message boards of Talkin' Broadway, called All That Chat, are a free-for-all of the latest theater news and opinions. You'll get some of those opinions posted nanoseconds after the curtain to a show's first preview comes down.
Travel
Most travel websites that scour airfares use computer programs for the job. Airfare Watchdog proves that sometimes human beings can beat computers: you'll find deals here you won't find elsewhere.
TV
Couch potatoes can keep current on all things television by switching screens for a few minutes and surfing through TV Squad, which covers every aspect of television you'd want to know about (and more).
written on Friday Mar 9, 2007
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