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PhillyStyle: City of Bloggerly Love

At behest and via the courtesy of the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation, Jaunted spent the weekend in 6th Borough for a sleepover and tour--meaning this trip was on Ben Franklin, Rocky, and Boyz II Men--or something like that.  Our thoughts are scattered below.  Enjoy.

Philly's tourism board has jumped into the blog game with Uwishunu ("You Wish You Knew"), its newest online venture. Not to be outdone by all the other city blogs, they threw a party of their own at the Ironworks gym in Old City this past Friday night. It was a completely authentic experience, fresh smell of sweat included, perhaps because people really were working out during the party. If the party crowd serves as a trustworthy indication, Uwishunu's readers are young or young-ish, hip or at least apt to dress the part, and just as in love with free mini-pizza as you are.

The blog covers anything and everything Philadelphia, naturally, from the B.Y.O.B. scene to music to active pursuits and other urban miscellany. It's edited by the tourism board, but any old Philadelphian can submit a post by emailing them. You can even become a regular contributor, if you really love Philly and know your stuff. Hopes are high that locals will really make the blog their own by contributing posts and comments, setting it apart from the much-visited, but not as user-friendly likes of Philebrity and Phillyist. We say they could be onto something great, but you'll have to give them some time to build up their readership before you can really count on the blog for insider tips.

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