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how about Philadelphia?

Miami!!! C'mon, there are no southern cities. If not Miami, Atlanta or New Orleans.

But Miami would be rockin'!

Can I just hum a few bars and fake it?

I have a camera and I've used once. I'm not really sure where it is. Nor am I sure what it is. I don't even know the brand name.

I have used some kind of photo manipulation software...it's abandonware, and the original company ceased to exist last century.

Other than the system failure and "the script on this page is causing the browser to run slowly", the computer is pretty good (and both problems have happened on AT).

You'll need to talk to ATT about the "reliability".

For the really important part, I'm not going to someone else's house. That's just weird. I'm not leaving my apartment.

My full-time job is staring at the golf course.

• wow us with your own idea!

Village Idiot. I'm fully qualified. I think you need the "but it's just a chair" perspective.

Sigh. Well, I tried.

Don't kick me off AT. Thanks.

Here's another plea for a Philadelphia blog. We always seem to be overlooked. Are we really so unstylish???

This post just made my day! I've been hoping for an AT Seattle/Portland for months now. How exciting!

Oh, I'm so excited to hear that someone will be covering Seattle! Wish I had time that I could do it...

You think Philadelphia is overlooked? I'm pretty sure the only city south of the Mason-Dixon line that's covered is Austin and it doesn't even have it's own section, just random posts (usually in the LA section I think). That's great cuz I live in Houston and I love Austin, but still, the south is really ignored here.

I am glad there's gonna be a NW blogger. I've been considering a move that way even though I've never been there and don't know anyone there. Scary. Maybe when the economy recovers. Anyway, I'll be interested in posts from there.

Miami

If we get a Seattle blogger, will we get Scavenger posts? I'd be in heaven!

Why are you posting this again if the Deadline was the 31st of August....?

sorry, bfootnovellista, the new date is 9/14 - when i updated the post, i missed the second mention of the date - it's corrected now

I'm going to hold out for a Montreal blog post...

Hmmm...

Ahha! Thanks, Janel. I was completely confused for a moment -- well, and sad, since I missed the deadline ;)

emmelemm: I write a scavenger blog for Seattle CL -

www.parcelgilt.wordpress.com

(not all the time, but as much as I can!)

denver. denver. denver. denver. denver.

i live here, i play on AT a lot and there are a ton of great places just waiting to show off their wears.

please! denver.

Thanks, trikitixa!

Salt Lake City is a bit Northwest. Well, it's certainly chic and chouette.

Come on! Give us a chance!

Hehe I love reading the comments. I just visited Denver a few weeks back. Really young blossoming city. :)

I'm actually sort of bummed -- I lived in Seattle for about 5 years, and would love to be a Seattle based blogger for AT -- what a cake assignment, that city is bursting with great design pieces!

I have to admit this seems like it would be fun and interesting, but it seems like there potentially is a lot of work required for the larger posts.

Are things like house tours and events expected to be researched and pursued by the blogger, or are those, to an extent organized in advance for the hiree?

And further is the compensation such that it's by post amount, content, or time? I guess I'm trying to evaluate whether you mean this position to be more of a position for someone that already wants to blog and will get a little money or if you expect it to be more serious than that.

I vote for #9! Perfect resume. Perfect.

And trikitixa, bless you and the horse you rode in on for your Craigslist project. Wish someone would do the same for San Francisco.

Apartment Therapy covers Texas often enough, scouting out from CA or Chicago, how about our own blogger? Houston and Austin both have some really interesting design work going on, especially in green and sustainable living.

I am in California and I am a native New Yorker, but I have to say please give Philadelphia and Miami a chance I lived in both places and they really do have lots to offer. They would bring a total fresh look on design that is so different then California and New York.

How about considering reader submissions? Unpaid.

Or a reader call for things in a future style round up?

Self-interviews for things like a House Call.

Or a new "Vignette" column with reader submitted photos. For instance, no matter what I do, my entire place will never be up to AT standards. I know that.

But, I can probably come up with one or two shots of my House o' Crap that would be pleasing to the eye. Small, focused shots of a favorite place in my apartment that by itself might be AT-OK.

It could provide more sources or ideas for everyone. And give most everyone a chance to participate.

A collection of objects. A framed artwork on a painted wall. A nicely made bed. An especially healthy houseplant in a neat pot. A table with dishes and foods.

We have autumn, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and all the winter holidays coming up. More things that could go into a Vignette column.

With views from our windows to little touches we might add around our apartments to emphasize a season.

Anything could be sent in, if it pleases the eye of the beholder. I remember way back, probably at least 10-12 years ago, a bedspread I had and a robe I had. I'd flung the robe on the bed, and it was perfect.

I wasn't TRYING to do anything decorative, or create a wonderful color pairing. I just was flinging the robe on the bed.

But that light blue soft terrycloth combined with the natural cotton colored woven herringbone bedspread was JUST RIGHT. Just right in color and texture and form and lighting, at that moment in time.

While we might not all have that gift/education of interior design, I don't, sometimes we get it JUST RIGHT.

I'd love to see an individual photo with a "can-do" feeling to it. I'm overwhelmed with an entire home or even an entire room that has been meticulously crafted, designed, organized, arranged, coordinated, etc.

Especially when I can't DO some of the things that are shown in my own place. Or don't have some of the things, like wood floors or certain architectural details.

But I can put a plant in a pot or hang an artwork or group some items that might be photo- and feature-worthy. I think everyone can do that.

I agree with Botany. Miami!!

Here's another shout out for Philadelphia.

@ekoshyun - I'm hoping that you're talking about the people in Denver being young. Denver's been a city since 1858, has a rich history of western culture yes, but also sprouted artists like Vance Kirkland, drew artists like Bauhaus member Herbert Bayer, and was recently gifted the art collection of Clyfford Still.

We also have buildings designed by architect Daniel Libeskind (the new Denver Art Museum wing) and Michael Graves designed the Post-Modern looking central library building. We have the largest airport, DIA, in the US and it's even pretty with a 'tent' acting as the main terminals roof depicting the Rocky Mountains.

We've inspired music by The Fray and The Flobots, and have some of the most beautiful nature areas in the central US (Red Rocks Amphitheater, Dinosaur Ridge, and more 14teeners than you could shake a stick at).

We have wonderful First Fridays, approximately 10 across the Denver Metro area and more than 150 museums/gallerys. We have a handful of wonderful shopping areas, a main street of alt-shops, a row of antique shops, and an awesome outdoor shopping area with it's own art gallery.

Plus, we're the city that hosted the 2008 DNC and welcomed Barack Obama as the Democratic Presidential Nominee...