Paul Turner/The Slice blog admits that he's a snob about some things. Quoth Paul: “I overheard a colleague talking about a new, local eatery planning some sort of pulled-pork extravaganza. And it was all I could do to avoid snorting. Still, down deep inside, I scoffed. You see, for six years I lived in Memphis, Tennessee. Memphis is the pulled-pork capital of the free world. Trust me. I know the difference between adequate and life-changing pig meat. Sure, that was a long time ago. And I no longer eat pork. That, however, doesn't mean I intend to turn in my card as a barbecue snob. Perhaps the local version will be mind-blowing. And I suppose it's unfair to judge it without actually tasting it. But dig it: Here's me being unimpressed with it in advance.”
Question: And how about you? About what are you a snob because your travels afforded you insight and expertise unknown to other mortals?
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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