HBO’s Best of the Local Blogs — 5/14/07

Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North Idaho provides “signs of summer” here .

For those keeping score at home, mi amiga Pecky Cox/As The Lake Churns is about to reveal a new blog in which she provides tips to tourists about to visit her native Mexico — you know, how to have fun and stay out of trouble.

*With The King getting closer to retirement, Cis /From A Simple Mind is in a down-sizing mode, and she’s looking forward to jettisoning things here .

* Sara Anderson /F-Words is embracing pescetarianism this spring and summer — the avoidance of eating anything with legs — but it’s not for the reason you might believe here .

*Who needs nun-chucks, wonders Katrina /Notes on a Napkin, when you can grow your hair long, braid it and then use the braid to clobber anyone who provokes you here .

* Melanie /Plaid Toaster describes the down side of being in a mosh pit listening to Hell’s Belles when there’s an “amazon crack whore” behind you here .

Meanwhile, Bayview Herb takes us to the site of the kokanee massacre here , you can see why Family Phil is giddy here , Mommy Dearest buys her last pair of $100 jeans here , JeanC provides a before and after video of her haircut here , Raymond Pert writes a tribute to his mother for Mother’s Day here , and Nic presents 7 random facts about himself here .