Every week I’ll be updating The Webb with a little ditty about my most recent blogcrush – a blog that I follow frequently and find inspiration, laughter and deep thoughts from. You know who they are, those bloggers that you’ve never even met but you feel a strange connection…you almost have a little crush on them? These are most definitely folks on my blog roll, and if you are reading and subscribing to The Webb they should be on yours, too.

I apologize to my blog readership for not introducing you to this #BlogCrush sooner.  Everyone Tweeted and linked and TOLD me I should be following her, but for some reason I only occasionally dropped in to scan over the posts (hey, what can I say…I have over 300 blogs in my reader, always looking for the next crush.)  And in truth, it wasn’t until I got a Google Alert about this post about MindCrushes (I have an alert set up on BlogCrush and the pingbacks set Google off!) that made me check out Sydney Owen’s blog, Unfiltered.

Sydney is one of the most relatable bloggers I’ve encountered online.  She tells stories in a way that make you feel like you are sitting across the table from her at the coffee shop while she regales you with her latest tale of dating horror.  This is especially evidenced by the odd phenomenon I’ve seen on her blog of “hate commenters” that continue reading her blog and leave negative comments.  Most anyone would tell these people to pound sand and leave them alone (or at least ask “Why do you keep reading then?!)  People seem to have an especially hard time aligning the fact that Sydney is an extremely accomplished young woman living on her own in Chicago and adjusting to post-graduate life with the idea that she is still a young 20-something living her life and figuring it out.  Amazingly, with all this she STILL dares to share herself in a completely “unfiltered” format with the world.  THAT is a strong woman.

Of course anyone frequenting my own blog knows that I am a fan of anyone willing to share an adorably dorky nature with the world, and I have definitely found a kindred spirit in Sydney.  Whether she is writing about former relationships or phantom iPhone vibrations she injects a humourous dose of analogy into business and life lessons.  Her current “Unfiltered” blog posts are my favorite part of her blog, but any of her former insights about business, social media and Gen-Y workers are also gems.  Plus she has moose pajamas…and this girl from Maine has to appreciate ANYONE with moose pajamas!

So if you are looking for a great blog about a young woman living on her own in “the big city” and defining her life on terms she wants (and sometimes learning to roll with the punches of it) while also throwing in some pretty savvy insight into PR/marketing/biz then check out Unfiltered.

Who is your #BlogCrush in the blogosphere? Make sure to update it on your blog on Tuesdays! Wanna learn how #BlogCrush works? Check out the guide.

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