The Unsung Commenter Award winner is...
On May 24, 2007, about a month after Dining@Large started, Darlene posted her first comment. (I presume she had been reading along almost from the beginning and finally got up her nerve to comment, but I don't know.)
Since then she's been a regular but not flashy contributor to the blog, one who is always supportive and good-natured to me and to other commenters. She's one of the reasons Dining@Large has a reputation for civility.
What, you don't remember any Darlene? That simply means you started dropping by recently. Sometime in February or March, 2008, she decided to spread her wings and take on a cool new blog name.
You know her as Dahlink.
Comments
Yeah! A well deserved winner. Dahlink, when I first started lurking, you always stood out to me and I looked forward to your posts. You do come across with the element of class and civility. You definitely are one of the main reasons why this blog is so great.
Posted by: Trixie | August 19, 2009 2:22 PM
WOO WOO You Go Dahlink!
Posted by: RayRay | August 19, 2009 2:23 PM
Congrats Dahlink - good-natured civility is always a very sweet attribute indeed..
Posted by: NotableM | August 19, 2009 2:33 PM
Yay! What does she get, what does she get???
Our food editor has contributed a very handsome book, "The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink." If Dahlink will e-mail me her address, I'll send it along. EL
Posted by: sean | August 19, 2009 2:34 PM
Well-deserved recognition for a classy Sandbox regular.
Congrats, Dahlink.
Posted by: Bucky | August 19, 2009 2:35 PM
She gets a touch by her server next time she goes out to eat.
Posted by: Trixie | August 19, 2009 2:37 PM
Well deserved. One of the reasons I enjoy reading D@L. :-)
Posted by: Baltofoodie | August 19, 2009 2:40 PM
Congrats, Dahlink. I'm not surprised.
Posted by: Lissa | August 19, 2009 2:46 PM
Brava, Dahlink! I echo the other comments. You wear the crown well.
Posted by: *◄:o)╥╥~YumPorchetta | August 19, 2009 2:52 PM
My goodness (blushing furiously!) You made my day--many thanks! I visit other blogs from time to time, but this is my Blog Home Sweet Home. And many thanks to Elizabeth for creating this wonderful virtual community.
Posted by: Dahlink | August 19, 2009 2:59 PM
Dahlink, I'm coming for your title in 2011!
Posted by: Corey | August 19, 2009 3:15 PM
Dahlink, congratulations! It's true, you are always upbeat, positive and ever true. Well deserved!
Posted by: Joyce W. who's evil employer is trying to block face book | August 19, 2009 3:25 PM
Joyce, for you and your FB woes:
"...Don't give up
'cos you have friends.
Don't give up
You're not beaten yet.
Don't give up
I know you can make it good..."
Posted by: *◄:o)╥╥~YumPorchetta | August 19, 2009 3:54 PM
Yes, Dahlink!
Congratulations and thank you.
Posted by: jl | August 19, 2009 3:57 PM
By the way, welcome back Bucky!
Posted by: Trixie | August 19, 2009 4:01 PM
Congratulations, Dahlink, you truly do deserve this!
Posted by: Eve, whose evil employer would explode this computer if she so much as typed FB | August 19, 2009 4:15 PM
Nice book!
Posted by: sean | August 19, 2009 4:18 PM
Dahlink, I'll never forget the warm and kind welcome you extended to me and so many others when we first entered D@L. Glad to see you receive this well-deserved recognition.
Posted by: Laura Lee | August 19, 2009 4:19 PM
Bravo Dahlink! Bravo!
Posted by: Misha the Veggie Lover | August 19, 2009 5:09 PM
To someone who brings joy here every single day: congratulations, Dahlink.
Posted by: Camille Quelquejeu | August 19, 2009 5:13 PM
Excellent choice! always enjoy your post, Dahlink!
Posted by: City Redux | August 19, 2009 5:39 PM
Viva la joia! was in her lips --
Viva la joia! was in her eyes.
Posted by: Tristram Shandy | August 19, 2009 5:53 PM
What they all said. Bless you!
I had the pleasure of meeting Dahlink and several others at RtSO's funeral last winter (she very thoughtfully wore a "Dahlink" nymtag).
So I'm guessing the photo is, what, two ... three years old??
Posted by: The Canon | August 19, 2009 6:25 PM
Darling! Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.
Posted by: Tallulah Bankhead | August 19, 2009 7:24 PM
EL as usual, you have made an excellent choice in Dahlink.
I hope this blog lasts forever and people like Dahlink continue to post. Congrats Dahlink.
Posted by: Lone Lady | August 19, 2009 8:30 PM
I'm not the best in the memory department, but I think Dahlink may have been the one that gave me the moniker "Voice of Reason".
In recent times I've abandoned that moniker because of the heaviness of the baggage, but I very much appreciated it at the time.
Posted by: Hal Laurent | August 19, 2009 8:55 PM
Dahlink is certainly one of the voices that make this blog such a pleasure to read.
Posted by: Filbert E. Winchester | August 19, 2009 9:01 PM
Here's to Dahlink, one of the founding parents of the Sandbox.
Posted by: Robert of Cross Keys | August 19, 2009 10:33 PM
Speaking of civility , have you noticed that Anne Arundel county has a problem with it.
Posted by: Anonymous | August 20, 2009 2:18 AM
Thanks, YP! Life without FB during the day is going to be much less entertaining. But, On the bright side, I'll be here much more to comment.
I feel ya, Eve!
It seems to me
I could live my life
A lot better than I think I am
I guess thats why they call me
They call me the workin man
Posted by: Joyce W. | August 20, 2009 5:16 AM
Canon, you gave me a very big smile. My family commented on what a great choice EL made with the photo (giggle).
Hal, I did indeed dub you the "Voice of Reason," but you came up with the VoR honorific yourself. Shall I become Dahlink, UCA? Nah ...
Many thanks to all of you who bring some much-needed fun into my life every day (and some excellent food tips as well).
Posted by: Dahlink | August 20, 2009 6:39 AM
Congratulations, Dahlink. Your bright, good-natured posts are among the reasons I hit the D@L icon on my 'Favorites' daily.
Posted by: Michael A. Gray | August 20, 2009 6:46 AM
Congrats Dahlink!
I vaguely remember her as Darlene, and am happy she stuck around as Dahlink.
Hey Joyce,
I guess that means your farm won't get as much attention?
Posted by: PCB Rob | August 20, 2009 8:52 AM
Hey, Rob, you'd be guessing right - until I get FB on my new improved cell phone!
Anybody wants to tell me anything during slave hours, e-mail address is on FB for the rest of you who can still get it!
Posted by: Joyce W. working for The Man | August 20, 2009 9:20 AM
Joyce,
You must have real good eyesight to do the farm stuff on a cell phone.
I can do FB at work but I don't do it often, don't want The Man to get mad.
Posted by: PCB Rob | August 20, 2009 11:47 AM
Congrats to Dahlink
Posted by: LEC | August 20, 2009 1:38 PM
Yay for Dahlink!! Her classiness always shows, and she definitely add a "grace note" to D@L.
Bucky, welcome back ... we missed ya!
Posted by: Dottie | August 20, 2009 10:17 PM
Congrats Dahlink!
I remember back when you were Darlene, too.
Besides your general loyalty to the blog, I love your talent for stepping in at just the right moment when things start to turn ugly and change (or attempt to change) the subject. It's like the perfect guest at a dinner party, who always comes to the rescue of the host and the other guests.
Posted by: Bourbon Girl | August 20, 2009 10:52 PM
Just for the record, I did a little search and discovered that I assumed my true nom de blog early in February 2008.
Thanks to all my blog friends for their good wishes!
Posted by: Dahlink | August 22, 2009 1:16 PM
I loved Dahlink the moment I laid eyes on her.
Posted by: Robert Gourmet | August 22, 2009 1:21 PM
D: You are the little painted, punchmetal pail and shovel in the sandbox of my soul.
Posted by: Cleatus | August 22, 2009 1:41 PM
Uh, Cleatus--thanks (I think ...)
Posted by: Dahlink | August 22, 2009 3:44 PM