Midnight Sun is now award-winning
Yeeeee-hooo!
That's what I said after finding out Midnight Sun won Best Blog in Baltimore Magazine's Best of Baltimore 2009: Reader's Poll. Dining@Large took second place, and foodandwineblog.com came in third.
I'd like to thank God and my beautiful wife and my parents (Dad, note how I didn't just say 'Mom'), and all of the little people I stepped on to get here. ...
I'm not sure if that means I get a certificate or what. My spies tell me I'll be receiving a package "very soon." Hmm. Wonder what it could be? Free samples, perhaps?
The crazy thing is, I didn't even know this readers' poll was going on. But that's probably a good thing. If I had known, I would have voted for myself and mounted a shameless campaign to get you to vote for me. The fact that I won in a fair competition stuns me.
Thanks so much, everybody, for voting for Midnight Sun. There are days when I want to bang my head against a wall and call it quits. But days like today make it all worthwhile.
Erik Maza is a features reporter at the Baltimore Sun. He writes for several sections of the Sun paper and contributes weekly columns on music and nightlife. He also writes and edits the Midnight Sun blog. He often covers entertainment, business, and the business of entertainment. Occasionally, he writes about Four Loko, The Block, the liquor board, and those who practice "
Comments
"There are days when I want to bang my head against a wall and call it quits. "
...days like when you let a band with members wearing a luchador mask and a cardboard horse head into the sound studio, perhaps...? ;)
Congrats on the award, Sam! Although you're an unabashed fan of Billy Joel, you're still good in my book. Cheers to more accolades for Midnight Sun!
Posted by: s-b-t | July 23, 2009 9:09 AM
Congrats dude! Too bad B-mag is so cheap that they make you buy tix to the Best Of party....
Posted by: jmgiordano | July 23, 2009 9:10 AM
Don't thank me, I voted for "Gospelrama."
Posted by: JTK | July 23, 2009 9:22 AM
Where is Homer?
Posted by: MB | July 23, 2009 9:48 AM
Nice job Sam! We all have really bad work experience days. Glad you hung in there.
Posted by: Courtney B. | July 23, 2009 10:00 AM
Congrats Sam! Keep doin' your thing.
Posted by: Brad | July 23, 2009 10:21 AM
Congrats, Sam. Well-deserved. If it's anything like last year, you don't get any prizes, per se, but you do get to attend a great party. (Though you have to pay for your guest, which is kind of weird.)
Posted by: Julie B | July 23, 2009 10:49 AM
Congrats Sam. I voted for you. Glad you won. Thats fantastical!
Posted by: queen_colleen | July 23, 2009 10:56 AM
Congrats Sam,
Can we all start a campaign for Midnight Sun to win the best blog in the City Paper?
Voting has already started.
Posted by: Jason Z | July 23, 2009 11:19 AM
Jason,
If I ever win a CP Best of, it will only be a Readers' Choice. Their writers hate me. Well, maybe hate is too strong a word. In the past, they've called my work "myopic." And yes, I had to look it up in the dictionary.
Posted by: Sam Sessa | July 23, 2009 11:44 AM
Congrats!!
Posted by: eCommerce Consultant | July 23, 2009 11:46 AM
Congrats Sam.
Posted by: Owl Meat Gravy | July 23, 2009 12:01 PM
Congratulations Sam! Nice Job!
(I'll take the thanks whenever I can get it! :) )
Posted by: Pops | July 23, 2009 12:11 PM
totes the starbucks of bar blogging!!
Posted by: yes! | July 24, 2009 12:24 AM
congrats man! it must be those shindigs that got everyone talking.
Posted by: Allan | July 24, 2009 9:24 AM