housekeeping: column, COLOURlovers and the future of OSRTS.

Hello, faithful readers.

I'm officially closing Reader Question Week--I know, I know, I didn't get to all the questions in my lineup--but never fear. All remaining questions will be answered on the regularly scheduled Sundays to come.

So what have I been up to that's been keeping me busy? Several exciting new endeavors.

First, as some of you know, my style column on fashion in the Omaha Metro and fashion at large has found yet another new home. I started writing my little column (I call it "little" out of habit) in 2006 for the Omaha Reader; after a three-year run, I moved it to the Omaha City Weekly, a fellow alternative newsweekly in the city. Now, after some jostling I won't go into here, I'm excited to report the column will live on--with its original moniker, Shop Talk--in Shout!, a new alternative newsweekly set to hit the Omaha stands in a week or so. It will be the same column it's always been, no matter the name, full of local news and trends and, of course, the tips I can't help but hand out.

Second, I've been offered an amazing opportunity to serve as editor for the new fashion channel at COLOURlovers.com, a social network with a focus on color trends, inspiration and creativity in personal and professional realms. The CL blog is in the beginning stages, but every post will look at how color plays its integral role in fashion. And, for those who can't get enough of my personal stylings, yes, I'll be posting a weekly outfit over there, too. The site is currently undergoing its transformation, but I encourage you all to stop by and poke around when it's up; I've been a member for the last year, making color palettes and pretty patterns, and it's soothing and challenging and stimulating and utterly cool all at the same time.

What does all this mean for our fair OSRTS? Well, you tell me. I can promise you only style remains the same will soldier on, but I'd like to streamline it to both your and my tastes. In the last six months, I've limited the content here to five categories: outfits, reader questions, inspiration, wishlist finds, and season picks. And essentially, I'd like to preserve all those elements here; if I had to pick just two to keep, I'd pick the outfit posts and reader questions, as I suspect those are why you come and, truthfully, they're why I keep going.

So what would you like to see here? Would you like more personal content? Would you like a broader scope? Would you like to see a little less of something and a little more of something else? Is it time for a redesign?

Let me know. I'm here for myself, in some respects, but this blog is nothing without you. Let's make the new OSRTS together.

In the meantime, I'm working on an outfit digest, because yes, while I've been answering your questions and perusing Fall 2010 collections and getting all my ducks in a row, I've also been getting dressed.