The Guardian (U.K.) sent travel reporter Mike Hodgkinson to tour New York City for 48 hours. The only catch? Mike could only use tips and advice generated by New York-area bloggers:

"The idea was simple. For 48 hours, I would tour Manhattan using the "blogosphere" as my guide. By tapping the freshly posted thoughts of the city's (perhaps the world's) most opinionated insiders - New York bloggers - I'd leave behind the instantly outdated world of guidebooks, with their inherent obsolescence and excess poundage. What use could I possibly have, in a high-speed world, for knowledge distributed on a crude and bulky medium like paper?"

Among the blogs mentioned: Micro Persuasion, Vittles Vamp, Manhattan Waitress, Tien Mao's Little Read Book, The Food Section news blog, The Gaijin Girl's Guide to Chinatown, Manhattan Transfer, Slice NY, The Ninth Circle of Helen, Le Blog Exuberance, nycbloggers.com, mrbellersneighborhood.com and Gawker.