There are few blogs that really look as good as they can look but recently NYCO has undergone an upgrade which is visually attractive, well designed and functionally useful. This might leads one to suppose that I am praising its usability but I hate that word-like thing.
Anyway, even through there are three columns and blank space to the right and left, it words as the blank space compliments the rest in its natty grey. The shadowing between the columns keeps it from looking two-dimensional and cluttered. The “yellow box” to the upper-right with the lead side-story is a nice touch on the side-blog idea.
So it looks good and it works well. Good thing she is a good writer, too.