Contact: jofires99@yahoo.com

Bio: Joanne Hinkel has been freelance writing since 1996 when she wrote for her college newspaper, The Boston University Daily Free Press. Since then Joanne has written about food, urban culture and art for a variety of publications in Boston and Chicago, including The Boston Phoenix, F Newsmagazine, UR Chicago, Chicago Artists' News, and Centerstagechicago.com where she was also the Arts Editor from 2005 through 2007. Currently, she's based in New York City where she's still writing and editing, and contemplating a good theme for a personal blog.

Favorite Quote: "The rain on my car is a baptism, it's the new me, Ice Man, Power Lloyd, my assault on the world begins now." --Lloyd Dobler, Say Anything

Favorite Websites: Salon.com, Nymag.com, Brooklynvegan.com, Perezhilton.com, Flickr.com and Gofugyourself.com