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Eighty Years of Thankful*
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the McDonald’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Second only to the Macy’s parade in NYC, Chicago knows how to throw a party. Through the years, the parade has been a...
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A Better Black Friday (The 21st Day of Thankful)
Let me preface this by saying that I’m always up for a good deal. Always. But recreating a tackle football game with a bunch of fellow stuffed Americans in the name of a bargain just isn’t my idea of a...
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Touristing at Koval Distillery
Blogging is not something anyone does to make bank, but it does have its perks. I was recently contacted by Vimbly to promote the new Chicago branch of their event booking company. Sort of like Amazon...
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A Coffee Post that is Not About Starbucks
One of the reasons we decided to drive to Florida this year was to create a reason to go to Nashville. While I don’t necessarily envision Nashville as a final destination, stopping over for the night...
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… and then there was that time that Best Western won
Merry Christmas from Cave City, KY! Christmas has brought us joy and cheer, beautiful scenery, and now free wifi and a non-smoking room before the final leg of the late 2013 great Florida adventure....
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Resolutions, Schmesolotions
Excuse me while I toot my horn, but, toot. The role of a resolution is to fix all the things you neglected since you gave up your last resolutions in March. My goal last year was to get my shit...
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Paperless
There was a time when I balanced my checkbook, when I demanded paper statements, when I held 3 or 4 magazine subscriptions. I love the feel of paper and the idea of paper. I love handwriting and...
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Check out those legs!
It’s not often that workaholics get a weeknight off for a dinner party, but when we do, we take full advantage. The polar vortex doesn’t hurt the urge for R & R either. Friend Philip had a...
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Polar Vortex PressReader Giveaway!
It wasn’t that long ago that electronic journalism was a crazy, farfetched idea. But in 2014, weekday commutes and Sunday coffees are now accompanied by iPads more often than newspapers. As print...
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Valentine’s Day Surf and Turf on the Cheap
Many a Valentines Schmalentines have been spent drinking alone in a bubble bath. I’m not a fan of Hallmark holidays in general, and especially ones that also, typically, break most people’s New Years...
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Post-noodle Fortunes
So then, this happened: #winning (don’t feel bad, she’s leaving for a tour of Germany in a few days…)
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A confession, an admission, and a proclamation
It’s Spring Break at UIC, and I’m taking stock of a few things. Having a few precious hours to reflect on my life, this is what I’ve come up with: Confession: I’ve broken every rule of blogging lately,...
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John Oliver totally nails our food problems
In 17 minutes, John Oliver totally nailed everything that’s wrong with food in America: When I was a barista, I set up a donation program for our morning pastries. After 2pm, whatever wasn’t sold went...
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A stroll through County Wicklow
A pretty amazing thing about Ireland is how close everything is to everything else. In the amount of time it takes me to get to my Mom’s house in the suburbs, our group traversed into the countryside...
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Paris, Unplugged.
On the heels of my epic experiences in Ireland, I took a side trip to Paris, because, Paris. I’ve been to Paris once before, on a tour with my French teacher, a few of my high-school classmates, and my...
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Call Me.
I’m having an internal debate about how technology might be hindering my social interactions. It’s probably hindering yours too. I remember the first time I got a text: I was standing on Michigan...
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Old School
The other day I bought an address book. It’s a tiny one that fits in my handbag and has a few notes pages in the back for important dates. The thing is, I kept losing all my contacts when updating my...
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I’m Joining January.
Happy 2016! The time has come for an obligatory blog post about a fresh new year, and making resolutions about how I’m going to drink less and exercise more, have fewer typos and see friends more,...
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Dear Lincoln Park Conservatory: I’m sorry I ignored you for 15 years…
Most days I feel comfortable saying that I’ve seen pretty much everything my home city has to offer. I’ve been to the tourist traps and the holes-in-the-walls. I’ve ventured to all corners of the city,...
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Dreaming of Vegetables.
I don’t know about you, but this time of year my fridge is completely bare. At the moment, I’ve got a sad, lonely egg sitting in there with a container of leftover slaw salad, a bottle of white wine...
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