Yesterday was cold and rainy. I got coffee. I came home. I drank my coffee. My internet and TV went out and I was bored. So I decided to leave ridiculously early. Which meant I decided to walk where I was going. Which was Wicker...
This Sunday was the annual Pride Parade in Boys Town! Jen and Andrew came up for it and we braved the downpour to get some breakfast. Luckily by the time our eggs were eaten the rain was fading and it stayed beautiful (well, hot and...
If you know me, you know one thing. OK, so maybe two things. You know I like the color pink. And you know I like bacon. I like bacon a lot. I'll put bacon in everything including my potatoes and my brownies. So, of course,...
Friday Friday I woke up sick. Actually, I woke up all night sick and needless to say that when my alarm clock went off at 6:45 I was feeling pretty damned crappy. It really felt like food poisoning. Not fun. Unfortunately I knew I had a big...
So in typical Val/Emily fashion, this is how our Friday night plans of taking a Chicago sex tour around the city came to fruition: Val: Look Em, Weird Chicago has a sex tour of Chicago! Emily: I'll get the tickets! Really, neither of us needed any convincing that...
Sunday Em (who, by the way, is not my girlfriend) and I woke up early (in separate beds mind you) and hit up the jewel for snacks before parking ourselves on a bench until the pride parade. I point out that she's not my girlfriend...
The Taste of Chicago started today. So, of course, I have already been...
Looptopia is an all-night festival helf once a year in the Chicago Loop. There's a variety of entertainment of various kinds in public spaces around downtown from dusk to dawn. Emily and I went this year and while we didn't stay out all night, we...