November 12, 2012
in Chicago Life, museum
The Shedd.
Jen and Andrew were in town from Seattle for the wedding. And so, the monday after, when we were all back in Chicago, we decided to meet up to go to the Shedd to look at sea creatures...
November 11, 2012
in Chicago Life, food
Dinner dialogues.
Despite the fact that I just spent eleven months in Asia, I ordered Chinese food on my second day back. Because I'd spent the day at the ER and could hardly move and it was my best choice for delivery in suburbia. And because it...
November 2, 2012
in Chicago Life, improv
On being happy. Or confused. Or something.
Sixteen months ago I stood outside of Underground Lounge, crying, and told him I may never see him again. He said that was ridiculous. But, to me, it was a strong possibility. Part of the reason I wanted to travel was to get over him. I...
October 31, 2012
I’ve been to the zoo.
The weather last week was glorious. Warm, sunny, out of season for late October days in Chicago. Heather had the week off from school and so we spent an afternoon at Lincoln Park Zoo...
October 25, 2012
4am.
This was me in high school. I've been wanting to find an excuse to post that for a while, but I didn't want anyone to think I'm stuck back in 1999 or something. Because I'm not. I mean, I'm not going to say that high school were...
October 24, 2012
in Chicago Life, food
Division to Roscoe.
It was one of those October days where you could still eat brunch al fresco. Carrot cake pancakes, a cup of coffee with cream, and a strawberry mimosa for good measure. Where you talk girl talk and boy talk and life talk and travel talk...
October 16, 2012
in Chicago Life, party
A Polish homecoming.
It kind of all feels like a dream. Like I just woke up and am trying to piece together fragments of what happened. Like the last fifteen months weren't real, just vague memories that may or may not have existed. It kind of feels like I...
July 2, 2011
‘Til the fat lady sings.
The last few weeks have been full of goodbyes and going away parties before my 'round the world travels. It started when Heather visited my work to drop off a sweatshirt I'd left behind and some mail that didn't get forwarded. She was going out of...
June 29, 2011
Yesterday.
Yesterday. He bought me a chocolate milkshake from Margie's and we watched Journey to the Center of the Earth, which was quite possibly the worst movie ever made and was, sadly, short on dinosaurs. I helped teach him how to update his website so he wouldn't have...