City Mouse

| January 10, 2012

I’m a city girl. I think I always have been. Even though I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, I’ve always been drawn to big cities. When I moved back to Illinois in 2005, I made a promise to myself that I would live in the city. I didn’t care where I ended up [...]

Global Warming

| January 9, 2012

We have had a mild winter in Chicago. And that is putting it mildly. (SEE WHAT I DID THERE?) Seriously, we have had almost no measurable snow, it hasn’t been bitter cold and over the weekend I had my windows open! In my house! In Chicago! In January! The sun was so warm and it [...]

Benny, Benny, Benny And The Jets

| November 10, 2011

I started working out again. So I get home late. And eat dinner late. And I’m tired. And I have nothing to say that doesn’t involve zzzzzz’s that I would be catching while I would be sleeping. I also have things to say about the Penn State thing. Things about the culture of sports, especially [...]

Rahm-Mantic*

| November 8, 2011

It is no secret to anyone who has ever met me that I have a giant crush on Rahm Emanuel. This stems back to when I first moved to the City of Chicago in 2005 and learned he was my U.S. Congressman. I re-elected him and then he left me. For 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to [...]

A Lovely Day

| November 5, 2011

Do you ever have an awesome day and it is unexpected and it just makes you smile from the inside? That was my day today. Even though I got little sleep, was up before the sun and had to take two children with me on the bus and train, it ended up being one of [...]