PARTY OF ONE: Why your password should be Iwilltr@velso1o
This is a Guest Post by Stacy Armistead. I got to know her over the years via her participation in the inaugural a capella Fear Experiment℠ group, as an Idea Potluck Dish, […]
What do 1000 piece puzzles, nail polish, and reality TV have in common? Guilty pleasures of these folks.
One of the best aspects to my ‘job’ is all the ridiculously amazing the people I meet. While I’ve spotlighted numerous Cheese-It participants over Mac & Cheese’s eleven years, it dawned on […]
Goodbye, Chicago! Gah! What am I doing?!
As you may have gleaned from my most viral blog post, which led to a Tribune article, a WBEZ interview, and a Chicago Magazine mention, leaving my beloved Chicago has […]
When life gives you clusterfucks, pedal gratefully.
Theme of the past two weeks — Clusterf*ck. Fake Snow Clusterf*ck I visited Seattle for the first time recently. Quite lovely! Their coffeehouses really ARE cool. I thought the Chicago […]
Remedies for When People Rip You on Your Blog
Yesterday was a not-great day that can best be summed up with how it began – Meeting Instructions: Please arrive no later than 8:30 a.m. Left a bunch of must-do! […]
Surreal phone call
I got a phone call this afternoon from a boy who was a fifteen-year old participant in a summer employment program for public housing teens I taught three years ago, […]
Obligatory food-issues post by 20-30 something female
I wish I could say I was depressed, I got dumped, my dog died, my car was stolen, I was fired. But life is fairly perfect. Which is why it […]
Life’s To Do List, cont.
1 – 32 33. Learn how to put on makeup 34. Do England Coast to Coast trip (190 miles walking!) 35. Attend a professional soccer game in Europe, preferably in […]