So I’ve been feeling totally awesome about my decision to Embrace the Single. First, there was Taco Night. Followed by Left-Over Taco Night (we’re very economical around these parts). And then there was the fancy date I took myself on last Sunday (ice skating in Millennium Park, then Ghirardelli blueberry cheesecake ice cream while people-watching at Water Tower in [...]
To say that my friends Emo and Graphic Designer Friend and I like Gossip Girl would be the understatement of the Recession. We were them for Halloween. Often I’ve wanted to write about our love of this show, but then it really can’t be done any better than this. That said, our take on Monday’s episode [...]
Can we talk about something? So you know how I’ve gotten sucked into fb (yes, I just admitted that again. I also acronymed it. What’s more, “acronymed” isn’t even a word so I’m two for two), well I’ve been witnessing the most….distressing?…trend among some friends of friends (i.e. people I know from high school but [...]
I realized something on vacation last week, and just as it’s happened before, it was in conversation with strangers. After about three days of “¿donde está su novio?” and “¿por qué no tiene esposo?” I found myself bemused by everyone’s apparent concern turned interest turned envy at my single status. Where IS my boyfriend, I joked [...]
I’m back in Chicago and who-lordy is it cold and windy today! Now that I’m wearing three layers again and wading through my Google Reader, I keep feeling like I’ve missed so much! Graphic Designer Friend is looking for houses with her husband, Emo has decided to go ahead and give up shaving for Lent (Update: my [...]
This being my final guest blog here (assuming Nic doesn’t go all Natalie Holloway on us), I’m going to stick to her script and write briefly to more of her suggestions. She wrote to me Or you could even talk about how awesome March Madness is or the coming debauchery of St. Patrick’s Day if [...]
While Nic is strutting around topless on some tropical island beach, enjoying fruity alcoholic drinks with umbrellas (dare I say, “fancy” drinks?), and cavorting with spring breaking college boys (let’s hope), I’ve been asked to fill in for her with a guest blog or two. I’ll warn you right off: I’m new to this blogging [...]
