It’s that time of year again! The time when Fancy and I get crafty and diligently construct our festive holiday turkeys. Each year, we’ve refined our thematic elements and aesthetic from our initial “hand” turkeys to, what we believe, is our best work ever! I have the Third Annual and Fourth Annual Turkey Day Craft Hours posted [...]
This next post in the series is shamefully overdue, but finally here! Last Saturday, my boyfriend and I defied the downtown crowds gathered for the Michigan Avenue Lights Parade and dined at The Gage. As you’ll remember from previous outings to Graham Elliot, Girl and the Goat, and the Special WINE COUNTRY! Edition; the requirements [...]
You know, depression is a funny thing. Not funny “Ha Ha,” of course. No. Funny in the sense that it can possess you so completely that you forget where you end and it begins. You lose track of yourself in a way one would never think possible. You are depression. And then, you try a [...]
One otherwise unmemorable night, my boyfriend and I sat watching T.V., each on our respective sides of his couch. My legs stretched out across the fabric, bridging the gap, and we talked of forgettable things. Maybe how stupid that 2012 movie was, how my janky knee was calling for rain, maybe even debated the level [...]
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“This shouldn’t hurt a bit,” the intern told me as she pricked the skin of my shin. “Anything?” “No, not really,” I admitted even though I did feel the needle poke and settle. I laid there on the acupuncturist’s table and tried to think of more pleasant things as she continued. Whales swimming south from [...]
