A lot of people have been asking what's going to happen to Life in Chicago when I move to LA in a few weeks. Well, I'm happy to report that I'm going to be launching a brand new website at the end of the month. I've been working with a designer for the last couple Read more…
Category:Chicago
May
04
2011
Trying Not to Panic About How We’re Moving in Like 27 Days
It's Wednesday morning early. Greg and Veronica are playing in the front part of the house and I'm staring blearlily around the house, thinking about how we have less than a month to dismantle it all. Moving always makes me kind of panicky, in an emotional way. For all the loss and change I've experienced Read more…
Apr
21
2011
French-Inspired Girls Night Menu
For the last four years I've been getting together with essentially the same little group for a girls night. We do this every couple of months, most often at my house, but occasionally at one of the others. We all cook something and then usually watch a movie. Any boys around get the boot. So Read more…
Mar
21
2011
Lying Awake at Dawn, Thinking About Leaving Chicago
V woke up at 5 this morning and I crawled out of a deep sleep to go in and put her back down. By the time I got back in bed 15 or 20 minutes later, I was fully awake and couldn't fall back asleep. I lay there in the silvery dawn light, Greg breathing Read more…
Mar
02
2011
On Love and the Internet
When I moved to Chicago three and a half years ago, the only person I knew was Greg, and we'd only known each other for a few months. I was well aware that moving to a big city where the only person I knew was a guy I was involved with, was a recipe for Read more…
Feb
02
2011
More Blizzard Photos
We made it out into the snow today and I took a ton more photos. You can see them here.
Feb
02
2011
Notes (and Images) From the Blizzard
Well, we're pretty much under house-arrest here in Chicago, but it's the most beautiful kind of prison. Being in our house right now is like being in a giant snowglobe. I wish I had a camera that could really capture the swirling snow outside the windows. It's magical. I've always enjoyed the snow here in Read more…
Dec
20
2010
Last Chicago Winter
I can't believe it's already Christmas week. We're going to Ohio later in a few days, but for now we're still enjoying our cozy Chicago home. It has been so cold here these last few weeks. Consistently in the single digits. Too cold to go to the park. Too cold to even go for a Read more…
Oct
14
2010
The Beginning of the End of Life in Chicago
It's been unseasonably warm in Chicago the last couple of weeks, temperatures in the 70s and 80s. We've been leaving the windows open at night and as I'm drifting off to sleep I can still hear the rumble of the train as it crosses the river a few blocks north. Last Friday we had a Read more…
