I love small businesses. I have spent a large part of my career supporting them. I'm happy to spend a little more and order a book from my local independent bookstore instead of Amazon. I'm happy to get a Turmeric Latte from the Ethiopian coffee shop or a Kashmiri...
My almost-11-year-old's current career ambition is to be a babysitter. She wants to babysit, then be a camp counselor, then one day, work with kids with autism. Or, maybe be a scientist that studies autism. Of course, being an author or a pastry chef are also still...
A hula hoop artist (I'll wait) A hula hoop artist named Revolva (ok, I'll wait again) A hula hoop artist named Revolva recently wrote an open letter to Oprah. Oprah's people asked Revolva if she would like to perform as an opening act for Oprah's tour. After her...
Once a year my husband and I go see the tax guy in Rogers Park and then have lunch at a restaurant in our old neighborhood of Andersonville. We drive by our old apartment and look for ways the neighborhood has changed and ways it has stayed the same. We usually have a...
One hundred years ago, or maybe it was fourteen, or maybe yesterday I'm not sure which, I bought these boots. I had moved to Chicago on a whim, and then seven years later fled the city in what I now know was a way-too-early mid-life crisis. I left a pre-bust 1990s...
Several months ago the U.S. government passed a law requiring that all working women read and form an opinion on Sheryl Sandberg's book Lean In. A rider on the law stipulates that every woman who has a blog (which is an absurdly large number) must write about her...