“I heard a great joke the other day. ‘What did the Zen master say to the hot dog vendor? Make me one with everything.’” – Abi Weber What’s Cooking in Uptown and Garfield Park? Inspiration. If you’ve ever dined at Inspiration Kitchens, you know that, at these restaurants, eating out is a lot more meaningful […]
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Rebel Street Style: Eli / Millennium Park
Why: Fashion is about personality. That’s why we wear the things we do, even if we’re pretending we don’t care about fashion. Obviously, Eli cares about fashion. She wants to make a statement, and the statement is definitely made. I love her hair, I love her boots, and I love her giant red heart. Rock […]
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My dear friends, can we please stop pinning ridiculous fitness pictures?
For a few weeks now, I’ve been seeing a picture on pinterest that freaks me right out. And you know, since I’m such a generous person, I’m going to share it with you, so you can be freaked out as well: I clicked on it. Of course I did. I definitely shouldn’t have, but I […]
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Current Events: I am “those people” – why SNAP matters to me
Congress is debating the reauthorization of the Farm Bill this week — a bill chiefly (strangely) concerned with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), or food stamps as the program is often called. And at a time when almost 48 million Americans receive SNAP (the largest number since the program started 50 years ago), some […]
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What to do when you feel like you’re going to lose your mind: lead poisoning, stolen bike, life-long guilt
My life is a bit of a cruel joke at the moment. For the past four years, I’ve continually written about the dangers of lead poisoning in Chicago. In fact, in November, I had a front-page article in the Chicago Reader on how lead poisoning continues to affect our city’s kids and our schools. I’m known to […]
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Helping a Friend With Depression
Dear Vered, One of my best friends, who lives far away, is clinically depressed and extremely socially isolated. She’s leaned on me for a while over instant messenger during the day, and conversations with her are getting more and more draining. I just started a new job that makes me less available (though still technically […]
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What’s Working Right Now – Breastfeeding Live In Concert
I’m a big supporter of breastfeeding in public, but I never was able to. My kid is just too curious. If we’re out, Teddy wants to look around. He could be starving, but would never be able to nurse because there’s just too much to see. Even at home, we nurse only in my room, […]
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Current event: Mother’s Day, blerg
How a day founded as a badass anti-war protest designed to give voice to peace-advocating mothers has turned into a brunch and manicure festival remains a confounding mystery to me. While I have no strong feelings against celebrating Mothers Day (or brunch. I do hate manicures though), I have, at best, apathy. The main reason […]
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Creating a Mom-drobe Part I: My journey towards the 10-item wardrobe
Each morning, I am a very sad Cathy-cartoon cliche, standing in front of my closet and lamenting that I have nothing to wear. ACK! Make that silently lamenting. Because I am too embarrassed to say this to my husband, who would raise his eyebrows when he peered inside to see clothes upon clothes stuffed on […]
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Rebel Street Style: Elana / Damen, Milwaukee, & North
Occupation: Student Why: The shoes are killer. Besides that, she looks like she’s headed more for Lollapalooza in late summer than xyz in Wicker Park in early spring. I love the bandeau look, and when someone can rock it before summer, more power to them – we all have our ways of rebelling when it’s […]