Closets are for clothes: I’m out, loud and proud
It’s a not-so-proud moment with a happy ending. It was 1999, and I was living in Milwaukee, working at my first job after college. I’d only recently come out and hadn’t really told anyone beyond my…
Karen Hawkins
Busted
In the spirit of a recent Pluck column, here's a transcript of how conversations about my new job have been going: Friend: Hey, how's your new job? Me: Awesome! Friend: I can't imagine doing all …
From Lois Lane to Elle Woods
Greetings from the Lonestar State! I saw my first-ever longhorn steer this morning across the street from my hotel. Oh, Texas. After being hazed by O'Hare with a 4-hour flight delay on the …
My Kind of Town (Chicago Is)
As I get ready for a life of nearly full-time travel, I'm both thrilled to see new places and sad to be leaving Chicago behind. (I'll be here on weekends, but it sounds more melodramatic this way.) …
We’re Takin’ This Rebellion on the Road!
I'm not even gonna lie: I'm a business travel novice. I didn’t travel all that much for my old job, and I usually made all the classic rookie mistakes: over-packing, wearing non slip-on shoes in th…
GTFO, 2016
And stay out. You took a slew of people who meant the world to us, you made Brexit a household name/nightmare in America, and that sh*t you pulled on Nov. 8? Unforgivable. No, 2016, can't say I'…
