Archive for January 2014
Are you going to bring me my lemon or do I have to squeeze it from my hat?: My Love Affair with Overboard
I used to work in a video store. It was the best job on the face of the planet. Seriously. I got to act like a hero and zero out late fees, I miraculously found a size “small” t-shirt which is every teen girl’s dream, and we watched movies non-stop. While at Video Station, I... Read more »
Cold Weather Survival Tips From One Jackass to Another
Unless you have been watching nothing but Queen Bey’s Grammy performance on repeat, you probably have heard that the Arctic Vortex or whatever they are calling it is back and almost as nasty as Bey. If you aren’t used to this weather, or are a little flaky like yours truly, here are some cold weather... Read more »
Caretaking Chronicles: A Hospital Trip for My Mom aka They Should Block Cell Phone Signals in Hospitals
Sweet mother of pearl have I been delinquent in writing ChicagoNow posts. My excuse? Ho-Ho is in the hospital. Worry not, she is fine. In fact she is, dare I say, thriving? 24/7 attention? Check. Different people to incur her wrath? Of course! Continual access to not one but two phone lines on which she... Read more »
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Watch These Netflix Gems Now
We dropped cable a few years ago because we weren’t watching enough of it to rationalize shelling out $12 million/month AND there is more than enough weird stuff on Netflix to keep us engaged for years. Here are six documentaries/series I suggest you check out if you haven’t already…or consider yourself dead to me. What... Read more »
Thank God Schools are Open Today
Holy hell am I happy to get back to work. As if you didn’t know, Chicago was dubbed “ChiBeria” over the past few days and more importantly schools were closed. Some people stayed in and hibernated, watching Overboard (1987) and eating caviar. Others, like my husband, were slaves to the man and dug out to... Read more »
Caretaking Chronicles: Tylenol is more effective than Methadone
Ardie Ho-Ho has been on a terror lately…when I say lately I mean the past 12 months. But seriously, I might soon end up in jail. There was the whole guilt over potential dentures, the time her teeth cracked and fell out and I lost my mind on a street corner, and then when she... Read more »
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Parental hoarding: What "keepsakes" are actually worth keeping?
I need some advice. Today, my kid tried to give away a piece of art to his aunt and my best friend, Katie. It’s a self-portrait signed by the artist himself; the first that even included arms and legs and around 10 toes and fingers. My reaction? I didn’t want to share this gem with... Read more »
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