holiday
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Mel needs your help!
What do you usually do on V-day? A romantic date with your significant other? A fun night out with your friends? A movie night with the rents? Send me your favorite thing to do on Valentine's Day. I'm going to make a giant list of V-day activities, and I can't do...
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Thursday Street Style: Jogging Suits & Jeans in Palm Springs
Last week I took a mini holiday to Palm Springs to escape Chicago's cold weather. I love the snow-capped mountains and the beautiful orange and grapefruit trees. Yes, I agree that there are lots of retired older people that golf or play tennis five days a week, wearing jogging suits...
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Happy 37th Birthday, Roe v. Wade
This is cross-posted to my personal blog, www.paigeworthy.com. If you have an opinion on this topic, I encourage you to write on it -- tag it on Twitter as #bfcd or tell NARAL about your blog. My coworker snorted when I told her I'd be blogging about the 37th anniversary of...
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CTA rider: Get that bike off my train
Bill Troyer of Lakeview wrote to the CTA and cced "Going Public" with a question about bikes on trains during rush hour. Here is the CTA policy regarding bikes. Below is the policy regarding bikes during rush hour."What again for the upteenth time is the rule for bikes on the...
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The Hangover Month
...if you didn't need a drink after 2009, you weren't paying attention and still live in your mom's basement.
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Macy's Windows Wonderful or Woeful in 2009?
As a parting shot to Christmas, freelance communications consultant Steve Tanner (@tannerman) and wife Amy take a look at this year's Macy's (née Marshall Field's) State Street holiday windows. Even though Steve's an avowed "Macy's hater", the Tanners find a few things to like in a window display at least...
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How to get over PCD (Post Christmas Depression)
Dear Mel,Christmas is my absolute favorite holiday and now that it's over I just feel so sad. Usually I'm fine when it ends and I just look forward to New Years. So I'm not sure why I'm so upset about this. I just miss my family being here and everyone...
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and so this is Christmas...
My brothers and I on Christmas Eve. Sam is on the left, he's either 13 or 14. SHOOT I can't remember! I'm in the middle. Obviously. And Jack is on the right. He's 8. The dog in its outfit. Umm... yeah. ...
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Confessions of a Former Grinch
I can admit it.I had zero holiday spirit this year. I'm not sure why, but the mere subject of the holidays was a bore to me. I didn't bring up my Christmas tree from storage. I didn't put my wreath on the door. In short, I did absolutely nothing. That...
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A Working Class Hero is Something To Be: Quit Hatin' on Scrooge
All week I've been feeling some obligation to write a post with a Christmas theme. After all it is a rather relevant topic of the moment. I have to admit though, I kept kinda forgetting it's Christmas eve. It was not in the forefront of my mind as I went...
