My_LIKE_Obsession

My_LIKE_Obsession
DISCLAIMER – ChicagoNow sponsored a Blog-a-polooza Hour Challenge that I participated in. I had to write a blog post in one hour about “something in my life I once obsessed about but now rarely, if ever, think about” (Can be good or bad obsession, about a person, place or thing). Joy likes the prompts.  Read... Read more »
By Joy Blake,
January 1, 2018 at 8:37 pm • 

Ban DEM Bustas

Ban DEM Bustas
When you hear the name “Holly”, what does it make you think of? Trees? (you know it’s that plant with the red berries) White girls? Peaceful sunsets? “Love and HipHop: “Holly”wood? via GIPHY I’m sure many things come to mind. Holly kinda has a pleasant twang to it. Then when you add Holly Playlot Park... Read more »
By Joy Blake,
September 25, 2017 at 5:17 pm • 

Full Circle

DISCLAIMER – ChicagoNow sponsored a Blog-a-polooza Hour Challenge that I participated in. I had to write a blog post in one hour about a huge decisions I made in my life. Read this post and enjoy.   Decisions. Decisions. Decisions. We all make decisions that we look back at with pride and decisions we wish... Read more »
By Joy Blake,
June 28, 2017 at 10:05 pm • 
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Catching a RedEye

So me and my husband are walking around in the West Loop for no apparent reason (this means I don’t remember why we were in the West Loop) and he happened to see that the Red Eye, a local free Chicago paper, was featuring Bronzeville. The title actually said “Weekend Goals” with Bronzeville underneath it.... Read more »
By Joy Blake,
June 23, 2017 at 5:22 pm • 

What's in the Name?

So I was trying to come up with a title for my blog about Bronzeville where I reside in Chicago, IL. Initially the name I had was BronzeTrill. I thought this was uber clever because it kinda rhymes with Bronzeville. Bronze Trill Bronzeville they just go together. If you look up Trill in the urban... Read more »
By Joy Blake,
June 15, 2017 at 2:47 pm •