“You guys are students; you’re idealists. You don’t know what art + corporate interests mean yet. Just prepare to have your heart broken. Get your Africa tickets ready, baby. You have no idea…People are not crazy, they’re strong people. Maybe the environment is a little sick.” –Dave Chappelle on Inside the Actors Studio Wednesday night, [...]
Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup…and I’m over it
June 11th, 2010 · 2 Comments · work shenanigans
Tags:booze·Chicago·sports·weirdos
David Sedaris told me to write this.
June 10th, 2010 · 3 Comments · friends, fam, and my ridiculously fun life
Therefore, I must listen. My boyfriend Sean, his friend Jenn and I went to Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre on Halsted to see Mister Sedaris–arguably one of the world’s best writers–stand behind a small lectern on a plain black stage and read. It’s quite a simple thing, really, watching a small 54-year-old man read from his diaries, but it [...]
Tags:books·Chicago·photographs·quotes
Baby likes to dance in the dark. On the windowpane.
March 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment · char and the city, friends, fam, and my ridiculously fun life, In the kitschn with Charlotte Shay
This video has absolutely nothing to do with entrepreneurship, business, self-improvement or natural hair–but it’s hilarious, so I have no choice but to share it with those of you who have yet to view it. Last Thursday, Sean’s cousin Christopher took the train down to the city to come hang out with us. After we [...]
Tags:Chicago·dramz·family·music·video·wine
It’s fun to stay at the YMCA.
March 9th, 2010 · 4 Comments · char and the city, fierce flawless fabulous femme
“The class is called ‘Exer-ball.’ It can’t be too difficult,” I reasoned as I finished my small cup of coffee. “We’ll probably be doing some nice stretches on the balls and working on like, core strength and stuff.” It was 6:15 a.m. and I was in the locker room of my local YMCA with Sarah, [...]
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Entrepreneur of the Week: Coffee, tattoos, fashion, and why I don’t want a job.
January 28th, 2010 · 8 Comments · char and the city, Entrepreneur of the Week, fierce flawless fabulous femme
“I’m done pretending that I will ever work in the corporate world again,” my designer/stylist friend Sarah Church said as she showed me her fresh wrist tattoo. The puffy red heart was about the size of a nickel, and would hardly be an issue for an office workplace since a watch or bracelet could easily cover it. [...]
