Go Birds!
One thing I love about repping the Eagles is that I’m in good company.
I DO Think So, Honey!
What would it have felt like to have fallen in love with Bowen Yang’s sense of humor and then seen him join the cast of Saturday Night Live to much acclaim?
Suburgatory
Parking in the furthest spot away in the parking lot is not scratching my walking-everywhere-itch.
Introducing the Brands Sponsoring My Wedding (Unbeknownst to Them)
“Sponsoring” is when you buy a lot of something from one brand, right?
Confessions of Someone With a Unique Name
I relished when a substitute teacher would do roll call and I’d prepare to say, “It’s pronounced ‘Carlisle’.”
Attending My Ex-Boyfriend’s Wedding
They drove off to their honeymoon in the same car he used to drive in college.
How to Boil Egg and Other Things I’ve Recently Googled
I forgot what gremlins were called.
My Taper Candle Collection
A few candles have found their way into candle holders, and even less have ever actually been lit.
Engagement: Just Inconvenient Enough
A wedding is one of the few ceremonies that society deems all right to ask people to fly or drive across multiple states to celebrate. And that is a rare opportunity I don’t want to waste.
Carlisle’s Christmas Classics
Listening to those songs always reminds me of cutting paper snowflakes around the dining room table, putting up tin or clay ornaments on the tree, decorating sugar cookies made from a slightly altered recipe my dad’s been honing for years.
Old Man Johnson
He haunted every campground my family and I ever camped at.
My Old Haunts
All the ghosts I had at the River Arts District White Duck Taco have been drowned.
My Controversial Double Features
Sometimes the pairing is intended to share themes, while sometimes one simply needs to be picked up off the floor after an Aaron Sorkin script leaves you lying there.
Muppets I Would Consider Dating and Why
I like to eat yummy food. The Swedish Chef could make me yummy food.
Where the Kudzu Grows
Kudzu is strong, but the fight for our native plants is not yet over.
Namesake
She loved us a bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck, and told us so all the time.
Chicago Stars
I’ve seen plenty of rats, had many awkward bus rides, and barely missed more trains that I can count.
On Decision Fatigue
Streaming services offer more choices than I’m ever going to be able to watch, there are too many excellent restaurants in Chicago to try, and Instagram serves up too many aesthetics for me to commit to in one lifetime.
Hometown Grocery Store
It is so comforting to return to a store I could navigate blindfolded.
Ms. Patete Goes to the Laundromat
I love my in-unit washer and dryer—I have the pictures to prove it.
The Definitive and Fully Objective View on ‘Pride and Prejudice’
I can’t get away with finishing this review without addressing the damp Colin Firth scene.
A Mary Oliver Winter
“Do you have a rolling pin?” I ask her. “No, but I have a wine bottle that’ll do the trick,” she replies.
An Eight Month–Late, Spoiler-Filled Review of ‘Cocaine Bear’
She’s just a bear. A bear that did cocaine. It’s not her fault.
How I Survived the Dunkin’ App Betrayal
“Has it set in a little or is it still pretty tough?”
An Open Letter to My Cat
You’ll never experience true disappointment of losing your Duolingo streak.
How to Feel like Anne Hathaway in ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ Even Though You Live in Cincinnati and Work in Digital Marketing
Here is how you, too, can feel like you are a magazine mogul’s stressed assistant.
How to Feel like Anne Hathaway in Devil Wears Prada Even Though You Live in Cincinnati and Work in Digital Marketing
An insecure paramour who is jealous of your Big Girl Job is one of the most important elements to solidifying your DWP life.
