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 Patete (‘22) came to Calvin University from the mountains of North Carolina and graduated with a double major in film & media and creative writing. After brief stints in Los Angeles and Chicago, she now resides in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where she enjoys sweet tea on her front porch and identifying every tree and bird she runs into on any hiking trail.
by Carlisle Patete | Jan 17, 2025 | 1 comment
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.
by Carlisle Patete | Dec 17, 2024 | 0 comments
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.
by Carlisle Patete | Nov 17, 2024 | 2 comments
He haunted every campground my family and I ever camped at.
by Carlisle Patete | Oct 17, 2024 | 1 comment
All the ghosts I had at the River Arts District White Duck Taco have been drowned.
by Carlisle Patete | Sep 17, 2024 | 3 comments
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.
by Carlisle Patete | Aug 17, 2024 | 3 comments
I like to eat yummy food. The Swedish Chef could make me yummy food.
by Carlisle Patete | Jul 17, 2024 | 1 comment
Kudzu is strong, but the fight for our native plants is not yet over.
by Carlisle Patete | Jun 17, 2024 | 1 comment
She loved us a bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck, and told us so all the time.
by Carlisle Patete | May 17, 2024 | 5 comments
I’ve seen plenty of rats, had many awkward bus rides, and barely missed more trains that I can count.
by Carlisle Patete | Apr 17, 2024 | 2 comments
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.
by Carlisle Patete | Mar 17, 2024 | 2 comments
It is so comforting to return to a store I could navigate blindfolded.
by Carlisle Patete | Feb 17, 2024 | 0 comments
I love my in-unit washer and dryer—I have the pictures to prove it.
by Carlisle Patete | Jan 17, 2024 | 2 comments
I can’t get away with finishing this review without addressing the damp Colin Firth scene.
by Carlisle Patete | Dec 17, 2023 | 0 comments
“Do you have a rolling pin?” I ask her. “No, but I have a wine bottle that’ll do the trick,” she replies.
by Carlisle Patete | Nov 17, 2023 | 0 comments
She’s just a bear. A bear that did cocaine. It’s not her fault.
by Carlisle Patete | Oct 17, 2023 | 2 comments
“Has it set in a little or is it still pretty tough?”
by Carlisle Patete | Sep 17, 2023 | 0 comments
You’ll never experience true disappointment of losing your Duolingo streak.
by Carlisle Patete | Aug 17, 2023 | 1 comment
Here is how you, too, can feel like you are a magazine mogul’s stressed assistant.
by Carlisle Patete | Aug 17, 2023 | 0 comments
An insecure paramour who is jealous of your Big Girl Job is one of the most important elements to solidifying your DWP life.