This was my third trip to Chicago, but the first where I felt like I really got to wander and get the vibe of the city so many people love. And I get it, Chi-lovers: the city is sporty, authentic, energetic without being frenetic, outdoorsy, inventive, and just nice. We stayed in the Gold Coast…
Per usual as is my brain’s great irony, the title of this post was written BEFORE I forgot to publish it all weekend … it’s a lot to keep up with a weekly gratitude list for almost a decade. But I love it, and it’s important to me, and it’s definitely made my life better…
What a freakin’ week. So many super awesome things happened. Last weekend was a million years ago. July flew by. This weekend is going to be awesome. Grateful for a Friday night “one drink” with new friends until 2am Grateful for pickup flag football, even on no sleep still makes me incredibly happy Grateful for…
After a virtual Backyard Ball last year, the Tomorrow’s Leaders event of the season is back, baby! Put Thursday, September 23, 2021 at 6:00 PM at Mercury Hall on your calendar, buy your tix at backyardball.org ($90 for 2 or $50/each), and get ready to enjoy delicious food from local restaurants, breweries, wineries and distilleries.
It’s a rainy, lovely Saturday morning. I have things to do, but I have the luxury of moving slowly, unhurried. It’s great. Grateful for: Hammock. I love a hammock. Anywhere. But in my backyard?! Heaven. Also Heaven? My parents’ porch. I love that place. I especially love it with my extended family, the Teti fam…
This is a story of allergies. Just kidding, except it is … despite being a native, every spring in Austin the allergies KICK MY ASS. I take my daily allergy meds, use my sinus rinse, take all the dirty hippie immune boosters, drink echinacea tea … and still! I had to take a whole damn…
Not my first though! I always thought I’d get a memorial tattoo of Nali, but then wondered why wait? After months of instagram searching, I finally decided on magical artist Amanda Jo at Tiny Tats, a women-owned and -run studio in Hyde Park here in Austin. Close to my house, close to my heart, and…
My new go-to question for men on dating apps is “what’s you favorite thing about this week?” … I can’t say it’s more or less successful than any other opener, but to me it’s a pretty easy question because you can describe something that has already happened OR something that is going to happen ……
… here are five places I really, really want to go on a date, like, now. Could be a friend date, I don’t care. Monger’s moved into Vino Vino‘s old space (next to my gym!) and I want to get oysters + champagne STAT. Josephine House has a three-course steak + frites night with bottomless…
Governor Abbott’s opening of Texas 100% and removal of mask mandate has caused a lot of reaction and opinion across the country. Hell, probably the world. Here’s the official summary of the announcement, and the PDF of the Executive Order. “… Today’s announcement does not abandon safe practices that Texans have mastered over the past…