A few weeks ago our family’s beloved pup got out and was missing for over a day. She’d escaped while folks were in and out while doing some work on our house. Once we realized she was missing we were panicked because we had no idea how she had been gone. Like anyone would do […]
When I first started running in April, I could barely keep up with the training program’s guidelines. How could I run a 5k in six weeks’ time when I could barely run for one minute? A funny thing happened around the third week when we took our training to Lincoln Park. We were able to […]
Perhaps this post, much like Tim’s ode to being a part of Ward Six (still), should be really titled, “Things we violently and suddenly realized were being taken for granted, but which we will never, ever again take for granted because we are aware now of the error in our ways and are extremely grateful, […]
“I’m looking for a Stalin mustache.” “Did you call earlier today?” “No. Huh. Wow! Imagine two people needing a Stalin mustache on a random Friday in June!” Silence. And then it occurred to me that at Backstage that sort of request was probably not all that uncommon. I had that conversation last Friday afternoon in […]
Over the weekend, a conversation with friends about the impending heat lead to a conversation about ice cream, during which several friends remarked they had all been to Ted’s Bulletin (with me!) for milkshakes. It turns out the shakes at Ted’s are something I take for granted, especially as the temperature continues to rise. After […]