Thursday, September 5, 2013

Treasure Hunt : Chicago Apartments

Treasure Hunt : Chicago Apartments

In Chicago you have a few options for living situations: - Apartment - Condo - Single Family Home The majority of the 20-40 somethings I know go with an apartment. It is temporary, nothing is your responsibility to fix or maintain, if you find a nut-job roommate off Craigslist you ONLY have to sleep with a knife under...

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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Crew

Crew

Before Chicago I never knew gay men watched sports. I thought we had Oscar parties and perfected our needle-craft.  I have since been schooled and although I still don't quite understand the rules of football (and I certainly still can't sit through an entire baseball or basketball game) I'm thankful for Crew - "Chicago's premier gay sports bar...

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Monday, June 3, 2013

Inspiration

Inspiration

Have you ever realized that the older people become the more they say things like "Where does the time go?" Or "It's been 10 years since high school?!"  You know - all the shit you never say when you're taking 18 credit hours and working 20 hours a week at Starbucks grinding coffee beans.  Then you find yourself...

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Monday, March 18, 2013

Wang's (Boystown)

Wang's (Boystown)

Wang's is interesting.  It's small and on the "Broadway" part of Boystown (Halsted being the "main" drag).  So it's one street east and an obscure little spot denoted with an ornate Chinese door and windows covered in newspaper. Needless to say when I walked in the gravity of the situation became immediately apparent because I, as always, had...

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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Zucchini Party #forever

Zucchini Party #forever

I dedicate this post to my vegetarian pals. Without you I would eat nothing but chicken and Doritos. Your influence is inspirational and good for my waistline. So I have a weird relationship with food; I love to cook but hate to clean up and love eating vegetarian but know I'm going to end up starving and will...

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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

What do YOU do?

What do YOU do?

It's finally happening; it's my turn to play the leading role in Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion. Having seen the movie entirely too many times (upwards of 125) I've been practicing my tell-off speech for Christy Masters since I was 14 and in the closet. The film won absolutely nothing and rightfully so. But what did we all...

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