She’s one of the best (shoutout to her mental health reporting back in the day as well!)

I once made homemade hummus for my northern Wisconsin white parents and purposefully reduced the fresh garlic to one-fourth of my usual amount, and upon trying it my mom said, “Oooh yikes, that’s too spicy!”

Me when my tree finally got trimmed (until I noticed a few days later that they missed half the dead limbs, alas)

The people I have hired for office jobs who spent a decade as servers or barista first are infinitely easier to work with than anyone else I’ve hired. They can work effectively with virtually anyone and they do not traffic in bullshit.

When I studied abroad in Scotland, a truly wild amount of Brits unironically told me how awful they thought it was that the Americans had stolen Native American land.

how it feels to do physical activity after the age of 35

Do they come in a 3-pack?

Have these people never been to an Indian wedding? I was 30 and white and even I was called auntie at one point.

Listen, here in Chicago it’s a Holy Alliance - everyone from the urbanist bike lane enthusiasts to the suburban pickleball housewives are equally united in screaming at ICE to get the *%#! out. Gotta find your common ground!

But just know, Chicago, that I love you and I’m proud of so many of us who are NOT HAVING IT. Stay salty.

18 years ago the first lesson I learned in community development finance was that to fix a host of ills in Chicago we wanted more housing density and after that we wanted more housing density and then more commercial/retail and housing density and then maybe some community facility space.

And you can get a blank white cake and then just put whichever plastic characters your child is currently obsessed with on top! My kids are always thrilled and it tastes perfect.

Only one? Nice brag.

And the one dude who quit working as a chef in restaurants to cook meals for a sorority house? He’s the best. “What a treat!”

Dreamy dreamy