Tag: amwriting
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City Girl Confessions: The Art of Missing Home
City Girl Confessions is my recurring column published via The Glencoe Anchor. My husband once proclaimed that five days is the ideal getaway. Shorter than 5? That’s great. But longer? That’s when home sickness can start to creep in. Hold up, though. I’m not talking about the slow ache that can come from deep longing-…
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Ode to The Riviera
The last time I went to a concert at The Riviera was a lifetime ago. Truly. I think it was 2004. I hadn’t even met my husband at that point. The concert I attended? The Killers…who were baby famous at the time (remember Mr. Brightside?). The music was great but what stuck with me most…
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St. Patrick’s Day, Somewhat
7am Coffee and a protein bar Leprechaun hijinks M&M pancakes for the kids Research for kitchen lighting Church and high heels Squash soup and a muffin Editing for 3 hours 575 words for a ‘How to’ freelance pitch A half-assed dinner with a little bit of everything thrown in Kids Baking Championship Homemade chocolate chip…
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Happy Friday, Happy March
Green doughnuts just seemed like the ideal breakfast option this morning (I get them right as the store opens so they’re piping hot). I’m working on some inclusion projects with my church and within my hometown so I was delighted to swing by Youth Services of GlenBrook. They had the most cheerful conference room, complete…
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Weekend: Busy Fun
Galentines & Valentines A 7th birthday at Dave & Buster’s Chocolate piñata (!!!) Meetings for LGBTQ+ advocacy Tulips, roses, and hydrangeas Norman Love chocolates A baby shower (rare these days) Elton John’s Farewell tour Drinking champagne three days in a row A brief trip to a casino; always fascinating New Member Ceremony at my church…
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“Pink is the only true rock ‘n roll colour”
I took Paul Simonon’s words to heart. Happy love day, I’m a literal valentine this year!
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City Girl Confessions: All The Ways to Warm Up
City Girl Confessions is my recurring column published via The Glencoe Anchor I still haven’t fully defrosted from the Polar Vortex. Perhaps I won’t until the first flower of Spring blooms. That would be fine because the way I see it, if we are stuck in the thick of winter, we simply must adapt. We must…
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Here we go!
Either what’s old is new again or WordPress just never stopped being cool. Regardless, I’m happy to be back. Things are eerily familiar and absurdly different. WordPress was the site of my very first blog post way back in the day (2008? Earlier?!). Back then my biggest concerns were commercial real estate, Chicago restaurants, vampire…
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Convos With Writers: 11 Questions with Brittany Drehobl
You guys, get ready for me to throw the book at you, because Convos with Writers is back and my new interviewee will basically convince you that the hottest club in town is your local library and you will need to HIT IT UP TODAY. She’s a marathoner with a master degree. A Cubs fan…
Kelly Q. Anderson 