STUDS TERKEL: Studs Terkel dead — chicagotribune.com: The author-radio host-actor-activist and Chicago symbol has died. “My epitaph? My epitaph will be ‘Curiosity did not kill this cat,’” he once said. I stood in line behind Studs Terkel at Treasure Island
Nashville just got a little more perfect
I don’t know how I missed the news that my favorite local cafe and patisserie, Provence, is now partnering with Intelligentsia Coffee. From Chicago. It’s my favorite coffee EV-AR. I detect the need to modify my daily commute so that
Good, Bad, Ugly: weekend recap edition
The ugly: we spent the entire weekend obsessing over fleas. In 8.67 years of living with multiple cats, they have never had fleas. Admittedly, our cats have been outside (on leashes) more lately than ever but I also think the
Back from Chicago
Well, actually, we were never once in Chicago. Schaumburg, yes; Park Forest, yes; Chicago, sadly no. But we drove there, spent 6 hours in IKEA, spent the night with my parents, and drove back. All in the space of a
Vinny’s
Months ago, a songwriter named Kirsti Manna (whom country fans may know as the writer of the Blake Shelton hit “Austin” as in “…P.S. if this is Austin / I still love you”), when Karsten asked her if she could
I picked the right year to leave Chicago, apparently
Chicago regains the title of America’s murder capital, despite a sharp drop in homicides, police say.