🎒Back to school Due to the combination of my love of fresh paper and pens and being back in a rhythm after summer fun, September feels like more of a fresh start to me than New Years. With temps hitting over 90 degrees in Chicago today, though, it sure doesn&
Next Friday, June 5th you can go straight from my photo tour to Blues Fest in Millennium Park and really kick off your Chicago summer! Come take a walk with me in Chicago's loop where we'll check out some hidden gems of architecture and public art,
But before I tell you more.... TOMORROW! Table for Two’ish with Mac & Cheese Productions’℠ Join me on the Zoom screen April 30th 11am-12pm CT for Table for Two'ish as Saya Hillman of Mac & Cheese Productions’℠ interview me about living a Life of Yes. Come
One of my earliest childhood memories is helping my parents haul newspapers to our neighborhood's recycling center. We also belonged to a food coop where bulk goods were weighed into reusable containers and decades before the seltzer trend, we got bubbly water refilled into glass bottles from a
It's spring here in Chicago - snow one day, sun and 70 the next, then pouring rain, repeat! Wild, yes, and it also helps me practice patience and appreciating the little joys. 🌊 My partner and I made it out for a beach walk Monday morning - it was a needed
In the past couple weeks, I went to the Chicago Botanic Garden's beautiful show of orchids "Feelin' Groovy", laughed at two comedy shows, celebrated birthdays, attended a reading of five new one act plays, and visited Chicago's wintery Lake Michigan beach. The world
How is it that the world feels on fire and yet everything is also frozen. Neighbors are getting kidnapped and murdered in Minnesota and elsewhere by government agents, while swaths of states were hit by winter storms that exploded trees and cracked power lines. And that's just this
It's -10F here in Chicago as I write this week's missive to you. Schools are closed, and I have the luxury of not needing to leave my warm home today. I've been sitting here in my sunny window, doing a little work and some
I began this new year with a bad cold, so I'm kicking it off here midway through January. I have been struggling all week to write something that doesn't feel flimsy in the face of all that's happening in our country and around the
I haven't gone "out" for new years in quite a long time. My kid's about to be 14, so at least that long! I have been to friend's houses but no bars or restaurants or places with tickets and long lines and
How do you feel about GOALS? Or TIME? I've ebbed and flowed on new year goal setting through the years. Now that I'm semi-recovered from being "productive," I have more general ideas about what I want the year to look like. I often
Today is my birthday 🎉♑🐐 When I was growing up, my family was so good about separating my birthday celebrations from Christmas. I've continued that tradition into adulthood and always do something on the day of to celebrate me and my existence. Today I will do things I love
Chicago had record breaking snow at the end of November, followed by subfreezing temps. Then it was warm and ICE came back for a couple days to stir things up, then left again. Then the city finally passed a budget. Then it was Hannukah and Christmas! And today it'
Over the weekend, Chicago had its biggest November snowstorm EVER. I love the quiet and stillness of the city while snow is falling and the excitement of kids (and some adults) playing in it. While I'm less excited about multiple shovelings and the inevitable dirty slush, I still
I'm launching my first online course in January and would love you to join me for Phone Photos in Focus. You have your phone with you all the time, so it's your default camera for all of life's events. You take hundreds of photos
Today is the last day to get $10 off the Friday, November 14th Capture the Urban Canvas photo walk. It's my last one of 2025, before it gets too cold, dark, and holiday-y to be enjoyable. We meet at the Chicago Cultural Center at 2pm and do
Eek! It never feels like the "right" time to send a newsletter... so in this spooky season, I am getting over that fear! Here are some updates on what I am working on, what's happening in Chicago, and how we can stay connected. Capture the Urban
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