“New York… is a city of geometric heights, a petrified desert of grids and lattices, an inferno of greenish abstraction under a flat sky, a real Metropolis from which man is absent by his very accumulation.” — Roland Barthes, In the…
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It’s no secret that Chicago has notoriously humid summers. The word ‘wretched’ often comes to mind as you trudge through the oily, sticky air, gasping for breath each and every summer… And it can be quite a process learning what…
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As a die-hard foodie and travel-obsessed blogger I can think of few places that excite me more than the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico. Often considered a country unto its own (read more about the Yucatán’s push for independence from Mexico…
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“I want to encourage women to embrace their own uniqueness. Because just like a rose is beautiful, so is a sunflower, so is a peony. I mean, all flowers are beautiful in their own way, and that’s like women too.“…
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I say it loud and I say it proud — Chicago is one HELL-UV-AH CITY! It’s home. A home full of delicious restaurants, world-class museums, great tourist attractions, and plenty of free places to enjoy in the warmer months. It’s…
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Sed Bona, a snippet of the Latin phrase “Pauca Sed Bona“, means “quality over quantity”. It means that having more isn’t always best. It means empowering yourself to do fewer but better, more beautiful, and more fruitful things
