Category archive for ‘DAYBOOK’ rss

  • Things That Are Older Than I Am

    8/04/10 • (3)

    I knew this heinous day would eventually come. Oh well. The one good thing about turning 40 today? At least I’m not the oldest thing on the planet. These things are.

  • PR Firms: You’re Never “Anonymous” on the Internet

    7/29/10 • (7)

    I’d like to know how an anonymous, scathing comment about my recent criticism of the Visit Milwaukee tourism campaign got on my blog from…the IP address of a PR firm employed by Visit Milwaukee. How about you?

  • Happy Anniversary: Five Years of Chicago Carless

    7/27/10 • (5)

    Happy Birthday to Chicago Carless! My little blog that could is now officially five years old. Here’s a look at why I created it and where we’ve been together in the past 12 months. And thank you for being here to read it.

  • “Do you want to meet your dolphins now?”

    7/18/10 • (0)

    What do you do when you realize the company you applied to isn’t the company you want to work for anymore? Especially when they have no idea anyone would ever turn them down?

  • The Homing Pigeon of State Street

    7/17/10 • (7)

    Two months ago I moved out of Marina City to head for a quieter life beyond downtown. But there’s something to be said for living at the center of it all. I’m learning the grass isn’t any greener outside the Loop–and the roaches sure do put up a fight.

  • 30 to Forty

    7/12/10 • (3)

    In 30 days, I’ll be forty. As the final countdown begins, it’s time to say good-bye to all the things I thought I’d be before August 2010. And wonder where the hell my flying DeLorean is.

  • A Cautionary Tale Told in Feet

    6/30/10 • (7)

    There are many ways to enjoy an open-air concert date in Grant Park. Spending two hours trying to avoid being eaten by a surprise third wheel’s life-threatening lizard feet is not one of them.

  • Moving on from Marina City

    5/25/10 • (18)

    I am no longer a resident of Marina City. At the verge of 40, my life goals when I moved downtown five years ago just don’t match up with who I want to be in the next chapter of my life. So I’ve given up my high-rise home in order to get my feet back on the ground. In every way possible.

  • Why I’m Here: My 9/11 Story Told for the StoryCorps September 11th Initiative (Audio)

    5/24/10 • (1)

    On May 21st, I was blessed with the unexpected opportunity to be interviewed by the nonprofit oral-history project, StoryCorps. I visited their mobile recording studio, temporarily parked in Pilsen…and told my 9/11 story for the national September 11th Initiative. From StoryCorps, here is my recorded remembrance of the day that changed my life and, ultimately, brought me to Chicago.

  • Chicagosphere Has Moved to Chicago Carless

    3/01/10 • (3)

    My Chicagosphere online-media blog has ended production–but as of today, you can find all my former Chicagosphere entries migrated right here to Chicago Carless.