Month: September 2016

  • Illustration: Strolling

    If you ask most people, they’ll say the weather is one of Chicago’s biggest negatives. They usually mean the winter and the cold, which I don’t hate as much as most people do. I love having seasons, and I’m a Christmas freak so 1/3 of the winter is basically my happiest time of the year.…

  • How to Make Hudson Laugh

        Tell him your plans. Get it? That’s a bad variation on the one-liner: “how do you make God laugh? Tell him your plans.” Anyway. I would like to go back in time to two Fridays ago, when I thought we were out of the woods with the crappy naps and inform myself I…

  • Advice for New Moms That I Actually Used

    There’s nothing like new motherhood to bring on waves of advice and tips. I’m lucky to have a lot of amazing women around to answer questions like, “is projectile vomit normal?”, “how do you get poop out of a boppy?” and “did Honest diapers leak EVERY TIME for you, too?” (Answers: yes, throw it in…