we're leaving tonight, driving through the dark and arriving in Branson early tomorrow morning, where hopefully our hotel will let us check in early, because otherwise we're going to have to wander around the city, probably hallucinating from lack of sleep, for most of the day ( Read more... )

On something of a whim -- I made the decision at a drawbridge, quite literally, as it was rising and the bells were ringing and a boat was passing on the river below -- I am home in Michigan this weekend ( Read more... )

I've been burning the candle (okay, like eight candles) at both ends, I think to keep myself from getting sick or going crazy, responding to an uncommonly high level of stress and anxiety at work with an equally high level of activity and intensity in my personal life (though the boundaries, of course, are blurry ( Read more... )

on friday I was slam-the-door cranky. all day. after work I had to go to this rum tasting. a liquor company in chicago (the folks who brought you effen vodka) invited a host of milwaukee movers/shakers to a market launch party, and the only people who showed up were from VITAL. the rum was good - gently spicy and buttery - and we learned a lot ( Read more... )

in hell, the damned will be eternally cursed with canker sores ( Read more... )

on very short notice, my boss asked me to house-sit. she's got a cozy place in wauwatosa and a 15-year-old schnauzer who is ailing and needs special care. my boss said I wouldn't need to stay here all weekend. just sleep there, she said, and come over a couple of times a day to feed the dog and let her out ( Read more... )

I may or may not have previously mentioned this to all y'all, but I am trying to get in the better habit of keeping my blog for the magazine updated regularly (you know, so it's more like a "real blog"). last week I decided I was going to blog it up every tuesday, but I didn't keep that promise for myself this week, although I explain why in my ( Read more... )

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for reasons beyond my control, today I ate falafel sandwiches for both lunch and dinner ( Read more... )

I think I've braved this season pretty smartly so far. I've been riding my bike and walking to work and bundling up and I just got a pair of winter boots that have been just grand. we got a mighty amount of snow on wednesday, and everyone took the day off, and it was tremendous, a triumphant day of bad but beautiful weather ( Read more... )