Ban all phone & conference calls from trains. Just because you have a 7:30am meeting doesn’t mean I do too.

My Halloween tradition: making chili (and Jiffy cornbread) using one of the best chili recipes ever shared by @actioncookbook.com www.thechunkychef.com/copycat-skyl...

Lord give me the confidence of a child who takes 2 pieces of Halloween candy without even asking.

Time for “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!”

Good morning to everyone except the man who sat next to me on the train with the worst most burnt smelling coffee ever.

Emotionally drained in the best way possible after seeing the live production of “The Sound of Music.” 😩😩😩

Today at work a resident asked if I wanted a plant they were getting rid of & I was like “Omg, yes! Thank you!” After posting on IG, I learned that I am the new owner of a kinda fancy plant lol.

The person in sales/marketing at Marquette (my college alma mater) who came up with the idea to run commercials during the Loyola (my high school alma mater & huge feeder school) football game tonight deserves a big ole raise.

At a neighborhood bar where they have both the World Series on & my high school’s football game on and guess which one they’re playing the sound for?

There was a young girl standing on a bench with a sign that said “Fart on Trump” and blowing a butterfly whistle as we walked down Michigan Avenue. The vibes were amazing today.

A little girl at the Chicago protest had a sign that said “My mom is sooo mad.” I love my city!

This woman on the train was debating if she should go to Open House Chicago or the protest on Saturday so I took my headphones out and said “Why not both?” And she and another man agreed like “Yeah why not both???”

I’m okay with the Cubs losing to the Brewers. One, I went to Marquette. Two, Milwaukee is a great and underrated town. Three, this team knows how to hit. Four, Sausage Race. Five, if we’re going to lose to a team, at least it’s not the Cardinals.

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

Objectively hilarious that we have family friends visiting from Australia & not only do we have to explain the whole concept of baseball but the history of the Cubs while watching this game.

We need to bring WFH back bc there are just too many people on the Metra these days.

I explained the appeal of TLC and Taylor Swift in the same week and I AM EXHAUSTED.

I finished two book series this week and now I’m sad.

The Cubs/Brewers group chat is lit.

Even though it’s 80 degrees, nothing feels more Autumny-Gilmore Girls than Lincoln Square’s Apple Fest.

Happy Taylor Swift Day to all who celebrate!

Cubs are back in the playoffs today. Let’s gooooooo.

My friends & I went to the Missouri Botanical Garden yesterday and they kept joking that this sounded like the name of a Transformer or the final boss in a video game lol 😆

I think my CTA bus driver got raptured.

Oh man Jimmy Kimmel is 🔥🔥🔥 tonight

A man today told me I talk too fast & I drink too much coffee. Joke’s on you, sir, I quit caffeine back in 2020. 😆

A CTA bus that actually leaves at its scheduled time? Groundbreaking.

Woman on Metra: Are we going to be on time today? Metra conductor: (Pause) We shall see…we shall see…

Just going to start bringing a book to the bar when going out to watch Bears games.

No big deal just the internet and power down on a heavily populated block of Milwaukee Ave in Chicago. Everything is fine.

I am yet again in a bar where a whole damn wedding party has walked in. 3rd weekend in a row!

Love playing tourist in my own city.

A guy walked ahead of me on the stairs at Union Station and proceeded to hold the door for me for like 10 seconds! I went “Thank you!” And he went “Of course!” I think I’m in love lol. 😆

If you’re a millennial but you also lived through the recession, you’re a recessional. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

Everything remains awful but today I learned a fun trick — if you’re crying, nobody will sit next to you on the train.

Because my friend & I both read “Carrie Soto Is Back” we consider ourselves tennis experts now.

Taking a Lyft blasting house music on my way to brunch with my college girlfriends is giving 2011-2012.

I am once again in a bar where a wedding party has popped in to kill time between the ceremony & reception. Should I offer them shots of Malort?

My dudes - Bill Kurtis and Rick Kogan.

Just saw Bill Kurtis as I was finishing up brunch. I’m having a fantastic Saturday.

Me @ Lit Fest dropping down 3 books: The seller: “Oh these are all $1!” Me: “Well in that case I should buy all the books!” When I come back with 6 other books, the seller goes “Now you’re talking!”

A woman @ Lit Fest “Oh my god are you walking around with a beer? I love that! Where did you get that??” Me: “Kasey’s! And they said it’s allowed!” Her: “Oh that’s what I’m totally doing - thanks!”

It’s super cool that a potential Civil War is brewing where I live but I’m just vibing at a bar & petting dogs after buying 13 books ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The Chicago Public Library mascot was walking through Lit Fest & a group of guys went “Are you an owl???” The mascot nodded & the guys all responded with “SLAAAYYY!!!”

Printers Row Lit Fest Haul!

Alternating between watching the Brazil game on YouTube & looking at bookish memes on IG instead of socializing with anyone at the bar I’m at for my friend’s birthday. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I’ve read a lot of good books this year but @kashana.bsky.social’s “The Payback” was one of my faves!

And I would never want to get between Ted and a trip to Cancun when there’s an emergency in Texas

A whole group of ppl killing time before a wedding reception just rolled into the bar. Let’s gooooo!

Lost her virginity on her mother’s grave, kept her husband’s calcified heart on her. Goths wish they could.