Jinked

This morning I jolted awake to the alarm on my phone at 7:00 in the morning. This was to get myself showered, dressed, fed, and ready to catch the 9:08 train in order to make an 11:30 interview with a creative staffing agency in Chicago. I needed four and a half hours to get to an 11:30 appointment. How do people commute? But as Ben [...]

Today Rahsaan and I left somewhat early this morning to spend a bite-size afternoon in Chicago. He had to get back to play flag football, and I had to get back to finish a small design job, so it worked out perfect. I’ve been to Chicago enough that I don’t need to spend the whole day there. We drove, because I hate taking the train [...]

I had never gone to the Printer’s Ball in Chicago before. Rahsaan and Mary have been a few times, and those few times they always had some pretty great stories to share. There’s always a lot of free reading materials (which I will probably just cut up for zines), lots of people to talk to, exhibits, demos, chaos. This year was no exception. My day [...]

Rahsaan and I ran away to Chicago this afternoon to go to the Taste. Eventually we met up with Chris which is awesome because I really miss Chris and wish quite often she still lived in Northwest Indiana. I had never gone to the Taste before, so I’m glad to have went once in my life. It was an experience. Some good food, a beautiful, [...]

An interlude for some great things yet to come. After working for a few hours on a site and a friend’s blog, I enjoyed an awesome lunch at Bistro 157 with Rahsaan and Chris. I had escargot for the first time in my life. Delicious. There were other tasty things: sushi, salmon, prosciutto, and I had a Guinness. All of this was courtesy of Chris’s [...]