In Case Anyone Else Has Stopped to Think About How the Brooklyn Bridge Was Built At UChicago, we had a handful of sardonic "mottos" that were plastered on the sweatshirts of students wherever you turned. Campus favorites were "Where fun goes to die", "Where the odds are good, but the goods are odd”, and “Where the squirrels are cuter than the … [Read more...]

Five Facts I’ve Forced Upon Strangers at Bars Against Their Will This Month I firmly stand by that we were much more interesting when we were children. While our vocabulary was unsophisticated and attention span severely strained, on a daily basis we were flooded with a monstrous amount of information and spent our evenings pouring over … [Read more...]

Being the Stereotypical Man Yeti Marketing Is Targeting As someone who feels passionately about luxury handbags, it is wildly frustrating when men openly sneer at the thought of spending money on a purse, sometimes going as far as admonishing the purchase of a bag from a top fashion house. I've been fruitlessly searching for a relatable token … [Read more...]

The Fabulous Story of New York Gilded Age Catty Drama and the Costume Ball to Crown the Social Queen Growing up, we're told there are idiosyncrasies to look out for in others that should give you pause. For example: people who are rude to waiters, hate animals, litter, refer to you as "bro", don't also consider rotisserie chicken one of God's … [Read more...]

Because Sometimes You're Always Stuck With the Thimble Go (collect $200) Due to labor shortages and inflation, we've had to downsize our "Go" experience. Seeing the value of $200 has slipped substantially since you last played in the mid-90s, we had to move this party to the Port Authority Dominos on W 40th Street seeing you're only working … [Read more...]