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Chicago Restaurant Week: Noming away my cash money
Chicago / Food

Chicago Restaurant Week: Noming away my cash money

Posted on February 4, 2016 by anniecolletti • Leave a comment

Each year, the city of Chicago loosens a few notches on its belt and schedules Restaurant Week, a time when popular restaurants across the city feature special prix fixe menus starting at $22 for lunch, and $33/44 for dinner. The annual celebration helps to get Chicagoans to explore local cuisine at (allegedly) lower prices. Between … Continue reading →

January’s New Thing: Ballroom Dancing
Health / Life / New Year's Resolution / Vow of Trying New Things

January’s New Thing: Ballroom Dancing

Posted on January 28, 2016 by anniecolletti • Leave a comment

Yes, you read that right. I took on ballroom dancing for my January “new thing challenge,” and I lived to tell the tale. Possibly even more shocking: my boyfriend did, too. Two or three years ago, I was gifted with the promise that we would take a ballroom dance lesson. No, really. My birthday gift … Continue reading →

Hello? It’s tea.
Health / Life / Random

Hello? It’s tea.

Posted on January 21, 2016 by anniecolletti • 3 Comments

When you’re a person who hates the cold as much as I do, there are few things worse than checking the weather in the morning only to find subzero temperatures. If you live in Chicago like me, that’s a fact of life for a few months out of the year. (It’s a fact of life I … Continue reading →

Small talk, by the “heads down” generation
Life / Uncategorized

Small talk, by the “heads down” generation

Posted on February 25, 2015 by anniecolletti • Leave a comment

Last week, as I was taking the train home with dozens of other crammed in and awkwardly positioned bodies, a fellow rider did something so small yet so surprising it made most of the people in the train car turn their heads. He was standing closest to the doors, wearing a bright yellow winter coat with a … Continue reading →

I came, I pulsed, I conquered
Health / Life / New Year's Resolution

I came, I pulsed, I conquered

Posted on December 22, 2014 by anniecolletti • 3 Comments

As previously declared (yes, declared), I decided to start my New Year’s resolution a bit early this year. I wish I could tell you it’s because I’m on top of things or that I was rearing and ready to go with a year full of pre-sketched out and carefully thought through plans, but the truth … Continue reading →

Music / Song of the Day

Song of the day: Jay Cutler, I’m Giving Up on You – by Firago & Friends

Posted on December 5, 2014 by anniecolletti • Leave a comment

Alright, you caught me. I’m not an avid football fan and I watch the Super Bowl for the commercials (and go to parties for the snacks). But, it’s no surprise that Chicago experiences its ups and downs with the Bears quarterback, Jay Cutler. And so – shameless plug – I was asked to contribute a … Continue reading →

An open letter to Mother Nature, with edits
Life / Uncategorized

An open letter to Mother Nature, with edits

Posted on November 2, 2014 by anniecolletti • 4 Comments

Dear Mother Nature, You are a stone cold wench. Happy November! Hard to believe we’ve already finished up summer and the early part of Fall, isn’t it? Seems like only yesterday when we were battling your wrath the tough winter. I’ve decided to write you today to beg mercy with a small request that I … Continue reading →

Five Things to Stop Taking for Granted
Life / Uncategorized

Five Things to Stop Taking for Granted

Posted on October 28, 2014 by anniecolletti • Leave a comment

Growing up has taught me a thing or two, but the loudest and possibly most important message I’ve gotten is the importance of not taking things for granted. (I would also like to add that the prior sentence does not in any way mean that I am calling myself a grown up. I shudder at the … Continue reading →

Things I’ve Learned from Living in Chicago: Part 1
Random / Uncategorized

Things I’ve Learned from Living in Chicago: Part 1

Posted on July 3, 2014 by anniecolletti • 2 Comments

A little over two years ago, I moved from my comfortable parents’ house in suburbia to the city of Chicago.  Having grown up just 23 miles outside of the city, the transition was simple. That said, moving downtown hasn’t taught me anything crazy about myself, by any means.  If anything, I’ve learned a lot about … Continue reading →

Music / Song of the Day

Song of the day: “I Feel Better” – Gotye

Posted on March 7, 2012 by anniecolletti • 1 Comment

Today was a day where I truly became a zombie.  A productive zombie, but a zombie nonetheless.  I’m talking the eyes glazed over, performing the same motions, hardly moving, few words, type of zombie.  It was the opposite of a sensory overload.  When my zombie brain couldn’t take it anymore, it became imperative that I … Continue reading →

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