While we're glad Rahm resisted FIFA's extortion demands, it is a bit of a shame that more tourists aren't getting to experience the wonder of Chicago during the World Cup.
I feel super lucky to have grown up in a very multicultural environment, and with such great food. For all the church's flaws it's the reason I ate Puerto Rican, Indian, Laotian and soul food at a young age. Among others.
Ahh #WidowsBay is so good and I need six more seasons
Tell me a small petty thing your partner does that drives you nuts but you never say anything.
I'll start: my husband folds chip bags over once to put the clip on even if they're only 1/3 full. This is objectively incorrect.
She took me out for Chinese food - chicken fried rice to start! - and taught me how to use them.
The mom loves me too and I remember eating roti fresh from being cooked on the burner. So much good food.
My brain is so tuned to pop culture references that I was looking up info on cargo vans, saw the menu bar and thought "work trucks, I know..." to the tune of All the Small Things
It's silly, but every time I use chopsticks - which I'm pretty competent at for a white person - I think of the young woman who taught me to use them as a kid.
She was the only daughter of an Indian family our church sponsored to immigrate, and she kind of adopted me as a little sister.
Chicago folks - I once upon a time ordered from a local candlemaker who had themed candles in upcycled containers - things you wanted to set on fire like the patriarchy. Do you know it? Do they still exist? My Google fu is not as good as it used to be.
Chicago folks - I once upon a time ordered from a local candlemaker who had themed candles in upcycled containers - things you wanted to set on fire like the patriarchy. Do you know it? Do they still exist? My Google fu is not as good as it used to be.
