CheekyChicago

My stoic yet generous father called me up the other day and asked me what I wanted for my birthday. (Mind you, this is very unlike my dad.) I took a long pause and finally said “Nothing, Dad. I really have everything I want and everything I need.”  It’s taken me 29 years to realize that I kind of always have. Ah, birthdays.  Per usual, the nostalgic in me comes blazing out.  I truly believe that a birthday is your own personal New Year. Not when the American calendar tells you it is, right after the manufactured highs of the holidays and into the crash of shitty January. Nope. The real …  Read more

Oh, my Cheekies. I hope you are not disappointed in me. I know I have neglected my mighty but modest, blog reading audience for far too long and to be honest, I’m quite disappointed in myself. I have been itching to get back to you for months now, I swear. So here I am, ready to reclaim, report, and hopefully relate. The truth is – I’ve been really freaking busy. I think we all have, right? I don’t know about you, but 2010 has been a whirlwind thus far. I feel like I blinked and it was March. Maybe it was the excitement of a new decade, or the explosion of new …  Read more

I was at a restaurant last week with my best friend. We were meeting up with my friend James, who was already at our destination. En route, I got a text from James saying: “Get here now! There are people I just met at the bar who I want to introduce you to!” My first thought was “Oy.” Don’t get me wrong, I basically socialize and network for a living and I love it with every fiber of my being. But that night, I just wanted to drink some wine, catch-up with my girlfriend and go home early. However, in my line of business, I can never refuse meeting new …  Read more