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Aimee
@aimeelevitt.bsky.social
Mild-mannered girl reporter for hire.
Food, business, books, historical oddities. And dogs.
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Although I won't pretend I don't miss some parts of the old-school alt-weeklies, especially the ads, like this one from the Chicago Reader ca 1995
June 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
May 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Who asked for this? I want names.
April 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Happy Passover, everyone!

Here's a fun seder game: What would modern plagues be, and which one would finally soften Trump's heart, provided he has one? (I don't think it would be the slaying of Don Jr.)
April 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Budweiser Clydesdale proof of life in St. Louis! (Most of the Clydesdales live at Grant's Farm, but there's also a small paddock in Tower Grove Park where you can sometimes see Clydesdale babies and it is amazing.)
March 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Gingerbread man pancake
(Feeling festive, may delete later because this has been the least festive December I can remember in years)
December 19, 2024 at 12:59 AM
Brandon Taylor's review of Intermezzo has, I guess, kicked off another round of the MFA wars. I will not be participating in that, but I would like to present this Very Technical passage on the present progressive tense as advice for all young writers.

Gerunds are energy killers!

shorturl.at/OgOPA
November 5, 2024 at 8:44 PM
My dog and I just met a man on the street who told him he was a very good dog and he could tell because he'd been a mailman for 38 years.
September 30, 2024 at 9:25 PM
My new favorite piece of American culinary history, the work of the woman who singlehandedly insured that my college town was dry a full century after her death.
September 19, 2024 at 10:49 PM
It finally arrived!!!!!
September 19, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Connections DNC edition:
August 20, 2024 at 1:36 AM
Apple has a sense of humor after all!
August 23, 2023 at 2:07 PM