I have a free Sunday with no plans so usually I like to get a little ambitious with CTA coffee explorations, but I was too tired from This Week so I decided to try and find something near my neighborhood that I hadn't been to. Got a tasty sandwich and a respectable spot on a park bench.

Not baddddd

And now for a random PSA that air purifiers are pretty awesome

Roamed Rogers Park today for many tasty eats and a beach walk and a stop at the witchcraft store for an independent bookstore day purchase (lacked the energy for the full crawl itself).

Cherry blossom season! Headed out to Jackson Park a couple days ago to make sure any storms wouldn't thwart me.

Gorgeous day to sit outside eating a Cubano at the French Market and get your freaking delicious mocha over at the Opera House

Only the 23-year-olds and fools try to navigate the Red and Brown lines on St Patrick's in Chicago, so I decided to bus it, but those were also full. Then a lost Ukrainian woman wanted to get on the Red line and I was like I can't let you do this alone. At that point? I gave myself over to the day.

Stray old DNC2024 sign in the wild. Like being punched in the face!!

"I'll take a break from work and get some delicious milk tea with jasmine whipped cream and pecans from the new spot in Chinatown and get away from thinking about politics for a minute"

But then your phone is like no, ALWAYS politics, and it's a banger so you roll with it.

There is a nice thing in this world to report and it's that the Thai Coconut Pancakes are back at Trader Joe's and I bought four and I thought that might be excessive but I already ate two yesterday so it obviously wasn't

I don't think I've ever been more nervous about a new year in my life.

At least Chicago is real pretty tonight. 🥂

Illinois is redesigning its flag and we get to have public balloting on it next month.

*sits on hands* Do NOT vote for the butterfly flag 'cause it makes you think about Kings do NOT vote for the butterfly flag 'cause it makes you think about Kings

(I'm probably gonna)