It’s been years since Beth and I attended a movie at like, you know, a movie theater. Part of that is we filter for kinds of movies that Beth likely can enjoy—dialog-heavy, play-like movies. They’re kind of few and far between, and then when we note one that would be a good bet, we’re late […]
As the frenzied celebrity portion of the #metoo phenomenon was peaking, I had conversations with some male friends about it. To a man, we pretty much believed that Weinstein, Rose, Louis C.K., et al had really done the things they were accused of. But on the other hand, we were incredulous—really? I’m mean REALLY? Then […]
Today my work day allowed me to get home in time to watch Jeopardy!. I love Jeopardy!. I took the test and was in the pool of contestants years ago but didn’t get selected. You’re in the pool for a year, but I never got the call, and I would’ve gotten killed, but I would’ve […]
Earlier on in my life as a writer I wrote a newspaper story about two Chicago women who’d won a trip to the Academy Awards. When I interviewed the two of them they described trying on dresses for the occasion at a Chicago studio on N. Elston that names dresses after old movie stars. “I […]
By now you’ve heard that more women are running in local elections in the upcoming 2018 midterms than we’ve seen in generations before. What you may not have heard is that one of those women running this year is a friend of ours: Lynn LaPlante is running for Chairman of the DuPage County Board in […]