A funny thing happens sometimes, when you’re busy with life, going through your daily schedule and getting things done (or not): your mojo can start to slip away. It can slip when you’re tired, and it can slip when you aren’t organized. Mojo can fade away when you’re not paying attention. The silver lining in all of this is the fact that, it’s easy to get a jumpstart for your mojo, and I had not one but TWO jumpstarts today. First, after insanely aggravating traffic that, due to nothing in particular except for some rain, caused me to be in the car for a full two and a half hours…
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Magdalene in September
Remember how I showed you my three favorite sculptures in the city of Chicago? I went back to take a new picture of Magdalene yesterday so you could see her full skirt, freshly grown for autumn. Soon? She will bloom.
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Make No Little Plans.
“Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably will themselves not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die.” ~Daniel Burnham, American architect and urban planner, 1846-1912 How much do you know about your hometown? Could you tell somebody about its history? Do you take advantage of what it has to offer in the way of entertainment, architecture, parks, and all of the other good stuff? Do you feel comfortable exploring the entire area, as opposed to staying in the cocoon of your neighborhood? Do you know anything about the…
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You’ve Always Dreamed of Helping To Set A Guinness Book World Record, Haven’t You?
If you have (and you will be in the Chicago area this Sunday August 28), I’ve got just the thing for you. The Tie Bar is inviting you and your whole family (extended family, even!) to come to Wrigley Square at Millennium Park (corner of Randolph/Michigan) to help them set the Guinness Book World Record for the most bow ties tied by a group. (And by “set”, I MEAN “set”. There is no current record on the books for this!) The event will take place at 2:00 p.m. The first 500 people to show up to this Officially Sanctioned Guinness World Records® Event will get a free bow tie. Even…
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Yoga On (Okay, NEAR) The Ledge!
One of the privileges of being a Skydeck Chicago Ambassador this summer was the ability to come up with a one-of-a-kind event to put on in the space on the 103rd floor of Willis (formerly Sears) Tower. We ambassadors started with clean slates, and could basically present any idea we wanted to the PR team and management of Skydeck Chicago for approval. For me, incorporating a workout was a no-brainer, because I love fitness and especially because Skydeck Chicago has nothing to do with fitness. I thought that mixing up the two worlds would be interesting and fun. Of course, I couldn’t exactly arrange to teach a cycling class up…