As I’m in the middle of a fabulous (and busy!) weekend with Momofali, who is visiting from Ohio with her awesome daughter (did you put in your guess on my last post, so you can be eligible for my random drawing? And by the way, if you did guess already, it was probably too low), I just wanted to check in and give you a great “looks like it’s behind-the-scenes but it’s really not” tip about Skydeck Chicago, which was number one on our very busy agenda yesterday. With a little bit of advance planning–two days or more, to be exact–you can impress your friends and make them feel all…
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My Official Title Is Skydeck Chicago Ambassador, But You Can Call Me #MelisaSkydeck
Aaaaand we’re off! Today is the official beginning of the Skydeck Chicago Ambassador program. For the next two months, I will be serving, along with three other great ladies (Lisa, Christy, and Jen) as your source for information about all of the fun that can be had, 1353 feet high in the air above the great city of Chicago, at the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower). First of all, if you’re just joining me, welcome! (In fact, even if you’re NOT just joining me, welcome!) You can read about my private, “behind-the-scenes” tour of Skydeck Chicago with General Manager Randy Stancik, along with how I finally conquered my fear…
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Representing Chi-town, Yo!
Chicago is a beautiful city: you’ve read that here before. Just one of the elements that makes it so is the seemingly countless collection of art that is scattered all over the city (in addition to permanent installations, we often have traveling exhibits too!). You won’t be surprised to know that I have a few favorite sculptures. These three all “represent” Chicago in different ways, to me anyway. First? “Magdaline” by Dessa Kirk. To me, “Magdaline” says “Welcome to Chicago!” She is located at Michigan Avenue and Congress Parkway, the latter being the road which stems from I-290 (the Eisenhower Expressway), which comes into the city from the west. When…
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All In A Day’s Work.
I’m home from the city and my meeting on the 103rd floor of the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower), which happens to be Skydeck Chicago, otherwise known as the observation deck and home of The Ledge! I have so much to share with you and yet today I will only scrape the surface. I am thrilled to announce that I have been chosen to be (along with three others) an Ambassador of Skydeck Chicago for the summer. It will be my job to showcase and share the various features that make up the whole Skydeck Chicago experience, and hopefully get a bunch of you to go and visit so…
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How I Met My Publisher.
So you know how–two weeks ago–I was all, “I still have to tell you all about how I met my publisher in person for the very first time!” and then I continued to be busy and I didn’t want to do a sloppy little post about it because I wanted to combine that story with the review of the awesome 2011 Chevy Tahoe Hybrid that General Motors was kind enough to let me drive all the way down to Tennessee (and Virginia) and back so that my nine cases of books (oh, and my family, too) could ride back to Chicago in comfort? I finally wrote about it on Reviews…