On Conceptual Marriage Ceremonies for the Wedding-Averse
I love this! Especially the very last one about Netflix....that sounds like something my husband (a movie fanatic who spends 65% of his day updating his Netflix queue) and I would do.
Also, what's weird is that when I went to try on wedding dresses with my best friend, we went out to lunch at Panera Bread right afterward because it was across the street from the dress shop.
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On Friday Open Thread
@meetapossum I LOVE going back and listening to my old high school emo favorites and just belting them at the top of my lungs. I still know every word to every song from Taking Back Sunday's and Brand New's first few albums.
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On Friday Open Thread
@sudden but inevitable betrayal I LOVE Justified! So far, season 3 is my favorite (though I am only 5 episodes into it). You must keep watching! (At the very least, watch for the sexiness that is Timothy Olyphant with a Southern accent).
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On Friday Open Thread
@KatieBarTheDoor If you want a cute, lovely little neighborhood with boutiques and good restaurants, go to Lincoln Square. Mainly, though, you should go there because of Merz Apothecary (I started a thread on the Hairpin about Merz a few months ago). It is the greatest place in the world. Delicious-smelling, organic, cruelty-free perfumes, lotions, soaps, candles, creams, shampoo, etc etc etc. You can get there on the Brown Line.
Other fun neighborhood with great shops & food: Wicker Park, which is on the Blue Line. Have fun in my city!!! You'll love it.
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On Friday Bargain Bin: What to Do With Your Allowance This Week
@aphrabean Ha, my mom calls it stupidity not bravery. You're definitely right that the drivers don't look, so I take extra precautions. I only ride on residential side streets and main roads if they have bike lanes, and I always watch the cars parked to the right of me as I ride so that I can hopefully prevent getting door-ed before it happens. I also stop at stop signs (which is something most cyclists don't and probably how 90% of those accidents happen). But yeah, sometimes it's really intimidating, like crossing the 6-way intersections (Lincoln, Belmont, Ashland and Lincoln, Damen, Irving Park are TERRIBLE). Mostly I just enjoy riding my bike here because it's so flat!
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On Friday Open Thread
@Lucienne I'm planning on finishing up Justified and then doing Oz. Whoo TV!
Sidenote: how frickin' amazing was it to have not one, not two, but THREE new episodes of Community last night?? So much love.
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On Friday Open Thread
@JessicaLovejoy In 6th grade, my very first AIM screenname was ladychick34 (Ahh, so embarrassing! Why did I use two different synonyms for "woman" in one screenname?).
Then I hit my emo phase and made the screenname CuteWithoutTheE34 (based off the Taking Back Sunday song of that title). Also terribly embarrassing.
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On Friday Open Thread
@chnellociraptor I'm so sorry! Financial woes are easily the most stressful part of life (IMO), so I am sending so many hugs your way!
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@SarahP Congrats on all of that! Yay for happiness!
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On Friday Open Thread
@Passion Fruit Definitely apply to school there because the cost of living can't be beat for a city. I should have been more clear about what I meant, but I grew up there and was SO BORED because at the time, Pittsburgh was known for being an aging, old-folks city. It's also very small and has (almost) zero public transit, so I was like, what the hell is there to do for a teenager around here? But I moved to Chicago for college 6 years ago, and then all of a sudden Pittsburgh started showing up on all these lists of best places to visit and live, and because of that, a bunch of young people moved there. So in quite literally less than a decade, Pittsburgh has gotten infinitely more hip, artsy, and youthful than it ever was when I lived there. (Read: this also means a ton of gentrification has happened).
I love to go home to visit and really enjoy it in small-ish doses, but it's still just a bit too limited and limiting for me, personally. Everyone I know who isn't originally from there, however, and has moved or traveled there, LOVES it.
Which school are you looking at?