I'm a b****, I’m a lover, I’m a writer, I’m an editor.

Thrillist • 3rd March 2023

National Park Service Says Not to Sacrifice Your Slow Friend if a Bear Attacks

That's all to say that I'm happy to know the National Park Service is looking out for people like me. In its latest viral tweet this week, the NPS shared some timely bear safety advice:

Some people are built to run fast, and I am not one of those people. I still sometimes have a recurring nightmare of my middle-school PE teacher screaming "use those long legs!" at me as I struggled to complete a relay race within a semi-respectable timeframe. Twenty-five years have passed and I still hear that

Thrillist • 23rd February 2023

These Are the Best New Hotels You Can Book for a Stay Right Now

Whether you're a seasoned traveler or a first-time trip taker, the prospect of staying in a new hotel is pretty exciting. There are converted historic buildings-turned-boutique hotels and brand spanking new state-of-the-art luxury resorts. Infinity pools and on-site art galleries. Locally sourced food and beverage and romantic rooftop terraces. For group trips and solo travel, be the star of your next trip when you plan a stay at a place that hasn't already been featured all over your Instagram

EDGE Media Network • 20th February 2023

Carpenter’s Halloween | EDGE Chicago, IL

When the John Carpenter film "Halloween" was originally released in 1978, the world was a very different place. Disco beats dominated the music scene, bellbottoms were the fashion of the time and the genre of sex-as-a-deathwish slasher horror films was many years ahead of cliche status. That same year, a pop music duo sharing John's last name, Karen and Richard, were in the twilight of their career performing as the Carpenters, including twelve top-ten singles and millions of records sold.

It i

EDGE Media Network • 20th February 2023

Introducing Ian Wilson | EDGE Chicago, IL

Singer-songwriter Ian Wilson is not quite your typical queer male musician. A Chicago transplant by way of New Hampshire, Wilson grew up as a self-described over-achieving nerd with a penchant for SAT-prep courses, after-school clubs and the piano. After spending a year attending music school, his interests quickly shifted from Brahms and Tchaikovsky to Ben Folds and Tori Amos.

"I started to figure out that classical music wasn't what I was doing it for, and I started to write music on my own,"

EDGE Media Network • 20th February 2023

Behind "The Ville" | EDGE Chicago, IL

After just a short while sitting across a table from the budding Chicago playwright, composer and director team of Rebekah Walendzak and Jeffrey Bouthiette, one can almost immediately tell a number of things. First, the directors of the Bare Boned Theatre company and founders of the Andersonville-based live gay soap opera The Ville are certainly not shy. Nor are they the sort of people who'd be afraid to mention that a stray piece of spinach had snuck its way into your teeth after dinner. No, th

Thrillist • 4th October 2022

Your Guide to the 2022 Midterm Elections

Sure, the midterm elections have never shared the every-four-years sheen of a presidential election. But this year, the stakes are unquestionably higher than usual. The last two years have seen the continuation of a pandemic, the escalation of climate disasters, and a surge in very real threats to the health and safety of women, people of color, and LGBTQ+ communities, just to name a few things we’ve been doom-scrolling lately.

You may be asking what all that has to do with travel, food, and dr

Built In • 25th January 2022

80 Up-and-Coming Startups to Watch

Sure, the latest initiatives from the Teslas, Apples and Googles of the industry tend to dominate the tech news space — and with good reason. Still, the big guns aren’t the only ones bringing innovation to the sector.

In an effort to highlight up-and-coming startups, Built In launched The Future 5 across eight major U.S. tech hubs. Each quarter, we feature five tech startups, nonprofits or entrepreneurs in each of these hubs who just might be working on the next big thing. Read on below to see

Built In • 21st September 2021

You’ve Probably Never Heard of These E-Commerce Unicorns

There’s a trillion-dollar, modern-day gold rush taking shape. It’s not happening in the foothills and creeks of the American West, but rather the vast landscape of Amazon.com. And the much sought-after “gold” isn’t gold at all, but it is valuable: a successful Amazon third-party seller.

Acquiring Fulfilled by Amazon (FBA) businesses has become an increasingly popular trend, with dozens of “roll-up” companies cropping up throughout the world. In a nutshell, they purchase third-party sellers for

11th July 2021

i never wanted to get married until suddenly i did.

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Two weeks and a day ago, I married Stefin, my boyfriend of almost 12 years, in a small, private garden ceremony.

If you had shown me photos of our beautiful day, gazing into each others’ eyes while surrounded by hostas and trees atop the garden’s picturesque moon bridge, 12 or even six years ago, I probably wo

17th June 2021

batavia’s first openly gay alderman doesn't want to be its last.

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My suburb made history last week. Then again, it also kind of didn’t.

To kick off its June 7 meeting, the Batavia City Council formally approved a proclamation from Mayor Jeff Schielke officially naming June as Pride Month in the city.

The proclamation, the first of its kind in the city’s history, was read by