I Asked Designers How to Make My First Apartment Feel More Grown-Up, Less “Adult Dorm”
This article is part of Dorm Therapy’s Your First Apartment, a collection of stories designed to help you settle into your very first post-dorm space.
I Thought I Was Just Gassy and Bloated. It Turns Out I Was Bleeding From My Ovary
“I pictured something grotesque: a tumor, an abnormal growth, a meatball Frankenstein.”
Fake cake it ’til you make it? This art is a nostalgic, zero-calorie dream come true.
At Chicago’s WDNR (read: wonder) Museum, more than 260 fake cakes snuggle amid a landscape of faux whipped buttercream.
This West Town Vacant Lot Is Now A Micro-Flower Garden Where Neighbors Can Take Yoga
Neighbor Emily Rezetko’s Grand Garden is flourishing in its third season. Her business, Verdant Place, teams with other eco-entrepreneurs to host classes and events there.
Mouthfuls on the Mend: How Cabbages and a Cutting Board Saved My Mental Health
During writer Angelica’s battle with depression, her Chinese father’s 20-year-old chopping board became an unexpected source of comfort.
7,234 Miles, One Vision: How Pause on Earth Came to Be
Juggling school work during the day and managing sales abroad at night, twenty-year-old Yun Zheng is navigating a thirteen-hour time difference between her Chicago school life at SAIC and her China-based business.
