Shrimp tacos with red cabbage slaw. Thank you Hello Fresh for posting all your tasty recipes online so that I can see them without paying for your food box! :)

Some people get so desperate they even resort to worse means. A few years ago, a woman in my city faked a pregnancy twice (and then claimed miscarriage). When she faked it a third time, she resorted to targeting a pregnant woman, attacking her and then cutting the baby out of her. I remember the details so clearly…

Jacinda actually has gone on to have a reasonably successful acting career... she’s Kyle Chandler’s wife on Bloodline and was also in the Bridget Jones sequel.

I’ve flown in and out of FLL tons of times and it is a seriously pleasant airport (especially compared to MIA).

Was trying to figure out which intersection this was. Somewhere around Fashion Square, correct?

This. My mom likes to listen to Christmas music starting Thanksgiving weekend and every year my sister and I wait in anticipation for the first time Bruce’s version comes on the radio. Just the sound of the bells and piano at the beginning sets my normally mild-mannered father off into a fit of rage. He absolutely…

Love seeing everyone’s holiday decor! I decided to go with “sparkly reindeer” as a theme this year.

The Avett Brothers are so damn underrated. One of the best live shows I’ve ever had the privilege of seeing.

That guy’s outfit is just one Packer item away from being the standard outfit of approximately 95% of males (and probably 60% of females) in any given small town in Wisconsin.

And if you want to get reaaaaally picky, they’re not even all from Illinois! Andy Hurley (the drummer/the best looking guy in the band nowadays) is from suburban Milwaukee.

This. A good friend lost her brother several years ago in this EXACT way. A group of friends were out on the lake and were on their way back to the marina. Driver of the boat had a few drinks and wasn’t paying attention and crashed the boat into the breakwater killing multiple people on board.

I’m just going to go ahead and leave this right here...

They’re basically the baseball equivalent of the uniforms that Marquette’s mens basketball team wore around the same time. The 70's were an interesting era for Midwestern sports uniforms.

Now, Lakefront Brewing Riverwest Stein beer. Later, my new summer favorite: Blueberry Basil Vodka Tonic.

Based on personal experience, the BNSF Metra is the woooooorst. I once saw a clearly under-aged girl projectile vomit the bright red contents of her stomach all over herself and her friends while riding on the last train on a Saturday night. They were sitting on the upper deck and her friends’ solution was to tip her…

Denver is a surprisingly fantastic airport. I had an unexpected 4 hour layover there last fall as a result of a weather delay/missed connection the night before and I was basically determined to hate every single second of my time at DEN. I was super-impressed...bright concourses, super friendly staff and one of the…

Koenig is a member of the Ho-Chunk tribe. He had his hair cut that way as a nod to his heritage. He’s been very vocal about being Native American and often does speeches, etc as a role model for kids on the reservations here in Wisconsin.

Plus, Koenig’s haircut actually represented something. Quaresma’s is just an attempt at a dubious fashion statement from a dude with a teardrop tattoo.

This is mine too. I was only about 2 1/2 when they actually won, but to my die-hard Bears father, this was THE sporting event of the decade. By the time I was 3 or 4 I could sing both Bear Down and also the Super Bowl Shuffle word for word. I would also put on my mom’s crazy big 80's style plastic sunglasses, tie one…

I was surprised that no one had mentioned the LA riots yet. My parents were ardent watchers of Peter Jennings and World News Tonight while we ate dinner every night. I remember my mom trying to tell my dad to turn the tv off because she thought my younger sister and I were too young to watch the violence. My dad was…