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Abby Yemm Chicago Picks Managing Editor

Abby Yemm, Chicago Picks' Managing Editor, as a judge at the Fashion in the White City event, the Chicago Fashion Foundation's 2nd Annual Scholarship Show. She is in the center of the photo.

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Archives 2009

 

October 16th, 2009 - number 94
Saying goodbye to a friend who's moving away...
October 9th, 2009 - number 93
It is seriously a curse—the less money and time we have...
October 2nd, 2009 - number 92
Can you feel it? Can you smell it?
September 25th, 2009 - number 91
Warning: we are about to get all Dr. Phil on ya. ...
September 18th, 2009 - number 90
We get the strange sensation...
September 11th, 2009 - number 89
We were over by the lake the other day...
September 4th, 2009 - number 88
Question: Is everyone really truly as optimistic as their facebook status update...
August 28th, 2009 - number 87
Hanging out with kids from time to time...
August 21st, 2009 - number 86
Hmmm, the tipping point...
August 14th, 2009 - number 85
Our birthday approaches, and we’ve learned lots...
August 7th, 2009 - number 84
We loathe the onset of the slowing summer pace...
July 31st, 2009 - number 83
We started thinking recently...
July 24th, 2009 - number 82
We know you know what we mean...
July 17th, 2009 - number 81
Have you ever sat down at your desk, and had absolutely nothing to write about...
July 10th, 2009 - number 80
We’ve got 99 problems, but a beach ain’t one... 
July 3rd, 2009 - number 79
Our friend Lizzy recently told us that getting Chicago Picks... 
June 26th, 2009 - number 78
Why is it so hard to take good, sound advice? 
June 19th, 2009 - number 77
If you think about it, dads have it pretty good...
June 12th, 2009 - number 76
We’re eating bland burritos (read: cheap and filling) and chillin’ with Netflix ...
June 5th, 2009 - number 75
While we don’t want the return of the pager...
May 29th, 2009 - number 74
Why is it that after spending a fabulous weekend away...
May 22nd, 2009 - number 73
Dear Winter, you were a dirty old man this year...
May 15th, 2009 - number 72
We literally just had one of those weeks in which after work, we’d crash for an ...
May 8th, 2009 - number 71
Went shopping at Target the other day. Impulsively bought a...
May 1st, 2009 - number 70
Remember that time when good ‘ol What’s-His-Name...
April 24th, 2009 - number 69
If we were a figure of speech, we’d be an oxymoron...
April 17th, 2009 - number 68
We know relaxation. We have it in the bag. But sometimes...
April 10th, 2009 - number 67
We received some sad news recently. Our cousins’ family dog...
April 3rd, 2009 - number 66
We couldn’t sleep the other night...
March 27th, 2009 - number 65
Remember the things that used to make you feel beaaaau-tiful?
March 20th, 2009 - number 64
As far as we’re concerned, the dating game is like chess...
March 13th, 2009 - number 63
Simplicity. A wine and chocolate tasting at Trader Joe’s...
March 6th, 2009 - number 62
Talk about a little Bedford Falls romanticism for ya...
February 27th, 2009 - number 61
Do you ever just find yourself thinking, “I don’t care who...
February 20th, 2009 - number 60
Be it right or wrong, we have always learned lessons the hard ways...
February 13th, 2009 - number 59
“Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this...
February 6th, 2009 - number 58
We think it’s time to kick off Fembruary. As in: fembots. As in: power to us sexy ...
January 30th, 2009 - number 57
In uncertain times, we begin searching for a little balance...
January 23rd, 2009 - number 56
Whoa! Big week. Some really, truly big things happened...
January 16th, 2009 - number 55
You know who doesn’t suck? Alec Baldwin. His character in “30 Rock” has been. ..
January 9th, 2009 - number 54
One thing we’ve learned thus far is that things don’t always go as planned. ..
January 2nd, 2009 - number 53
There are times when we wonder why we live here...