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What’s Made Me Smile This Month- December 2021

I was looking through all the images on my phone last week while in the waiting room of my headache doctor, and I noticed my face smiling to all of the pictures in front of me. I've decided to share them with you all. I hope these can make you smile as well. Buddy and… Continue reading What’s Made Me Smile This Month- December 2021

Chicago, Favorite Things, Humor, John Hughes

Why Chicago Needs a John Hughes Museum by Moira Rose

In 2015, I wrote a blog post titled "Why Chicago Needs a John Hughes Museum." But the explanation was flimsy, and given the testosterone-heavy, estrogen-depleted atmosphere in Hollywood, it felt like I needed to read the room better. I unpublished the post several years ago and promptly forgot about it. Until one day, while working on… Continue reading Why Chicago Needs a John Hughes Museum by Moira Rose

Chicago, Humor, John Hughes, Music

Screenplays and Books and Regrets

This has been sitting in the bottom drawer of my desk since 2018 I was thrilled to learn that someone connected to the late John Hughes was reading my screenplay. But here's the thing about my screenplay: it's terrible. I've fallen madly in love with Kate, Regina, and Val over the last five years. I… Continue reading Screenplays and Books and Regrets

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Chicago, Humor, John Hughes, Menopause, Nonsense

I Got Inside The Breakfast Club High School and Lived to Tell

Last week, I did something completely out of character for me, thanks to my husband, the risk taker that he is. So, on the first day of my birthday week, last Monday, Mike and I took the day off to have a date day because he was departing the next day for a business trip… Continue reading I Got Inside The Breakfast Club High School and Lived to Tell

Chicago, John Hughes, Photography, Travel

Making John Hughes Proud at the Skydeck Chicago (Sears Tower)

  Yes, I said Sears Tower.Yes, I realize it’s not called the Sears Tower anymore.No, you won’t ever hear me calling it anything else. Even in a sponsored post. When the fine people over at the Skydeck Chicago at the “Sears Tower” asked if I wanted to hang, I was all, “Sure! Be right over… Continue reading Making John Hughes Proud at the Skydeck Chicago (Sears Tower)