winter | Marginalia

Lil’ Baby Avocado

It’s finally here! I think. I hope.

After a long Chicago winter, one of my favorite things about spring is all of..

My go-to Dominican restaurant… in part because I can see it from my house.

It’s tough to convince yourself to leave the house during..

AMC 2014

Anyone who’s been through a Chicago winter can tell you that it makes you want to do one thing in particular: stay inside. Fo..

It’s January. This view from the fifth floor of the library would certainly be desolate and gray right now (Photo: David Fairbanks)

Be..

Haiti

There’s no denying that this winter has hit all of us incredibly hard. Chicago has had record-breaking lows this winter, includi..

Ice Forest

One of the perks of attending Columbia College Chicago is a little thing called J-Term. During J-Term accelerated classes a..

It’s 2015! All that it’s-a-new-year-and-new-you jazz, but most importantly 2015 means hoverboards and flying cars, right? Well, at lea..

Red Lodge, Montana

After a difficult but successful semester, I am glad to be back in Montana for break. The amount of composing was i..

It’s winter again. Well, almost winter, but let’s just call it what it feels like. Cold, wet, soggy, snowy, icy. If you’re new to..

I write this as I have been laid up in bed for four days, sick with the flu during the the polar vortex nauseatingly called “Chiberia”..