Health & Fitness

What Happens When You Visit Chicago's First Sleep Studio
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Naptime: All the cool kids are doing it

InsideHook
January 2018
Are Crunches Hurting Your Sex Life?

Bad news if you've still got crunches in your workout routine: not only could the de facto ab workout be the reason you're not seeing the toning you want, but crunches can also strain your pelvic floor, causing women to experience pain during sex. ​

​And you thought you were being health AF...

Marie Claire
March 2017

Money & Career

I Split My Time Between Chicago and LA for My Job — Here’s How it Works

When a husband and wife both get great jobs, but in two different cities, they cook up a remote work scheme so they can have the careers and marriage they want. Learn how to ask to go remote, when it works best and the pro tips for making it work year after year.

LearnVest
September 2018
The Travel Mistake That Almost Ruined My $2K Trip

​In the "Money Fails" series, real people share how they bounced back from financial slip-ups, and what they learned along the way.  

Here, a meticulous planner overlooks one crucial detail just weeks before a trip to Iceland. 

LearnVest
August 2018
How to Be More Charitable Year-Round

Half of not-for-profits receive the majority of their donations between October and December. While it’s easy to equate the holidays with giving, having an all-seasons strategy can be better for your finances and help ensure you’re not accidentally overlooking the causes you care about.
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LearnVest
April 2017

Travel & Entertainment

Celebrate NYE Twice By Jetting From Chicago to Shanghai And Back Again
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Ready to become a goddamn time traveler? Pack a tuxedo. We're going time-zone hacking.
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InsideHook
December 2018
Our 18 Favorite Chicago Hotels, And The Best Use Case For Each
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Calling a hotel “the best” is a subjective endeavor, but there’s no need to choose a favorite here. We’ve compiled a list of 18 superlatives to celebrate Chicago’s top hotels for a variety of predilections and use cases. Looking for value? Square footage? Instagrammability? Excellent robes? We’ve got the best for each and more, in no particular order.
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InsideHook
November 2018
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The Four-Hour Rule: Kohler, WI

The land of cheese and brats might not be the first place that comes to mind when you think luxury getaway, but Kohler, Wisconsin, is a true gem hidden in the Badger State. Foodies, golfers, nature lovers and art enthusiasts can all find respite in the quiet town, which is less than three hours from Chicago.

InsideHook
August 2018
The Die-Hard Chicago Sports Fan's Guide to Single Game Box Suites
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Root, root, root for the home team, in luxury.

InsideHook
September 2017

Style

Chicago's Newest Men's Shop Redefines 'Custom' Gear

CONSORTIUM is 100% bespoke, from clothes to bags to cologne. 

InsideHook
October 2018
The Design Secrets of 5 Stylish Chicago Hotels, Decoded

​Best way to find some inspiration for your home? Leave it.

InsideHook
August 2018
STATE Optical's 5 Rules For Finding the Ideal Pair of Sunnies

​We rang the experts at Chicago’s STATE Optical to outline how to best frame your face and avoid making a spectacle of yourself. Follow these five rules from our optical experts and you’ll look like a vision.
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​InsideHook
July 2018

Politics

Lyin' Cheatin' Bastards

​SEX, MONEY, POWER: THE DARK SIDE OF POLITICS
The most wickedly entertaining scandals from America's elected officials since 2000.

From Anthony Weiner’s wiener to Larry Craig’s infamous bathroom toe-tap, we’ve come to expect nothing less than complete and total dishonesty from our elected officials. But it’s getting hard to keep track of who’s done what— so we have created this handy compendium.

In Lyin’ Cheatin’ Bastards, no political office is sacred, no party is immune, and no
sin that’s been punished goes unrecognized.

Published by Assassin Bug Press | Available on Amazon
September 2012

Web Content Writing

SmartSeat Product Writing

SmartSeat is a software product built by Adage Technologies. It is a mobile seat selection tool used by top performing arts and entertainment venues in the world.

The next generation of seat selection is here.
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AdageTech.com
October 2017 - November 2018
Ballou Skies Website Redesign

Created new website, including all copy, graphic design and web development for Ballou Skies, a Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy charity. Included core focus workshop and brand updates as part of larger strategic transformation. ​

​The mission of Ballou Skies is to provide funds for groundbreaking DMD research.
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BallouSkies.com
​August 2018
6 Top Home Improvements Projects

In a tough housing market, it makes sense to stay put in your house and just make the best of it. 

CBS Moneywatch
April 2011
HUD 2012 Budget Highlights: You're Screwed

​A solemn HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan unveiled the 2012 yesterday and delivered a most fitting quote: "We can do more with less." 
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"We must do more with less" might have been a more appropriate way of putting it.

CBS Moneywatch
May 2011
Finding An Apartment Series
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​Series aimed at the recent grad, or first-time renter. Research and color from my experience renting my first apartment in Chicago, Illinois.
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ThinkGlink.com
November 2010 - December 2010
The 10 Spookiest Cities in America

If you like haunted houses and getting spooked, you might want to visit these Top 10 Spookiest Cities in America cities. Several cities on the list offer overnight hotel packages at places where guests have heard voices and encountered ghosts.

CBS Moneywatch
October 2010
Live Blogging: Conference on the Future of Housing Finance
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The Conference on the Future of Housing Finance is a forum held in Washington D.C. aimed at gathering public input as the Obama Administration continues to develop a housing finance reform proposal for delivery to Congress by January 2011.

ThinkGlink.com
August 2010