An awesome place I've visited:

I've visited 42 of the 50 states. I'm working hard to get that number to 50 and I have at least one good story for each of them.

My perfect Sunday:

Sleeping in; lots of coffee; an afternoon outside and an evening of cooking a dinner that I can eat all week.

The movie I've watched the most times:

Breakfast Club. At this point I can recite the entire lunch-time scene without even thinking about it.

My life history in 5 sentences or fewer:

Grew up in MA, went to school in VA. Post college, I moved: Pittsburgh to Chicago to Denver to DC - and now back to Chicago where I belong. Despite my east coast roots, I've learned I'm a mid-west girl at heart. And I hate Tom Hanks.

My first concert / My dream concert:

My dream concert is Beastie Boys. Ideally, i would've seen them circa 1986, but now is good too. Until then, Pitchfork is an annual can't miss.

Obscure knowledge I possess:

Quaint and cunt were derived from the same Old English word.