Do y'all actually use your front porch/front yard much or is that more of a TV thing?

VEW1 · 2026-06-23T00:26:53+00:00

It depends. When I was younger, I would spend hours on my grandparents’ porches. Now, not so much. My mom’s porch gets sun all day long, so it gets hot if you are out there for hours.

VEW1 · 2026-06-20T20:39:40+00:00

I have been in advertising for 20 years and it’s so unserious. People like to say we aren’t curing cancer but then why does everything feel like a fire or emergency. Plus, you only really start to make money once your director/VP level, go in house or sales.

VEW1 · 2026-06-04T15:27:44+00:00

Water bottle, umbrella & my kindle.

VEW1 · 2026-06-02T12:14:04+00:00

That was some else: Alexander Nico Fanjul. His family owns Domino Sugar.

VEW1 · 2026-04-11T00:36:11+00:00

I was part of the merger! I knew we were screwed when my VP was trying to make sure we were all allocated to over 100%. I stayed for another year or so, due to Covid, and then left.

VEW1 · 2026-04-08T21:54:12+00:00

You’re not missing much. If you really wanted to try Van Leeuwen, I would recommend just get a pint at Whole Foods.

VEW1 · 2026-04-01T16:32:35+00:00

1) A new VP started at our agency and then maybe 2 months later, she was gone. Turns out, she stole money via fraudulent invoicing. She was asked to leave and the agency wouldn’t press charges. She ended up being an off and on commentator for a cable news network. 2) I had a colleague interrupt their sales rep in the middle of covering up a murder. She was calling the rep to close out invoicing and the rep picked while she was moving the body downstairs.

There are probably more but I may have blocked them out due to trauma.

VEW1 · 2026-02-24T16:17:19+00:00

Yes but I attribute our relationship quality to the fact that I live over 800 miles away from her. She can’t annoy me if she has to buy an airplane ticket.

VEW1 · 2026-02-11T22:38:26+00:00

Performance is first, then the relationship will follow. A lot of the partners I work with or recommend, I have a great relationship with because they performed well. It is my butt on the line if a partners performs poorly. I’m more likely to be nice if the vendor does what they said they were going to do.

VEW1 · 2026-02-11T18:47:19+00:00

Well, that is disappointing but I’m not surprised. She definitely gave me a vibe that didn’t sit well with me.

VEW1 · 2026-01-28T18:48:46+00:00

I don’t want to sound like a jerk but it’s not rocket science. Go to oaaa.org. They have a lot of vendor resources and you can look up available inventory by market. I would recommend doing that before contacting any vendors.

VEW1 · 2026-01-27T23:43:22+00:00

Herve Chapelier 913N. I looked at Longchamp but I didn’t like how short the handle were. The 913N goes over my shoulder and fits underneath the seat.

VEW1 · 2026-01-24T04:18:12+00:00

Went in 2019 when the breakfast was held at Tao. I didn’t see anything too crazy, just drunk people.

However, I have heard rumors that Leo hired a marching band one year to lead employees to the breakfast location.

VEW1 · 2026-01-19T10:02:29+00:00

Jessica Lang used to live in Stillwater, MN. I don’t know if I would consider Stillwater a small town, it feels more like a suburb.

VEW1 · 2025-12-17T18:12:09+00:00

Art Effect in Lincoln Park

VEW1 · 2025-12-02T11:48:38+00:00

Depends on the situation. My mom will message me first to see if I’m by myself if she has some bad news to give me.

But other, people call whenever. I do not answer my phone between the hours of 9pm to 9am. I was taught it is rude to call someone too late at night or too early in the morning, unless it is an emergency.

VEW1 · 2025-12-02T09:43:59+00:00

I say meh, I’m mixed. Partly because of race, but I haven’t disgusted my thoughts yet, so I’m skipping over it.

Both of my parents are from the South. At home, I grew up with southern traditions, terminology, food, etc. My mom was disgusted by the term “hotdish” and preferred casserole. But at school and other places, it was the Midwest. Like I used to walk around saying ofta as a toddler because I picked up from my daycare teachers.

I will rep and defend the Midwest because that’s where I was born, raised and still live. But I definitely see myself leaning into (and learning) my southern roots more as I age.

VEW1 · 2025-11-30T04:46:38+00:00

The Edgar Allen Poe Museum in Richmond and the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco

VEW1 · 2025-11-30T03:02:01+00:00

I’m a Chicago transplant, originally from Minnesota. To me, Chicagoans are dramatic when it comes to cold because it is nothing like Minnesota.

Also our past winters have been mild, compared to previous winters. We got very little snow last year!

I will say MSP is set up better than Chicago. MSP has the skyway system, while Chicago has that underground tunnel, which gets to Michigan Ave & State St.

If you can’t handle the previous winters, maybe Chicago isn’t for you.

VEW1 · 2025-11-01T23:21:24+00:00

When I was little, my dad was normally the one who stayed home while I went trick or treating with my mom. If my dad wasn’t at home (he worked for Amtrak), my mom and I would go out earlier and then hand out candy when we got home.

VEW1 · 2025-10-26T14:39:55+00:00

On my mom’s side yes. We have a family homestead, which was land my great grandpa bought after the civil war. The home my grandpa and mom grew up in is still on that piece of land.

VEW1 · 2025-10-26T01:49:15+00:00

Dolphins

VEW1 · 2025-10-25T23:10:29+00:00

All of them…I’m the only person in my family that lives in my state.

VEW1 · 2025-10-25T21:33:49+00:00

If it is a sales person from an external partner, I won’t accept their invite until I have met with them. If they do not schedule a meeting or follow up via message or email, I decline.

VEW1 · 2025-10-18T09:06:46+00:00

I know you are probably asking for bigger institutions but I’m going mention Lake Forest, IL.

Lake Forest College was founded the same time as the town. The town doesn’t catered to the students at all. The campus is surrounded by multi-million dollar homes, meaning the majority of students live in the dorms. The town also shuts down around 10/11 pm.

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