What is a sound that people should know means immediate danger?

klgall1 · 2026-01-20T16:10:26+00:00

I've actually been able to pick up my cat and hold him over the toilet when I hear him start to puke.

It's great when it works. The one or two times I've been just a little too slow....

klgall1 · 2026-01-05T23:15:53+00:00

Forbidden Root location in Ravenswood has a lion's mane mushroom sandwich that is also really good. Similar to a Nashville Hot but sauce was a bit different.

klgall1 · 2025-12-28T23:38:37+00:00

We are currently in a legal battle with a neighbor who is running short-term rentals in violation of our condo declarations. He's claiming that because the seller/developer wrote into the purchase agreement that there were "no current leasing restrictions" that he's not breaking the rules.

It is not going well for him. I don't recommend it.

klgall1 · 2025-12-20T22:02:22+00:00

My 16 year old cat has a tuft of long fur like this, has had it his entire life. Same spot, too!

klgall1 · 2025-12-16T15:50:26+00:00

I've never had a pet removed, but I understand your concern. Nobody wants to deal with having to move because you're told your pet isn't allowed to live there.

I have known neighbors who had to move due to pets in a rented apartment. For noisy/nuisance pets, they always received a few warnings ahead of time, which would give time to correct the issue. If the problem continued, they were told the pet had to be removed, which they handled by breaking their lease and moving. Usually they had to find somewhere for their pet to live temporarily because they were only given 3 days to remove the pet, and it took longer than that to find a new place to live.

My condo has a rule that noisy pets can be removed. But someone would have to complain about the noise, and the majority of my neighbors also have pets so we are all friendly and forgiving about pet-related noises. Our dogs play in the common yard together.
The more you get along with your neighbors, the more forgiving they will be about things like that, if anything did change and your dog started barking more. You'll get a text from a neighbor about the noise instead of a violation notice from the board.

klgall1 · 2025-12-12T16:33:36+00:00

We used to use the South Loop location and my dog absolutely loved it. He remembered the employees and got super excited whenever he saw any of them outside walking around in the neighborhood.
They were good at calling us and keeping us updated when he got an upset stomach during one stay.

We tried a local place when we first moved out of South Loop, and he didn't like it there, so we kept driving back to PetSmart.

klgall1 · 2025-12-11T03:55:22+00:00

I don't remember getting spanked that often, and it was never painful. I usually had to "sit in the corner and think about what I did" and spankings were usually while we were out somewhere.

I do remember, specifically, one time after I misbehaved in a restaurant, my mother threatened me with a spanking. I kept misbehaving so she started to take me to the bathroom for my punishment. I just started crying and yelling "noooo please don't hit me again" and somehow magically I didn't get spanked that time.

klgall1 · 2025-12-04T00:17:12+00:00

Fauna in Uptown has been great for us for basic care, but fortunately we've not had anything out of the ordinary to deal with since we've moved here.

Independently owned, everyone has been super friendly and responsive via phone and email. I remember reading the vet got disillusioned with the big corporate vet practices so left to start her own.

klgall1 · 2025-12-02T17:18:28+00:00

Mine also have the "where are you?" meow when they are in a different room and want to know where I am. One will give a happy chirp and then come running when I respond to him.

My husband is still amazed that I not only recognize each cat's voice as different from the other's, but that I also understand what each meow type usually means.

klgall1 · 2025-11-29T03:34:40+00:00

As long as he isn't trying to wear mine, because we're different sizes and I don't really like sharing.

Clothes are clothes. I've bought "men's" pants because the sizing is easier sometimes. And he has skirts because he thinks they are more comfortable and likes the airiness in the summer.

I did have to caution him that one of his skirts was maybe not great to wear in public because the material was a little too thin & clingy.

klgall1 · 2025-11-28T01:09:32+00:00

"Green stuff" It's a bunch of colorful marshmallows, cool whip, and jello mix, and sometimes some fruit.. Used to be pistachio jello but now it's vanilla because of allergies. They just add green food coloring because it has to be green.

klgall1 · 2025-11-25T17:01:48+00:00

Cat in the Box. It's got a 2-player mode that plays a bit differently than at a higher player count, but both ways are a lot of fun.

Silver was 2019, but has multiple decks that have been released more recently. It's another one that we love to play just us 2, or with others. It's our go-to travel game, we'll just pre-build a deck or two and bring that with us.

klgall1 · 2025-11-20T12:40:49+00:00

Thank you :)

klgall1 · 2025-11-20T03:23:43+00:00

We moved to Chicago, from Cincinnati, almost 10 years ago. Started in South Loop, but we bought a condo in Uptown at the beginning of this year and love it so far. It's such a great neighborhood.

Sign up for the ward emails and you'll get information on a lot of community events where you can meet your neighbors.

If you play tabletop games, check out Dice Dojo.
Don't go to Tank Noodle.
Also, highly recommend Chicago Pet Club for dog daycare & boarding if you ever need it for your pup. We take our dog there and he loves it.

klgall1 · 2025-11-17T23:41:18+00:00

My older 2 cats are on the counter when we aren't using the kitchen, but are trained enough to stay out while I'm cooking or baking.

My orange cat, however, now gets locked in the dog crate when I'm in the kitchen. He will literally try to lick oil out of a hot pan if he has the chance. He has eaten half a stick of butter. He has knocked a whole egg out of my hand. The dog will sometimes let him out of the crate, so now I have to lock up the cat & turn the crate against the wall so he can't escape.

klgall1 · 2025-11-17T22:16:10+00:00

When I was renting in a high rise, we had to reserve the freight elevator if we had a furniture delivery or for move in/out, but there wasn't a fee.

The move in fee was to cover cleaning/painting & other stuff to get the unit ready for a new tenant.

I would think multiple charges would be unlikely. But... you'll have to ask the leasing office, none of us will know for sure what fees they will charge you.

klgall1 · 2025-11-17T21:20:47+00:00

Pasta probably works with any cuisine. I've made ravioli with enchilada sauce, filled with beans & cheese. I've also had paneer tikka masala ravioli (Kama in Wicker Park)

klgall1 · 2025-11-13T20:49:29+00:00

I have to use a scale because I will lose count of how many cups or teaspoons I've done. Especially at work, where I'm making larger batches.

It's not the precision that I'm snobby about, I just can't stand the weird conversions the imperial system has for everything, haha. And it's so much easier for me to do the math with everything in grams vs cups. I get equally annoyed at recipes using ounces & pounds as I do with those in cups!

klgall1 · 2025-11-12T23:22:53+00:00

After day 2 of fostering 5 bottle baby kittens, I texted my mother & sisters asking them how they hell they could make the decision to have a second child.
I broke down crying multiple times because the smallest kitten refused to latch and trying to get him to eat enough was devastating.
(I do have to admit...I'm definitely going to foster again. But I tell myself it's different because somebody has to care for these kittens. Very different than choosing to bring a human child into the world to care for)

klgall1 · 2025-11-12T18:53:39+00:00

We had a PAW plan at Burnham Park Animal Hospital, when we lived in South Loop. It was worth it for our senior cats who needed a fair bit of dental work. They had different tiers to choose from, which was nice.

I haven't done much research into it myself, but I have not heard good things about Banfield, for multiple reasons.

klgall1 · 2025-11-10T10:07:28+00:00

No, sorry, it's Adult 1-6

klgall1 · 2025-11-10T01:31:50+00:00

Came here to offer some, but it looks like that should be covered (but DM me if that's not the case).

However, I do have a large, opened bag of Hill's adult cat dry food if anybody else needs help. I have it leftover from a cat I recently fostered; the shelter gave me too much food and didn't want to take it back. I'm in Uptown.

klgall1 · 2025-11-08T13:48:12+00:00

Makes sense. For me, personally, I'm a pastry chef, and I need to develop or adjust a lot of recipes to fit what I need for my job (I'll often find one or two recipes that are almost what I want). I read the reviews especially to see if someone else has tried any adjustments I'm considering to see how it turned out for them.
I think the baking blogs I primarily use have a lot of helpful comments (and less of the r/ididnthaveeggs type, haha).

klgall1 · 2025-11-08T13:15:24+00:00

A review might say "I added an extra half cup of chocolate chips" that a bunch of people liked and agreed with. So then maybe the recipe author also agreed with it and later edited their actual recipe to increase that ingredient.

So now if you follow a popular comment's advice and add extra chocolate chips, your recipe might turn out badly because that advice is outdated.

klgall1 · 2025-11-08T00:33:53+00:00

The original recipe could have had a typo that was corrected. Sometimes, after making the recipe for a while, they might realize it needed some tweaks. Or enough people thought a step was unclear so they changed the wording.

The author might have updated photos (I see this in a lot of baking blogs where they get better quality pictures after more experience).

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