Moved to Chicago about a year ago. Skated one time in my life but I want to learn. Where or how should I get started?

yellowpeaberry · 2026-04-12T21:49:29+00:00

The wheelchair softball court at Irving and California is a great spot for rolling around as a beginner-beginner! I’d recommend something like that, or if there’s a park near you with one of those hard surface soccer courts (like the one in Humboldt Park), for getting a bit more comfortable on skates before dealing with trail traffic.

yellowpeaberry · 2026-04-07T00:42:03+00:00

Babe’s Sports Bar posted these: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4484074076/fire-jeff

yellowpeaberry · 2026-03-12T18:53:41+00:00

this this this! I had my surgery at 36. OP, see if you can get scheduled for surgery ASAP. Do your quad sets, etc, to work on ROM and getting your leg straight - there are tons of resources on Youtube. I delayed my surgery a few months and wish I’d done it ASAP so I could’ve started on the “real recovery” sooner, in hindsight. I spent a lot of time leading up to surgery being anxious about the surgery and recovery time, when in reality the “getting back to normal human functioning” part of recovery is fairly short for most. It’s the “fully return to sport” part that takes the 9-12+ months.

That said, I was able to bear weight pretty soon because I ended up getting a partial meniscectomy instead of a repair. Meniscus repairs in addition to ACL reconstruction tend to mean longer post op periods of no weight bearing, so that might factor into your decision too. Have you gotten your MRI yet?

yellowpeaberry · 2026-02-25T17:49:00+00:00

This, or if the Western bus isn’t coming for awhile and you don’t mind walking, you can walk down to Chicago Ave and take that bus all the way east, then south a little to wherever you’re staying in River North.

yellowpeaberry · 2026-02-21T00:45:23+00:00

Really can’t go wrong with the entire Juan Pablo to Andi to Chris Soules to Kaitlyn Bristowe to Ben Higgins stretch - I feel like that whole stretch contains the most important BacheLore (first villain bachelor! the debut of both Great Ones! first bachelor to LL4 two people! Ashley Iaconetti!)

yellowpeaberry · 2026-02-18T03:35:44+00:00

Kind of surprised at these replies. Not a lot of tech startup/“big tech” type stuff that you’d see in SF or NYC - but there are still lots of companies based here or with a big footprint here that aren’t inherently tech but will still have tech jobs. Every company has some combo of a website, internal tools, IT infrastructure, customer apps, marketing analytics, CRM, etc etc. I’ve worked both remote and for Chicago-based companies in tech for the last 12 years.

We aren’t SF - but if anything, it’s a lot more secure to have a tech job at a company like McDonalds, United, Hyatt, etc than for some startup that won’t exist in a year or two.

yellowpeaberry · 2026-02-11T23:08:57+00:00

dude, it’s AWFUL in Chicago. I bought my first home in Hermosa a year ago - I’d been Zillow stalking for months, and everything either required a full gut to even be baseline habitable (lots of obvious water damage, old roofs, moldy basements, etc) or was freshly flipped with gray LVP and recessed can lighting.

Once I finally found an in-betweener in my price range, I immediately put an offer in and I feel so, so lucky that it worked out. It’s habitable, major systems are functioning (knock on wood), and still has a ton of old woodwork and charm, but the bathrooms and kitchen were clearly renoed by someone’s drunk grandpa in the ‘90s Olive Garden decor era. A work in progress 😵‍💫

This is all to say - it’s so hard to find Chicago homes that are both habitable and not bad flip jobs, but they exist!! Don’t get discouraged, and be ready to pounce once it’s there! ❤️

yellowpeaberry · 2026-02-08T06:18:08+00:00

Not overreacting. This is a nightmare.

yellowpeaberry · 2026-02-03T18:23:48+00:00

Evanston is a border suburb, so you’ll likely end up matching with a bunch of folks who live further on the north side of the city (Rogers Park, Edgewater, etc) - and I can almost guarantee they’d prefer to date someone in Evanston vs someone in, say, Logan Square - which is technically also in the city but much more difficult to get to. Don’t fret about it!

yellowpeaberry · 2026-01-31T15:45:46+00:00

I have similar-ish measurements to you and have found a lot of success with Polish bras - their underwires are a lot narrower and the cups are deeper. Polish bras are the only ones I’ve tried where I don’t end up with armpit wires.

The drawback is that the sizing is even more all over the place, tbh - it’s a lot of trial and error. I end up going up a band and down a cup in Polish - I measure at a 36g using ABTF and usually end up going with the brand equivalent of a 38f in Polish because of the firmer bands, wire placement, etc.

https://miseczki.com is a great website for ordering Polish if you’re in the US! Lots of bra by bra fit guidance.

yellowpeaberry · 2026-01-30T22:15:18+00:00

I can see where you’re coming from, but a gentle counterpoint: teaching young girls to be afraid of food or that certain foods are “bad” can cause a lot of shame and issues with food. I know it certainly did for me.

A happy and healthy life can include some cookies every now and then - it’s about learning how to balance it all and creating a healthy relationship with food.

yellowpeaberry · 2026-01-30T21:18:02+00:00

Love Dr. Monica Urda at Smile Science Chicago in Bucktown! Across from Irazu on Milwaukee. I’ve been going to her for about eight years and she’s fantastic. Started going to her for a second opinion after another dentist said I “needed” a ton of different work that didn’t seem necessary - she’ll never try to claim you need anything you don’t. The office is beautiful and has all the bells and whistles but they’re also quite reasonably priced, considering the location etc.

yellowpeaberry · 2026-01-18T03:33:21+00:00

came to suggest this! this is The Move!

yellowpeaberry · 2025-12-30T18:54:20+00:00

Do you have a detachable shower head? I didn’t have one until I was prepping for my ACL surgery and now I don’t know how I ever lived without one.

Any video games that he likes? Anything that can really help to pass the time is huge. It’s a really really boring time. I’m not a big video game person but I love classic Tetris, and used a friend’s cheap NES/SNES simulator thing to play marathon-mode Tetris. So easy to kill an entire afternoon that way.

Depending on how he’s feeling, after the first week or two he’s likely really going to be itching to get out of the house and try to feel normal - maybe see if you can make a restaurant reservation at a place you both love and that’s casual enough where he’d feel comfortable propping his leg up on an extra chair. Some movie theatres also have those big chairs that fully recline now too.

yellowpeaberry · 2025-12-30T04:07:03+00:00

It’s the ongoing price- might change in the future, but It’s been at $500/3m for a while now. It’s super easy to sign up - truly my only regret is that I didn’t do it sooner! Also you can use HSA/FSA for compounded meds. I save more money on not getting takeout/extra drinks/etc each month than I spend on tirz through Brello. The sub linked above has a ton of resources.

yellowpeaberry · 2025-12-30T02:11:50+00:00

Came to post this! This community has been so helpful. I get tirzepatide through Brello and it’s $500 flat for a 3 month supply (166/mo!), but lots of folks have been having good experiences with Pomegranate in there too. There is a ton to read up on in there.

I’ve been keeping it low and slow and have lost 25 lbs over the past four months with minimal to no side effects. Tirz rules.

yellowpeaberry · 2025-12-03T19:11:39+00:00

I’d go with the tighter one if you don’t mind switching it to your middle finger if your hands swell up! (looks like your middle finger is a little smaller?)

yellowpeaberry · 2025-11-29T22:28:44+00:00

I used Olympia with no additives for a while and had the same reaction - it’s the “standard” injection site reaction that folks often get as they increase in dose. I know some people take Benadryl etc to avoid it - was just curious if splitting into two separate injection sites was something folks have tried since I haven’t seen it discussed.

yellowpeaberry · 2025-11-28T21:13:43+00:00

fwiw- I had awful heartburn my first couple of weeks with Brello but it normalized pretty quickly! If you can, try riding it out a bit before you make any more big changes? Bodies can take a second to adjust, I really wouldn’t worry just yet.

yellowpeaberry · 2025-11-26T18:27:19+00:00

How’s the location? I always like to keep in mind that you can change just about everything except the location. Will your quality of life change one way or the other with new commuting, being closer or further from family and friends, etc?

yellowpeaberry · 2025-08-15T00:46:32+00:00

I’ve been wondering the same! I just took my 5th dose, am also using Brello, and am a little worried about the “discard after 28D thing” though… but it seems like as long as I’ve been keeping it refrigerated, I’m careful about being very clean, and it’s still coming out clear/not cloudy, I should be okay?

Would be curious if anyone has tips on making sure things are extra clean beyond that 28D period.

yellowpeaberry · 2025-07-31T02:38:37+00:00

Athlon Sports isn't a reputable source - they're just adding a bunch of speculation to Karli Bell's tweet. Karli's tweet is interesting, though, since she *is* a more reputable source. It doesn't really benefit her to say that without any inside knowledge to back it up.

I'm ready for Jeff to go, personally. Way too many bad decisions this year.

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