The Antibland Chronicles

  • Glass half full.

    I am sure there are a hundred reasons out there to get you angry, frustrated, tired, anxious, and sad.  The humidity, the traffic, the heat, the burnt coffee, the piling laundry, the dirty dishes, the dust bunnies under the bed, the growing love handles…Don’t let any of it get to you. It’s an order! I am having so…

    Chika Gujarathi

  • Paris Opera Ballet at the Park

    After work today I picked up some munchies and headed to meet a few friends at the Jay Pritzker Pavillion in Millennium Park. This is becoming a Wednesday evening tradition as of late and I can’t be happier. Giselle, the ballet on show today was being aired live from Paris. I had a little trouble…

    Chika Gujarathi

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  • A Swiss Chard Haiku.

    Red stalks and green leaves on my windowsill, Will soon be my belly fill.

    Chika Gujarathi

  • Hello Linus!

    I have an older sister with terrific taste in everything. I never had to work very hard to seem cool as a kid. I just wore her clothes, listened to her music, and pretty much stole her style and flaunted it as my own. There was one exception however which no matter how much I tried never seized…

    Chika Gujarathi

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  • Professional Picnicking

    Here’s a summer sport I’d like to put some effort into. Picnicking. Today, Dottie and I partook in the opening of Grant Park Orchestra’s 2012 season with a free concert at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park. We had our modest blanket with some cheese, fruit, and wine in plastic cups. But a quick look around and we knew that…

    Chika Gujarathi

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  • Kohlrabi

    I hope I am not the last one to find out about kohlrabi. Am I? A few days ago I got to the farmers market a little too late. It reminded me of walking into a grocery store in Charlotte right after the weatherman had called for snow. In other words, everything was gone. In hindsight…

    Chika Gujarathi

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