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Smashing Pumpkins / Billy Corgan

Sounds like Bucktown is where you need to go.

I've only lived in Lakeview (East and West), and I would never leave. I absolutely love my neighborhood.

I have the Marimekko Kaiku shower curtain and even with the rod nearly at the ceiling, the bottom touches the floor. I think they're all 79" long.

Holy buckets, I had no idea baking soda came in 12-lb bags! Where have I been??

Stars! <3

I do the same with my week of work clothes. I come home, take them off, and lay them right on top of my dresser which is right next to the closet. Somehow the extra work of trying to decide if something needs to be washed, then either throwing it in the hamper or hanging it up seems impossible after a long day.

I also let magazines pile up until I go on a reading binge. Same with mail on the hall table.

There's also a layer of pet hair on just about everything all the time. I'll vacuum it all up about once a month, or when my allergic friends come to visit. Otherwise, my husband and I live in fuzz. It's pretty gross, but I have no desire to vacuum every week.

I was wondering this very thing the other day when my cat puked on my Corona sofa from Macy's for the millionth time. Yes, they give you a fabric care package, but...come on. It's puke. I don't trust that a sponge and some mild detergent is getting all of it out.

I'm going to check the tags when I get home, but I may just give it a shot...

So, the bathroom is in the garage? How odd...

Agnostic here, and I love my Christmas tree. It has nothing to do with religion or even commercialism to me. It's one of the activities my grandma and I would share every Thanksgiving, and I find it hard not to put up my own tree now that she has passed. It's a beautiful bit of a-little-too-muchness that I get to enjoy once a year.

As others have pointed out, the Christmas tree truly has no roots in Christianity, and simply celebrates life in the dead of winter. As long as you don't have crucifix ornaments or a nativity scene, I guess I don't get the dilemma.

I have a feeling that the "mini-kitchen" is probably just a hot plate and mini fridge. If he is renting a room out of a house, there's likely a communal kitchen and bathroom. Has no one lived in a house before?