my name is Lauren and growing up I liked having a name that didn’t end in A like so many other popular girls’ names at the time, but I also felt like it was dull lol Nowadays sometimes I forget my name is Lauren bc I’m around my kids all the time who call me mama, and my husband rarely uses my name because I’m the only other adult in our house and it’s always abundantly clear when he’s talking to me (so he doesn’t need to use my name to get my attention). Whenever a friend uses it on a phonecall or something I sometimes get butterflies because I just never hear it lmao 😅 (sometimes on forums i go by Elle or Ellie tho)
which was embarrassing + frustrating as a child. As an adult I figured out a joke to teach people to say my name correctly and now I really love having an un-nicknamable name + also basically a mononym cos U have probably never met another one of me in Ur life !!
Cafe Tola for yummiest empanadas
Lao Peng You — favorite restaurant
Innertown Pub for drinks + darts + pool table
Rainbo Club — lit wicker park bar with cheap drinks
Sleeping village — fire venue for shows + bar, has a great schedule with lit artists
Jibaritos in Lincoln park for fiya Puerto Rican food
Cafe Mustache — nice cafe by day, events and shows by night / they do this ambient brunch on Sundays every few weeks that goes so hard
Doma Cafe — my fave cafe in Chicago, Croatian and rly nice minimalist vibes
Everything store in Pilsen — cutest vintage / designer curation
Notre in West Loop — also lit designer curated store // hype-beasty tho
Y’all will nevaaaa find me talking about my job unless asked ab it cuz.. I don’t identify w it. It’s just the thing I do to get monies to buy cute clothes and stuff why would I gaf… 🙏