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Abby Yemm Chicago Picks Managing Editor

Abby Yemm, Chicago Picks' Managing Editor, as a judge at the Fashion in the White City event, the Chicago Fashion Foundation's 2nd Annual Scholarship Show. She is in the center of the photo.

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Archives 2008

 

December 26th, 2008 - number 52
This holiday season we are wishing you the best. ..
December 19th, 2008 - number 51
This past week we’ve scoured the streets for The Perfect Gifts...
December 12th, 2008 - number 50
In the true spirit of the holiday season...
December 5th, 2008 - number 49
Some people are innately good at holidaying...
November 28th, 2008 - number 48
Thanks to an article by a writer from our alma mater...
November 21st, 2008 - number 47
The cutest little bird let us in on a term...
November 14th, 2008 - number 46
When is it time to grow up?
November 7th, 2008 - number 45
You know when you find out stuff that you didn't want to find out? 
October 31st, 2008 - number 44
It was Halloween night in the mid 1990s...
October 24th, 2008 - number 43
Gorgeous fall weather is upon us...
October 17th, 2008 - number 42
Last weekend was pretty eventful...
October 10th, 2008 - number 41
A while back someone walked into our life, and it was changed forever...
October 3rd, 2008 - number 40
Carrie Bradshaw always seemed to wrap up her thoughts so perfectly...
September 26th, 2008 - number 39
Hey, hey, whaddya say?
September 19th, 2008 - number 38
Lately, we’ve become accustomed to The Lemony Snicket Effect ...
September 12th, 2008 - number 37
We have a secret. Sometimes we leave our drawers and handbags messy...
September 5th, 2008 - number 36
Our best friend is getting married...
August 29th, 2008 - number 35
So, the Olympics came in like a lamb and went out like a Michael Phelps H-bomb...
August 22nd, 2008 - number 34
When it comes down to it, clichés almost always ring true—don’t they?
August 15th, 2008 - number 33
When we think of what it means to be “indie,” we think...
August 8th, 2008 - number 32
We’re not always this fabulously confident...
August 1st, 2008 - number 31
When we grow up, we wanna be famous...
July 25th, 2008 - number 30
Everyone and their mom has a blog these days...
July 18th, 2008 - number 29
We watched Bull Durham recently...
July 11th, 2008 - number 28
Omg. So, once upon a time it was Agassi...
July 4th, 2008 - number 27
What can we say? Times they are a-changin...
June 27th, 2008 - number 26
If we took the initiative to solidify half the thoughts we have on a daily basis...
June 20th, 2008 - number 25
At one point late last summer...
June 13th, 2008 - number 24
Our Dad is kind of a mystery to us...
June 6th, 2008 - number 23
We admit, we had no idea that the SATC movie was going to be that big...
May 30th, 2008 - number 22
Recently we were talking to one of our friends about the whole dating game...
May 23rd, 2008 - number 21
Hi-dee-ho friends! 
May 16th, 2008 - number 20
Lately, every time we walk out the door...
May 9th, 2008 - number 19
There were times when we were at odds with our mother...
May 2nd, 2008 - number 18
Let's be honest...
April 25th, 2008 - number 17
Sunshine! Sunshine! We could stop right there...
April 18th, 2008 - number 16
Lately, we've had a case of the grumpies...
April 11th, 2008 - number 15
Hmmm, the power of advertising...
April 4th, 2008 - number 14
Some people are good at everything...
March 28th, 2008 - number 13
We don't (can't) cook...
March 21st, 2008 - number 12
So many good things have been going on lately...
March 14th, 2008 - number 11
March in Chicago means three really beautiful things...
March 7th, 2008 - number 10
We thank our lucky stars for our friends...
February 29th, 2008 - number 9
One of the things we've noticed in our Identity Crisis twenties...
February 22nd, 2008 - number 8
Well, we've been hootin' and hollerin' for a while now about cold weather...
February 15th, 2008 - number 7
We’ve always been a freak in the streets for delicious smellin’ goods...
February 8th, 2008 - number 6
Happy lovey gushy hearts and mushy Valentine's Day, dear readers!
February 1st, 2008 - number 5
Wait, what's that you say?
January 25th, 2008 - number 4
Yep, It's still winter ...
January 18th, 2008 - number 3
As we gear up for yet another holiday weekend, we can’t help it ...
January 11th, 2008 - number 2
So last weekend, after Chicago Picks’ big first edish ...
January 4th, 2008 - number 1
Well, hi! So glad you could make it to our first slamma jamma kickoff issue...