Ray Pride

Ted's thoughts on cinema, the film business, & the creative process.

Fading painted signs, every month or two, curated by Sam Roberts.

Everyday culture and found objects

Michael Nagrant, the last Chicago Sun-Times food critic, and a contributor to the James Beard Award-Winning Alinea restaurant cookbook writes about life, cooking, food, and restaurants.

Don't eat lunch in this town without it

Sharing photos and histories of Chicagoland's built environment.

Criticism, essays, etc.

Essays by Heather Havrilesky, Ask Polly columnist and author of Foreverland: On the Divine Tedium of Marriage (2022), What If This Were Enough? (2018), How to Be a Person in the World (2016), and Disaster Preparedness (2011)