Sami Ari

Chicago weather teaches you to be hopeful. Last month I wanted to celebrate spring before it even arrived and therefore created #preSpringTweetUp at @MurasakiChicago. It was a blast!
Spring has arrived since then and I can’t wait till the summer starts. Summer time in Chicago is the best! One of the great pleasures it brings with [...]

This is why I love Chicago, explained in pictures and and captions.

Yesterday, I’ve discovered something about myself. I was at the Chicago Cultural Center, showing a friend around, looking at artsy stuff and talking about it. Yes, I realized that I can express my thoughts about art with words. That’s pretty much the best high I have felt in a long time. Do you know what [...]

If you’re a Twitter addict, like me, then I’m sure you’ve noticed the many many many #sxsw tweets. Some of us stare and wish we were there. Others, like @CalebGardner and @RebeccaDenison decide to take matters into their own hands and host a #NotAtSXSW tweetup.  It was a !!BRILLIANT!! idea. What’s even better is that [...]

As usual @FeliciaCago succeeds in bringing tweeps together!

Film #8 Shortbus
“New York is where everyone comes to stop being alone”
“Don’t ever say that relationships’ normality lies in it’s complicated nature”
“I wanna do it by myself, in the dark, like a warm”
Last year, I was feeling a bit uncreative. I went to work, played with friends and traveled across the country but it still [...]

This morning, I woke up to the sound of my neighbors, looked at the clock and it said 8:00 AM. I thought to myself “why does it feel like I’ve slept a lot less”. I made my way to the bathroom and saw that my other clock says 7:00 AM…”oh yes! It’s DST!” was murmured [...]

Film #7 5oo Days of Summer
I was unable to produce an entry for today so my dear friend @FrequentLee lent me a hand and agreed on me posting the below review for 500 Days of Summer that was originally posted on his great blog . I do highly recommend watching 500 Days if you haven’t [...]

Film #6 Hard Candy
Many people will tell you that Juno was Ellen Page’s breakout roll. I beg to differ; I think Page’s breakout role was playing Hayley in Hard Candy. I just watched the trailer to refresh some of the missing pieces in my memory which only led to my heart rate increasing for the [...]

Film #5 20 CM
I’m going to start by saying that I’m not a fan of musicals. I, think, most musicals are also categorized as dramas which does not make much sense in my head. How does someone’s death promote you to start singing, I often thought. That said, once in a while a musical falls [...]