Bryce Harper, Spring Training, March Madness, Manny Machado, the NBA All-Star Game like kinda just happened. All of these things are a perfect storm for a Friday Five all about Sports! 1: The White Sox missed out on signing Manny Machado. What is your biggest regret in terms of something you wish you'd bought but … Continue reading Friday Five: March 1st, 2019
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Follow our new playlist ‘Humpday Discoveries’ on Spotify!
As I continue to mull over which Super Bowl halftime shows I hate more than others, I've put together a new playlist on Spotify: 'Humpday Discoveries.' As you could probably guess, this playlist is reserved for discovering new and old tracks from artists both well known and undiscovered. Think of it as your own personal … Continue reading Follow our new playlist ‘Humpday Discoveries’ on Spotify!
The 2019 Academy Awards Preview: The Big Eight (Part Two: Supporting Perfomances)
Welcome to part 2 of Westlawn’s coverage of the 2019 Academy Awards, where I break down what I call “The Big 8” categories- Best Picture, Best Director, the acting, and the screenplay categories. In part 1, I went through the screenplay categories, where I had The Favourite edging out Roma for Best Original Screenplay and … Continue reading The 2019 Academy Awards Preview: The Big Eight (Part Two: Supporting Perfomances)
The Great Recession: Balding in Your 20s
Have bouncers been carding you less? Does this winter seem a little chillier than usual? Did Janet from accounting just ask if your kids are looking at colleges yet? Welcome to balding.
The Friday Five: January 25th Edition
Welcome to the Friday Five, where we at Westlawn unwind towards the weekend with weekly hot takes centered around the news of the week. This week, in honor of the Oscar Nominations being announced, we asked staffers to respond thoughtfully and carefully to some movie themed questions. 1: Best Movie For a First Date Matt … Continue reading The Friday Five: January 25th Edition
Classic Chicago Foods
Ahhh the food in Chicago is unlike any other. There's nothing quite like eating a hearty, carb filled, 2,100 calorie meal and walking into the 25 degree Winter weather, and feeling immediately brought back into life. I grew up eating 18 inch pizza cut into squares, Italian beef dipped in a not too sweet/not too … Continue reading Classic Chicago Foods
Alameda Swap Meet
A few short miles south of Downtown Los Angeles and on the western border of the industrial city of Vernon, lies the massive Alameda Swap Meet. Plotted on two massive square blocks are two maze-like warehouses containing just about anything imaginable. A heavily Latino crowd roams the aisles, without a single other white person in … Continue reading Alameda Swap Meet
‘Roma’ in an Intersectional Era
© Netflix, Inc. In an essay titled ‘On Women’, the German philosopher Andrew Schopenhauer once said: One need only look at a woman’s shape to discover that she is not intended for either too much mental or too much physical work. She pays the debt of life not by what she does but by what she … Continue reading ‘Roma’ in an Intersectional Era
LA Street Tacos
My Relationship With Tacos Tacos are a staple of my diet. They are delicious, very customizable, and cheap! Growing up, my family would have taco night about once per week. This consisted of 80% Lean Ground Beef, some taco seasoning mix, and a couple boxes of Old El Paso hard shells. Looking back on that … Continue reading LA Street Tacos
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