On Monday, August 31, 2009, Lisa started her internship at Chicago Children's Theatre in Wicker Park. At the internship, which she immediately embraced with a deep love, Lisa contemplated the perils of the two hour commute needed for a timely arrival. She also contemplated her love for the city of Chicago and her desire to live out the gritty life she'd read about in biographies of Suze Rotolo and Marriane Faithfull (minus the heroin thing). At 1pm, she texted the following message to Brandy Parker:
"I'm moving to Chicago. With or without you, though I would prefer with. Let me know."
On Wednesday, September 2, 2009, Lisa and Brandy came to the city for a concert by underground local sensation Color Radio. By 8pm, they had found their apartment and decided that the keyboardist from Color Radio should be their neighbor. By 8pm the next night, they had signed a makeshift contract on scrap paper with a landlord claiming to be the cousin of Robin Tunney, star of "The Craft" and "Empire Records" for said apartment in Logan Square. Suddenly the world was spinning faster and faster!
Without jobs, without money, and without a third roommate to fill the room without a closet -- Brandy and Lisa decided to ignore the naysayers and embrace the dream of living in the city, ,and now, that future is here. Will they find jobs? Will they be able to make those elusive ends meet? Will their apartment have strange cockroach or smell problems that somehow explain the cheap rent? How often will they frequent the IHop and Popeye's chains that are one block away? Can they fit more than one single mattress into their miniscule rooms? How many times will Lisa accidentally stumble into Cabrine Green? How many times will Brandy's generous spirit be mistaken for love interest by creepy people riding the subway in the afternoon? How long can they survive on black beans and rice, and do they need a Brita filter?
Ultimately, will they fail? Will the city take them in? Or will the city spit them out?
Or... will they make it?
(INSPIRATION)
This blog vows to follow the adventures of Brandy and Lisa... AND THE CITY LIFE!
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