Some to get you started: Pee Shy
Linkin Bio
Sad at Happy Hour
Potato bag gang
DJ boyfriend
Norman Foster
Hamburger Habit
Performance Anxiety Bonus points if you say what kind of music you make :o)
hyperlinked all of em Bickle - producer/singer/songwriter from atlanta Punchlove - shoegaze/indie rock from NYC’s ridgewood scene silvie - indie folky diary core Bless The Barn - bedroomy pop, morrisey vibes almost? EthanUno - spanglish hyperpop, bachata house fusion Sophia Rogers - sweet dreamy folky singer songwriter Eve Maret - psychedelic scuzzy synthpop torr - supersaturated hyperpop with a twinge of emo
Vernon Jane Jhariah Screaming Females Gen and the Degenerates Felix Hagan and the Family Deap Valley Starbenders Birdeatsbaby Thao/The Get Down Stay Down Girl Friday Sloppy Jane Ergo, Bria
easy: delete the apps, stop dating, consider the things you find interesting/attractive in others and just do those things yourself, hangout with friends, read a book, take a class, take a walk, drink some coffee, drink some water, visit the beach, visit a museum, go to the movies, go to the club, go to bed.
reading a new friends substack and resonating so hard with her post about working to overcome her social anxiety, introversion, and shame to become more comfortable and outgoing. not only did this inspire me that i need to pick up my own substack again, but also that becoming less of a weirdo in social settings is possible for me too 🤞🏼
bars:
* rainbo club
* california clipper
* inner town pub
* sleeping village
* best intentions
* the hi-lo
* easy does it
* outside voices
* the owl (but only after the 2am bars close)
pizza:
* pequods
* malnati’s
(deep dish is a myth and no chicagoan actually eats that)
breakfast:
* lula cafe
*flying saucer
* middlebrow (also for lunch or dinner)
* allez cafe
* kasama lunch/dinner:
* 90 miles cuban cafe
* club lucky
* rootstock
* all together now
* yours truly
* elske (fancy, michelin star) i prob have more but i haven’t lived there in 3 years (plus 2 years of covid) so i haven’t experienced chicago in its full glory since 2019 🥲
