Paula Skaggs

Paula Skaggs is a writer and comedian based in Chicago. When she's not staying up until 3 a.m. crafting tiny food out of clay, she runs Paula Eats, a Frozen Meal review blog and co-hosts the podcast Being Earnest. She's also the co-creator of the game No Wrong Answers: Non-Burning Questions to Kick-off Conversations.

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Daniel Pelaez standing behind his displayed candles and other products for Golden Home

This Chicago Luxury Home Goods Entrepreneur Is in 7th Grade

Daniel Pelaez got his start in high-end candles at 11

View Of Trees On Field Against Sky During Autumn, Galena Illinois

The Top 5 Stays for Midwestern Fall Foliage Viewing 

Get some fall color in your system with these weekend getaways

Collage of various artists including Ben Platt and Mary J Blige

31 Fall Concerts in Chicago You Won’t Want To Miss 

See Dave Matthews in Chicago (without, you know, the other thing)

Sarah Mispagel, pastry chef and co-owner of the Loaf Lounge

Try This Cake Recipe From a Chef Who Worked on "The Bear"

Bake like Carmie, with or without the T-shirt and apron

Actor Jeremy Allen White as Carmy in FX's hit restaurant show "The Bear"

10 Chicago Chefs on What "The Bear" Gets Right (And Really Wrong)

"Mostly I was amazed by the extremely expensive kitchen they put together while having no money and being indebted to the mob"

Festival attendees at Lollapalooza 2021

Is There Room for Actual Adults at Chicago’s Summer Music Festivals?

Here’s how our brave, over-30 writer fared

Beach against the sky in Michigan City

3 Weekend Getaways From Chicago That Require Less Than a Tank of Gas

Featuring Pizza Theater, a Tribute to the Stars, marshland hiking and more

Bad Bunny, Common, Elton John, The Weeknd and Pitbull, all of whom are on our list of the 35 best concerts in Chicago for summer 2022

The 35 Summer Concerts in Chicago You Don’t Want to Miss

From Lollapalooza to Leon Bridges, Wu-Tang to the Weeknd, and 31 more

Rivers and Sandy Beaches along Indiana Dunes State Park

6 Perfect Campgrounds Near Chicago for Your Weekend Getaways

Don’t you dare waste a single summer weekend

Yalta, Crimea. Products of the Yalta market, pickles of vegetables on the counter for sale.

Know Your Corner Restaurant: We Visit Tryzub and Its Ferris Wheel of Infused Vodkas

Varenyky, chicken paprikash and the best horseradish vodka for 5,000 miles

The band Haim, featuring sisters Este, Danielle and Alana Haim. They're included in our list of the 50 best concerts in Texas for spring 2022.

The 50 Best Concerts Coming to Texas This Spring

Lyle Lovett at two legendary venues? Check. Haim in Austin, Dallas and Houston? Also check.

John Mayer, Justin Bieber and Lorde are all coming to Chicago in spring 2022. We rounded up our favorite concerts of the season.

The Best Concerts Coming to Chicago This Spring 

The weather is our second favorite thing about the season

12 Ways You Can Support Chicago’s Sizable Ukrainian Community Right Now

12 Ways You Can Support Chicago’s Sizable Ukrainian Community

Doing right by a community in shock

Where to Try Your Hand at Winter Olympic Sports in and Around Chicago

Where to Try Your Hand at Winter Olympic Sports in and Around Chicago

And if you’re 33.9 years old, we have some great, curling-related news for you

The Bean in Millennium Park

25 Very Fun, Very Chicago Things to Look Forward to in 2022

Weather and pandemic permitting

a christmas tree lit up at night in chicago

8 Superlative Gifts That Were Made — and Can Be Bought — in Chicago

From signet rings and a board game based on The L to a banner that tells everyone exactly how you feel about Malört