Brittany Drehobl

off I go, once again, to kill my darlings #WriterSky

Don't go over to Threads where I posted this because it'll make you hate it more lolololsobsobsobwhy

Apparently in 1930s Germany, I would have been feeling a little powerless and wondering how the hell so many people are seemingly okay with all of this.

Weirdly enough, huz and I already have a date night scheduled for this week and we sprung for a Michelin starred spot, but NONE of these are where we chose (though al were on my radar!) and now I almost have regrets.
Almost...

Watching the Chicago episode of #KnifeEdge and I love seeing the true back end of our fine dining scene, but the way the host says Michelin is absolutely killing me.
MEESH-LAN
How? Show me the "a" in there.

View looking east from the Skydeck at top of the Sears Tower towering over the Loop, Millenium Park, Chicago Harbor and Lake Michigan. // Image captured at: 2025-10-08 13:37:18 UTC (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Current Temp in Chicago: 57.09 F | 13.94 C // Precip: few clouds // Wind: N at 4.608 mph | 7.41 kph // Humidity: 75%

Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:

WILD CARD WEDNESDAY FLY THE W #GOCUBSGO

This is a joke. Swifties gonna Swift. Bad Bunny is gonna be great (no bad blood).

I LISTENED TO SEVEN MINUTES OF TALK ABOUT SOURDOUGH FOR THIS?!
#SuperBowlHalftimeShow

Decided that on Halloween, if we make it to the house with the over-the-top decorations display, I am going to arrive, take a good look around oohing and ahhing and then, after an exaggerated pause to take in the the TR*MP flag flying from this jamoke's flagpole, run away screaming bloody murder.

You Can Be a Cowboy Kid And my personal wild frontier? When a music festival meets my current novel-in-progress.

Sometimes the universe is like, "Saddle up, cowboy!" and sends me on a wild adventure full of music festivals, friendship bracelets, and all the serendipity you can handle. Read on to see if you're a cowboy like me.

My age old mantra holds true: book people are the best people.

I learned the term "Vichy democrats" from @sarahkendzior.bsky.social and I am so glad because I can say I 100% agree.

One thing has been historically on point for nearly 100 years. The wealthy liberal establishment prefers fascists to anything that even has a whiff of socialism and/or helping the working class. The Democratic Party is largely the Vichy regime now.

"Vinny, the Lip" is like, my new favorite insult. #BigBrother27

Ava is an example of THE reason I would never mess with someone from New York. #BigBrother27

Re: Trump's comments about maybe sending troops to Chicago after Memphis:

1) He hates us and won't give up on his vision of troops here

2) He thinks his hand has been strengthened by the administration's BS efforts to blame the left for Kirk's death

3) ICE is in our area RIGHT NOW causing havoc

I was today years old when I learned that a)Charlie Sheen is a stage name b) Charlie Sheen is a nepo baby c) Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estévez are BROTHERS.
Obviously I can't trust anybody about anything anymore.

@tinakotek.bsky.social, talk to @govpritzker.illinois.gov- he’s got his state’s vaccine access on lock

Does nobody know about Love Life on Netflix with Anna Kendrick or is everybody just not talking about it?
Because EVERYONE needs to watch LOVE LIFE on Netflix so we can TALK ABOUT IT.
Just finishing season one and I am OBSESSED.

Every player at this point in #BigBrother27 is like, the messiest. Every. Single. Player. Entertaining, sure, but also FRUSTRATING.

I don't know when it became common practice for folks to "share" information originally written by someone else and not give them a lick of credit for it. Especially when the original writer gets untold amounts of personal abuse and pain for it.

Credit.
People.

Share, add, w/e. CREDIT YR SOURCE.

I've had to make a number of messages to folks who are otherwise intelligent sharing this without checking for a source or anything.

Mis and dis information are endemic.

I made it to 37 without buying a Labubu please clap.

Help I almost bought a Labubu last night

I was 16 in 2005, so #HurricaneKatrina felt the way any big, faraway disaster felt at that age during that time in history for me: a sad fact of life; unavoidable.
But watching Katrina: Come Hell and High Water through my adult, parental eyes?
My heart is in my throat, and my rage is boundless.

That's the national guard, obviously ;0)

Chicago! So scary! Everyone is leisurely biking away from the danger!

Tonight was new parent night at my son's preschool and I'm the mom who asked about "Safe Room"/shelter-in-place drills. Multiple parents thanked me after for asking such a hard question. These kids are 3. We shouldn't have to live like this.

It's Brutal Out Here a story about when the third time was the charm and something so wrong became just right

God, it's brutal out here… and not just because I published this newsletter the same day Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce broke the internet.
Read about how I finally (finally!!!) saw my OTHER favorite pop star and stay tuned for the #writerlife kismet that followed!
#WriterSky #Lollapalooza