Author: Jackie Pick

Jackie Pick is a former teacher and current writer living in the Chicago area. She is a contributing author to multiple anthologies, including Multiples Illuminated, So Glad They Told Me: Women Get Real about Motherhood, Here in the Middle, as well as the and the literary magazines The Sun and Selfish. She received Honorable Mention from the Mark Twain House and Museum for her entry in the Royal Nonesuch Humor Writing Competition. Jackie is a contributing writer at Humor Outcasts, and her essays have been featured on various online sites including McSweeney's, Belladonna Comedy, Mamalode, The HerStories Project, and Scary Mommy. A graduate of the University of Chicago and Northwestern University, Jackie is co-creator and co-writer of the award-winning short film Fixed Up, and a proud member of the 2017 Chicago cast of Listen To Your Mother.

Jet Setting and Appetizing. Day 33 of 100 Days of Writing

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Had to skip days in preparation for today’s adventure. My first vacation in six years. I’ve got a brand new notebook and new pens and an itchy writing finger. I hope them to be filled, emptied, and scratched.

The last few weeks have been some of the most draining in my life. I hope that this means I’m ready to be filled with inspiration.

I’m off to what is my dream vacation. You may keep your beaches, your mountains, your ancient cities for now. I shall be eating and learning at the Food and Wine Festival.

Can’t wait to be inspired!