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Theresa Carter

  • TLT Rocks The Boat with Endure To Cure, David Kav, & Jen Chicago

    Submitted by Theresa Carter on June 12, 2009 - 8:11am

    Last Sunday I hosted a part birthday party/part fundraiser aboard the Free Spirit, a 70-ft charter boat that operates out

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  • Only 19,340 Feet To Go

    Submitted by Theresa Carter on April 23, 2009 - 2:24pm

    That's how tall Mt. Kilimanjaro is. Located near the eastern coast of Africa, it's the highest free-standing mountain in the world. And this summer I'm going to climb it. Read more »

  • Ice Skating In Millennium Park

    Submitted by Theresa Carter on January 24, 2009 - 4:29pm

    Despite growing up in rural Indiana with a pond 200 yards from my front door, the first time I ice skated was when I was 15 and visiting family in Colorado. The second time was shortly after I moved to Chicago and visited the new Millennium Park Ice Skating Rink. The third time was yesterday. Read more »

  • I Cried In Grant Park

    Submitted by Theresa Carter on November 5, 2008 - 7:34pm

    I'm a crier. Sappy chick flick? I cry. Feel good sports movie? I cry. Stupid commercial where the dad's carrying his kid on his shoulders in the back yard and they're trying to catch fireflies? I cry.

    At real-life events it's particularly difficult to maintain my composure. When I see someone striving for, and achieving, something they believe in my eyes water up and my nose gets red. During the Chicago Marathon I spent the whole morning sniffling. Read more »

  • It's Good To Be Back

    Submitted by Theresa Carter on October 8, 2008 - 3:54pm

    Over the last three days I've spent approximately 32 hours at the computer (and it's only 5:00). Tonight I've been invited to cover the Recording Academy® (the people who put on the Grammys) Membership Celebration at Hotel Sax, and even though I'm excited to be going, part of me wants to stay glued to the keyboard all night.
    I have issues.
    In my defense, Monday's the first chance I'd really had to work in over a week, and for a woman who regularly puts in 80 hours a week that's enough to cause withdrawal convulsions.

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  • Ready, Set, GO!

    Submitted by Theresa Carter on September 22, 2008 - 7:56am

    As TLT's founder/editor/writer/marketer/tech department/pr firm/office manager/janitor, I have an extremely busy schedule. 80 to 90 hour weeks are common. As any entrepreneur knows that's to be expected and since I love what I do it's more like play than work.
    This week, however, is over the top. I mean insane. Like I'm going to need three massages, 2 vacations, one on a beach, one on a mountainside, neither with Internet access or cell service but with LOTS of books, make that four massages and throw in a cabana boy and a lumberjack.

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