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Mary Theresa Schmich was born in Savannah, Ga., the oldest of eight children, and spent her childhood in Georgia. She attended high school in Phoenix then earned a B.A. at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif.
After working in college admissions for three years and spending a year and a half in France, she attended journalism school at Stanford. She has worked as a reporter at the Peninsula Times Tribune in Palo Alto, Calif., at the Orlando Sentinel and, since 1985, at the Chicago Tribune. She spent five years as a Tribune national correspondent based in Atlanta.
For three years starting in 1992, she wrote a column for the Tribune. She left for a year to attend Harvard on a N...
After working in college admissions for three years and spending a year and a half in France, she attended journalism school at Stanford. She has worked as a reporter at the Peninsula Times Tribune in Palo Alto, Calif., at the Orlando Sentinel and, since 1985, at the Chicago Tribune. She spent five years as a Tribune national correspondent based in Atlanta.
For three years starting in 1992, she wrote a column for the Tribune. She left for a year to attend Harvard on a N...
Mary Theresa Schmich was born in Savannah, Ga., the oldest of eight children, and spent her childhood in Georgia. She attended high school in Phoenix then earned a B.A. at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif.
After working in college admissions for three years and spending a year and a half in France, she attended journalism school at Stanford. She has worked as a reporter at the Peninsula Times Tribune in Palo Alto, Calif., at the Orlando Sentinel and, since 1985, at the Chicago Tribune. She spent five years as a Tribune national correspondent based in Atlanta.
For three years starting in 1992, she wrote a column for the Tribune. She left for a year to attend Harvard on a Nieman fellowship for journalists, then returned to the column in July 1996.
She also writes the "Brenda Starr" comic strip and plays a decent barroom piano. She lives in Chicago.
After working in college admissions for three years and spending a year and a half in France, she attended journalism school at Stanford. She has worked as a reporter at the Peninsula Times Tribune in Palo Alto, Calif., at the Orlando Sentinel and, since 1985, at the Chicago Tribune. She spent five years as a Tribune national correspondent based in Atlanta.
For three years starting in 1992, she wrote a column for the Tribune. She left for a year to attend Harvard on a Nieman fellowship for journalists, then returned to the column in July 1996.
She also writes the "Brenda Starr" comic strip and plays a decent barroom piano. She lives in Chicago.
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A room with a view and then some
Chicago Tribune Staff WriterThe worst thing about being a tourist in Paris is feeling like one. No matter how proud you are to be an American, you'd still rather sashay down the Parisian boulevards feeling you possess a touch of that uniquely French je ne sais whatever. And here's...Tags: Rooms and Sublets, Hotels and Accommodations, Apartments, Vacation and Timeshares, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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A secret Oregon for any season
Chicago Tribune Staff ReporterOne summer night at the Treasure Cafe in Wheeler, a stranger leaned toward my grilled wild king salmon and said, "Do you want to know a secret?" Given that there were only seven tables in this bright blue shack of a restaurant, secrets were in short...Tags: Portland (Multnomah, Oregon), Condos and Houses, Personal Service, Bars and Clubs, Family
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Nathan Rabin Nathan Rabin is the head writer for The A.V. Club. His books include “The Big Rewind” and “My Year of Flops.” He also collaborated on “Weird Al: The Book.” He has written for the Wall Street Journal,...Tags: Cartoons, Tony Awards, University of Chicago, Literature, Chicago Sun-Times
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Schmich on the move
Change of SubjectThose of you who are online-only readers may have missed this recent development, reported on this morning by TOC's Robert Feder: Of all the perks of winning the Pulitzer Prize last spring, the most visible for Mary Schmich may be...... -
Good, in the midst of difficult situation
Trib Nation spoke recently with Pulitzer Prize-winning Tribune columnist Mary Schmich about telling Chicago stories. What is unique about Chicago and its stories? They’re infinite. One beauty of writing in Chicago is it is so varied and...
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Religion in Rome
Travel guides? Check. Passport? Check. Chicago baseball cap? Check. So went the preparations of a Chicago religion reporter on her way back to Rome for a papal transition. After spending last week searching for Chicagoans also traveling to the Eternal...Tags: Chicago White Sox, Benedict XVI, Rome (Italy)
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Our inaugural coverage
In some ways, President Barack Obama's inauguration is a local story in Chicago. The president's political ties to the city, the family's home in the Kenwood neighborhood and his and first lady Michelle Obama's friends and colleagues here provide the...
Tags: Kenwood, Barack Obama, South Shore, Michelle Obama, Chicago Tribune
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Stay cheerful, my friends
Change of SubjectPhoto by Ken Carl We sold out our four "Songs of Good Cheer" programs over last weekend at the Old Town School of Folk Music (in mid November, actualy). As always after these shows we get requests for links to...... -
Scribe Aid
Change of SubjectRobert Feder puts it well: Chicago Tribune columnists Mary Schmich and Eric Zorn will lead the singing at the second Scribe Aid event Friday at the Heartland Cafe, 7000 North Glenwood Avenue. Hosted by our friends from the Chicago Headline...... -
Awash in words
Comporting with Tribune columnist Mary Schmich’s "Simple language just isn’t as thrilling" (News, Dec. 5), noting what seems to be an inexorable slide toward extinction for any word that stands out from the crowd, I once accepted that sad...Tags: Immune System, Blood Cells, Blood
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Songs of Good Cheer
Columnists Mary Schmich and Eric Zorn joined musicians Thursday night at the Old Town School of Folk Music for the first of four Songs of Good Cheer programs. Click here for a photo gallery. This is the 14th year for the caroling party, which grew out...
Tags: Music Industry, Old Town (Chicago, Illinois), Entertainment, Music, Old Town School of Folk Music
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From Capone to Cheap Eats
When I came to the Chicago Tribune as a cub copy editor, there was an old hand on the desk -- probably about the age I am now -- who used to smile and say, “Is this a great job or what? We get paid to read the newspaper.” I think of that now...
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