Anne Niederkorn

Blogs

  • When Cheeseheads Travel South

    The road trip seemed like a good idea at the time. “It’s only the panhandle…it’s not like we’re driving to Miami,” I reasoned. “Besides, all the flights are astronomically expensive during spring break.” About twelve… Read more

  • Things I’m Supposed to Like

    Attention, marketers: I’m not picking up what you’re laying down, so you can take your Chicos fashions and move right along: I’m not buying it. Along with the rest of these things that 43-year-old women… Read more

  • Spinderella Cut It Up One Time (Or, What I’ve Learned from Spin Class)

    1) Don’t Wear Mascara. The first time I went to a “real” spin studio, I was in the South. From what I’d seen and read (perhaps from Steel Magnolias?) I thought that Southern ladies pretty… Read more

  • Running Sometimes Makes Me Angry

    I am not a runner. I am someone who sometimes runs and even sometimes signs up for things like 5K’s or even marathon relays, but I still don’t consider myself a runner. There are a… Read more

  • Last Day Abroad

    The year was 1994. I had just finished a semester abroad in Toledo, Spain, followed by about three weeks traveling around Europe on the cheap. My experience was a combination of culture shock, anxiety, enlightenment,… Read more

  • Please Get This Song Out of My Head

    Back in August and September I was pretty much in work hell: long hours, a stressful project, lots of new things to learn. This particular work project also required spending my days in a small… Read more