Collective Chicago

Phone It In Friday: Welcome!

You've seen our little spaces at Collective HQ, so now it's time to show us yours. What super awesome something are you bringing to the clubhouse?

the appropriate question is WHEN the hell are they?

The best thing about Collective HQ, aside from the Big Buck Hunter and the Scrabble and the art and the thermal detonators and a time machine and the cat bartender is that, at any given moment, it exists in four places at the same time. And sometimes it even exists in OTHER places, like DC or Philly or Chicago and right now, for one time only (God willing) it exists in a hotel room in Rockville, Maryland. See:



The best part about the Rockville corner of Collective HQ is that there is a flat screen TV playing Futurama right now. Unfortunately, since I have been staring at payroll testing reports all day, I need to spend some quality time with the TV and so THE END.

It's a neighborly day in this beauty wood.

You can tell a lot about people by the contents of their fictional HQ, and the Collective is no exception. For instance, not only do we have the best stocked bar north of the equator, we also have a bartender on staff full time:



This tells you that we are fabulous hostesses, and also maybe alcoholics.

Vampire Weekend is our house band:



This tells you that we love music, and also maybe cute boys.

We also have a closet full of thermal detonators:



This tells you that we are really big nerds, and also maybe homicidal.

Mind the Gap at Collective HQ

Since Collective HQ is huuuuuuge, we have a lot of stuff just lying around. I mean you have to be careful or you might actually get injured tripping over stuff. Kat tries to keep things tidy, but we're not an easy bunch to keep tidy. Like right now there are snow boots and Christmas decorations and Heather's Wii tennis rackets and Scout's ears and Jennie's Threadless t-shirts and all of Winston's toys.

We spend a lot of our time in front of Big Buck Hunter. I'm not very good at it, but it's still awesome. And Kat is REALLY good at it, which makes it fun to get schooled.


And did you know we have matching pajamas?


Plus, I mean, we're on the Floo Network.


Really, you should stop by.