Bridget, aka The Bridge, is a late twenties lady living in Chicago. She is a recovering improviser who is also a journalist by trade and a blogger by passion. As a blogger, The Bridge is constantly negotiating life’s everyday occurrences. As a married woman, The Bridge is constantly negotiating. As a person without children, The Bridge is constantly committed to doing whatever the heck she wants (with some husband negotiations as previously noted).
The Bridge is married to Sir Opti:
Respe't.
Sir Opti is really good at optimizing videos and search engines. Hence, the “Opti”. He can optimize pretty much anything except household appliances and cars. While at a party full of cops on the south side of Chicago, he was accused of being an English actor sent to steal the cops’ women. Hence, the “Sir”.
The Bridge is the youngest of six siblings.
Count it - Six.
She stems from an Irish/Polish/Catholic family in Chicago’s southwest suburbs. She’s callused to guilt trips and still locks her door when she sleeps at her mom’s house so neither her parents nor her nieces and nephews will wake her up before 9 a.m. uninvited. She illustrates the craziness of her parents in Time with Frank and Ada. How does a couple raise 6 children and come out relatively unscathed? A: They don’t.
The Bridge welcomes you to her little world. Weird things are happening all the time, and she’s just trying to make some sense of it.
“The journey of The Bridge Beat is one of hilarity, honesty and profound classical prose written in the form of a blog, which any idiot could create.” – Socrates
“The Bridge Beat has changed my life.” – Sally Jesse Raphael
“I like colors.” – Paula Abdul
