Liz Wertz
Liz lives with her husband, two kids and black lab in downtown Indianapolis. After a professional hiatus, she’s now learning how to navigate her new norm of a working mom in the finance world. Liz enjoys growing vegetables, yoga, going out to eat, being sarcastic, cooking, aimlessly scrolling TikTok (@frenchfryliz) and reality tv.
House Renovation: Part 1–We’re Moving In with my In-Laws
It all started last spring. My next-door neighbor sold his house, in about a week, for (IMO) an insane amount of money. I live just north of downtown in a neighborhood called Fall Creek...
::Heart of IMB – Non-Profit Spotlight:: Keep Indianapolis Beautiful
The beginning of what is now Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, Inc. (KIB) started over 40 years ago when 1976 Mayor Bill Hudnut created the Indianapolis Clean City Committee—a single-employee, anti-litter city agency. While litter reduction...
Tips and Tricks for Riding IndyGo’s Red Line
The Red Line is officially open, Indy! The Red Line, IndyGo’s latest project, runs along a 13-mile stretch of Indianapolis’s most densely populated (with residents and employers) corridors. The buses themselves are a whopping...
My Miscarriage Story
“My miscarriage story” is a phrase I naively thought I would never have to vocalize, yet here I am…
On Monday morning, I woke up and instantly knew something was wrong. I had cramps and...
My Favorite Me Time: the Solo Movie Date
I’ve grown up loving movies, especially going to the movie theater to catch the newest flick. There’s something about reclining in a plush seat in a cool, dark, quiet theater that just puts me...
Bawk Bawk: We’re Getting Backyard Chickens
My raised beds are planted with a variety of veggies. My strawberries are red and juicy. My raspberries have set their berries, ready to ripen in the sun. There is always a jar (or...
Trading My Suit for Overalls and Some Gardening Tips I Picked Up Along the...
At this exact time five years ago, I was fresh off a promotion, staring outside my downtown office window, wearing a crisp suit, wondering why I was still miserable. I had it all, right?...
It’s Almost Farmers Market Season*!
Farmers Market season is the best time of the year. Actually, it’s farmers market all year long (*Fun Fact To Know: I used to work for Growing Places Indy, who runs the Indy Winter...
Remaining Hopeful: How We Can Do Our Part to Save the Planet
On a dreary, cold and wet January morning, I walked into the Indiana State Museum to a sea of engaged, passionate students and proud educators and community leaders. These young activists were patiently waiting...
Baby, It’s Cold Outside… so Let’s Go!
If you’re like me, the holiday season is always a whirlwind of stress, exhaustion, obligation, guilt, forced conversations with distant relatives with a little bit of cheer thrown in here and there. This year,...
We’re All a Little B-Word…
Yes, you heard me right, you are… biased (C’mon, what b-word did you think I was referring to?!) I am biased. You are biased. We are all biased.
Historically, and evolutionarily speaking, our implicit or...