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#GOvember2021: 8 Years of Running Every Street in Oak Park

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#GOvember2021: 8 Years of Running Every Street in Oak Park

GOvember: An Overview There are two important components to GOvember: a map and a pair of good shoes. Luckily you can get both of those at Lively! Come on in and grab a paper map or two, or download them here.  Get yourself a comfortable pair of shoes while you're at it! Pick a challenge from the three options below and track your progress on the map provided. After each run, use a marker or pen to trace your route. This is totally on the honor system, which hasn't failed us yet! Once you’re done, bring the map in to...

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Lively in Guyville: 3 important updates

Lively in Guyville: 3 important updates

We are back! Looking for a location turned out to be a bit more time-consuming and secret than we thought (we looked at some spaces that aren't quite on the market yet, so we had to be quiet about it). But we picked our space, we signed a lease, and we're ready for next steps!! Here's our exciting updates: 1. We finally settled on a name: Lively in Guyville. We like that it sounds friendly and small-town-ish (Welcome to Guyville!) and we like that there's a nod to one of Kate's favorite albums, Exile in Guyville, and Liz Phair originally...

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There is a small chance we don't "get" men.

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There is a small chance we don't "get" men.

Join us as we grapple with life's biggest mystery: the male mind.

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SHOES? More like $HOE$ wait maybe that is a bad blog title

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SHOES? More like $HOE$ wait maybe that is a bad blog title

We've got to make some tough choices in opening our new men's store... and here's a little peek at our thought process.

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What's in a name? And what's next for Lively??

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What's in a name? And what's next for Lively??

We're trying something big this year and we hope you'll join us for the fun, the inevitable disappointments, and the (hopefully huge) triumphs!

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