We’re back! Yep, and it’s that time of the week again. We missed the CSA last week since we were in chilly Chicago. Compared to Tucson, it was crazy cold in Chicago. However, knowing what we know about winter in Chicago, it was actually a really beautiful and mild week (considering it was January….). We…
Category: Chicago
Postings that include interesting information about Chicago… or my thoughts on living in Chicago.
Here’s a Fat Cat
Yep, you guessed it. That’s the fat cat that the title of this post is referring to. She’s one of our little cutie patooties – the Sneezer bear. I just like this picture a lot – I may have positioned her slightly… but once she was on her back, she stayed there (and, in fact,…
Chicago Winter Morning
Chicago is a beautiful place in the morning. The sun rises over Lake Michigan and casts a warm glow over the neighborhoods between us and the lake front. It’s amazing watching the steam and smoke rising from the warm buildings. Capturing moments like these is what keeps winter bearable. I should note that this photo…
Carrot Bread
First off, I need to start of this post by explaining the photos above. Because I know most of you have no context for just how bad the snow storm was (you know, that blizzard thing we had last week), I though I’d post a couple of comparison photos that I took over the weekend….
Snow Cookies
So, I have to admit something. I really (and I mean really…) wanted to call these cookies “Blizzaster Cookies” – there was just something snazzy about it. However, I worried that name wouldn’t really be universally appealing, so I went with “Snow Cookies” instead. For those of you that might not know, the Midwest recently (i.e. this…
And Then it Was 2011
Can you believe it? Seriously??? Can you believe that it’s 2011? I just had to get that out there. It’s been 10 years since I moved out of home and went to college. It’s the first year in the second decade of the 21st century. It’s the year of… I don’t know. It just seems…
Marriage License… and Bagels!
Kirk and I did something big on Thursday morning… we went downtown and got our marriage license! About a week ago we planned that we would each take a work-from-home day this past Thursday so that we could go downtown to the Daley center and stand in line to get our marriage license. So, Thursday…
Boot Camp!
It’s official. I’m taking the plunge into the land of cakes, doughes, custards, fillings, icings, sauces, desert plating, garnishing, cookies, and cake decorating. That’s right… I’ve signed myself up for a Baking Boot Camp! It’s a 3-day intensive baking course offered by The Chopping Block, a cooking school here in Chicago that caters to (haha……
Updates…
Yes… I realize it’s been nearly a month since I’ve written, but so much has been happening! Kirk and I got engaged the morning of June 27th! It was a Saturday morning, and he went out to “run an errand”. I stayed home and I was lounging on the couch in my slouchy Saturday morning…
Moving… Again!
It’s been a while since I’ve written, but Kirk and I have been coming up on the end of our lease at the Little Pink House, and we’ve been thinking we need some additional space – – – two people in 700 square feet is a bit tight. Because this decision came at the last…
Twizzling Whimsies 