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Birthday cake time - Dylan's Fourth Birthday Party
March 4, 2013
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four.

My nephew turned four...

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Heather's Birthday at Billy Goat Tavern
February 18, 2013
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Milkshakes on the side of sundaes on the side of horny goats.

Heather turned 31, and she wanted a Chicago-style birthday party. The original plan was to go ice skating. But it was too cold for that. So we went to Margie's for ice cream instead. Because it is never too cold for ice cream. And then...

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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
January 28, 2013
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Andrew ruined my birthday. (or, everything sounds better on a ukelele.)

When I pictured spending my 32nd birthday in Hawaii, I kind of imagined tanning on the beach, swimming in the ocean, eating raw fish, drinking fruity cocktails, and making out with a bleach blonde surfer. Instead, the night ended at 9:30pm passing out on a too-hard...

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Whale Watching in Hawaii
January 24, 2013
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A whale of a tail.

Some months ago, my friend Jen asked me if I wanted to come to Hawaii with her for her 30th birthday. Considering the fact that my birthday just happens to be the day after hers that meant that I too would then be spending my...

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My Chicago Birthday
January 15, 2013
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Colonel Mustard, in the library, with a wrench. (or, how I celebrated my upcoming 25th – hehem – birthday)

Y'all know how much I love birthdays. Especially when those birthdays are my own. I'm thoroughly of the mindset that you have a good two week window (one before and one after the actual day), give or take a few days, in which everything you...

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My Birthday in Vang Vieng
January 27, 2012
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How to turn 31.

This is how I normally look on my birthday...

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Dylan's 2nd Birthday
March 6, 2011
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Two-Two: my nephew’s second birthday.

Yesterday we celebrated my nephew Dylan's second birthday. He's at that point where he thinks he can talk but when he tries to have a conversation I just respond with "what was that?" or humor him by saying "exactly." The only things I can really...

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Heather's birthday bar crawl at Zakopane, Happy Village, and Innertown Pub
February 6, 2011
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There’s no crying in smorgasbord

Last Saturday was Heather's birthday. We ate tacos in the cab on the way to the bar. The first stop was Zakopane, a dive Polish bar that, when we arrived at 9:30 on a Saturday night, had no one in it but the bartender. The...

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Mini Baconfest
January 29, 2011
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If only his hero Helen Keller could have been here to see this.

Last Saturday was crazy. One of those days that I had so much going on but it was all low key, giving the perfect mixture of a relaxing Saturday and a day of debauchery. It started with bacon. Because, let’s face it, most good things start...

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My 30th Birthday Party - Sparkles in my Sink
January 26, 2011
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Random Ramblings of a 30 Year Old

1. While making cupcakes for my thirtieth birthday party we made a pretty sparkly pink sink...

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Hi, I’m Val. I spent most of my 20s in a standstill, unable to pick which path in life I wanted to take. I wanted the nomadic life of a traveler but also wanted the husband, the condo, and the teal couch. Unable to decide which life I wanted more, I did nothing. I lived my life in limbo. When I turned 30 I’d had enough of putting my life on hold and decided to start “choosing my figs.” So, I quit my job and bought a one-way ticket to Europe. After 3 years on the road I’m back in Chicago, exploring the city, learning guitar, decorating my apartment in too much teal, cuddling my cats, and planning my next adventures.

            

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