My blog is very much behind on my life. There was a time where I couldn't go to bed without sitting at my laptop and editing my photos and updating what I did that day. I guess, in a way, it's a good thing that...
I had to bring Chelsa back her crock pot. I had borrowed it to make hot chocolate in for my birthday party back in January. SO I brought it back and we went to Hopleaf for mussels and beer. I had a furlough day on Friday....
For an early Mothers Day celebration we took my mom to afternoon tea at the Lobby at the Peninsula in Chicago. I got coffee. Because I don't really like tea. But, as always, with afternoon tea, what I really was looking forward to was the food. And...
I had breakfast at Pannenkoeken Cafe in the Lincoln Square neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois. Pannenkoeken, Dutch pancakes, are larger and thinner than traditional American pancakes and come topped with a variety of sweet (caramel apple, chocolate banana, strawberry) or savory (salami and cheese, chicken sausage...
I never in my life thought I would say this. But there might just be such a thing as too much bacon. I spent the latter half of my weekend with heart burn and a stomach ache and a general feeling of not ever wanting to...
1. I went to watch Mat's improv team improvise at a sandwich shop. I drank a raspberry beer that tasted too much like beer. Their improv show was funny. Mat complains that that's all I ever say. I say it's good constructive criticism. Afterward we went...
Remember the snowpocalypse? This is what happened to my car...
After I gave notice at my work I wanted to celebrate. Or at least, do something. So Mat came over and I made green chicken and chevre tacos with leftover chicken from the whole chicken I made. And they were yummy. I wanted to go out...
Last week was a whole lot of awesome food, awesome drinks, awesome people...
Last week, to celebrate the Chinese New Year, I met up with some friends for a Lao Sze Chuan hot pot dinner in Chicago Chinatown. Chinese New Year, AKA Spring Festival, is a holiday that celebrates the turn of the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar. It's...