On Saturday, I hopped on the bus to mail a birthday/ Christmas present to a friend, but when I arrived at the Post Office (ANNEX!), I was shot down. The whole two-story building’s operations boiled down to one lady behind a desk just inside a door-front, asking “Does this already have postage?” Seriously, how would that be [...]
Every year about this time I think of that Christmas years ago; the excitement of having a houseful of family, the first Christmas for my family in years that an actual child would open presents- my then five year-old cousin. There was not one, but two Christmas trees that year. Not one, but two sets of [...]
Someone (that would be my boyfriend) devoted a few hours to the Top Chef marathon leading up to last night’s finale… What I have made for you tonight is a play on Depression-era cuisine d’poor. I bathed some Iowa corn with small waves of heat…a “micro-wave” if you will…resulting in a light and clean floret [...]
Not to be a jerk or anything, but let’s have a little chat about the whole Tiger Woods thing, shall we? I should preface what I’m about to say with a ”cheating is never okay, nor EVER justified” disclaimer. That said, can any of us really be that surprised that he cheated? People cheat all of the [...]
Just a few odd, inexpensvie, and quirky ideas to share… Given my own proclivities toward cereal, I’d venture to say I’m not really the target market here, but GDF is quite the Cooker-Girl. In fact, she’s one the one who showed me how easy it is to choose your own recipes for the cookbook inserts, then coordinate photos [...]
Every work week I’m at Union Station to catch the Metra to the suburbs. Most of the time, I mindlessly force my way through the crowds of incoming commuters, shove my way down the stairs, and board my train. This morning I wondered, what if I didn’t? What if instead of getting on the local [...]
On the first day of Shoe-mas, Zappos sent to me… A comfy new pair of UGGs. On the second day of Shoe-mas, Zappos sent to me… Kate Spade bright pink flats, And a comfy new pair of UGGs. On the third day of Shoe-mas, Zappos sent to me… Nine West’s brown suede loafers, Kate Spade [...]
