Lights in front of the Wrigley Building Today was our team’s day to bring goodies to work. I whipped up a loaf of spinach-feta bread last night, only to have the middle of it fall apart. Too much spinach and feta I guess. Undaunted, I’ll try again tomorrow for Christmas […]
How old are you???
Aunt Nancy’s holiday spread (note the snowmen everywhere) I’m nowhere close to 22. I haven’t been for a while. So my family’s holiday party was raised to the status of must-attend event when this year two of my uncles declared me to look very young. Very young. When Bud, my […]
All hail Excedrin!
Salvation Army Band: Michigan Ave. I gotta tell ya, Excedrin is my saviour. Blasphemy, eh? Well, if you were still churning away under the auspices of some sort of cold-virus thing and were beset by an annoying headache a couple of hours before a party you were really looking forward […]
Pondering stuffiness
Crowds waiting for coffee and bagels at 900 North The best thing about being sick? I finished Wicked in just two days and have already read about three-quarters of Saints of Big Harbour. I’m just glad it wasn’t the flu. That always knocks me out so much that reading and […]
The magnificently cold mile
State and Washington Shopping. It’s what Chicago’s about during the holidays, right? You’d think so with all of the Crate & Barrel, Eddie Bauer and Pottery Barn bags we were assaulted with. But Tiffany and I were more interested in exploring and snapping some photos. Some observations: It was cold […]
Abjure? I think not!
I just love it when she curls up in a ball like that OK. Word #1 of 100: abjure tr.v. ab·jured, ab·jur·ing, ab·jures 1. To renounce under oath; forswear. 2. To recant solemnly; repudiate: abjure one’s beliefs. Hmmm…when will I have occasion to use this word? Let me see. Scott, […]
Jingle, jingle
One of the few non-snowman ornaments Or is it creak, creak? We’ve had a plethora of creaky, squeaky doors around here lately, so I decided to be productive and oil ’em up. I grabbed the 3-in-1 and tackled all of them, including the medicine cabinet doors in the bathroom. Ta-dah! […]
All decked out
Shiny and bright So about those frasier firs…they’re deadly! I have scratches all over my hands from stringing lights and hanging ornaments. Especially annoying when you’re running hot water over them while doing dishes. I’m sorely tempted to go for the artificial (not fake, right Kip?) version next time ’round. […]
Tree shopping
Pick a tree…any tree I’m not a fake-tree gal. At least not yet. Although it would probably be a whole lot easier. And it’s not like we have one of those go-to-a-tree-farm-and-saw-down-a-tree-and-drink-cider rituals. No. We travel just three short blocks to the Booster Club tree lot and pick one out. […]
Shopping funk
A bit o’ tinsel Well, today was a day that I thought would be productive. Laurel, Reji and I trooped down to the Holiday Artists’ Market at the UICA, where there were many good things to be had. Yet they all seemed to be items that I would buy for […]