Thanks again for the birthday wishes, everyone! This weekend was quite the trip – and I didn’t even go anywhere 😉 **cue groans and thrown tomatoes** It was a lot of disconnecting from all things electronic and more reconnecting with good friends and a fiance who is starting to wonder whether my computer has been […]
Breakfast
Belated
Hellllloooooooo! I am back in Chicago after a fabulous – albeit too short – trip to Arizona. I sincerely appreciated all of the birthday wishes, comments, emails and Facebook love this weekend. It made my 23rd birthday special and caused me to reflect once again on how lucky I am to have this community. Thank […]
Cooking Mojo Jojo
**Winners of the SUBWAY giveaway announced at the end – did I catch you scrolling? ;)** First of all, a big birthday shout out to Savvy Julie! Plus, delayed birthday wishes to Mama Pea. Wonderful friends and bloggers – I love May birthdays! Have you heard of The Powerpuff Girls? That’s where the inspiration for […]
Life Is But A {Wonderful} Dream
Life can take you so many unexpected places. On this day last year, I was back at my campus apartment at Northwestern following a weekend trip to Arizona to visit my family and take some snapshots for my photojournalism class. There were six weeks left to go in my college career and many new and […]
Madtown vs. Chitown
Wow, thank you for all of the positive feedback and responses on my last post. I am so appreciative of this community and all of the wonderful people in it. It’s because of you that I am able to better step outside myself and gain perspective. So glad that you’re as excited about the upcoming […]
Power Monday? Power Toast! {Guest Bender: The Chic Life}
Hi friends! Can I just say that for the record, I am always blown away by the wisdom and insight that my readers possess? Granted I’m not surprised in the slightest since I know you are all incredibly intelligent, but your comments about disconnecting from the virtual world in my last post were really sensational. […]
That’s a Wrap!
Last weekend, I picked up a gigantic case of Flatout Bread at Costco. If you’ve ever shopped wholesale bread at Costco before, you know that good things come in large quantities 🙂 {Isn’t the opposite usually the case?!} I’ve mentioned Flatout Bread on the blog a few times before — it has an elusive quality […]
Eating Bender Turns Two
Good evening, everyone! I’ve been waiting all day to share this post with you. March 16, 2010 will always hold a very special place in my heart. Not only is it 7 months away from our wedding… {Our Save-the-Dates are out! The beautiful design courtesy of the one and only Mama Bender.} It’s also Eating […]