Happy Valentine’s Day! A big thank you to the Benders, who inspired today’s #FebPhotoADay – “heart” – with their Valentine’s Day package. The chocolate-covered strawberries were beautiful! Not to mention delicious. We had a great holiday here in Chicago. Though we technically celebrated at Wildfire last Friday, I couldn’t help but cook something special up […]
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Refueling
I tend not to keep to any sort of schedule when it comes to exercise. On any given day, I will work out in the morning, afternoon or night, depending on what my other plans are for the day or how I’m feeling. Sometimes, not having a clear idea of my workout goal leads to […]
Memorable Meals: Risotto-A-Go-Go
Sometimes, the best laid plans for a new recipe don’t run as smoothly as you wish they would. This was not one of those times. I’ve never met a risotto I didn’t like. I love eating it in restaurants. We even served it at our wedding. But I had never tried making it myself at […]
White Wine Macarearrange + Cheese
Remember when we rearranged our apartment? With a little creativity and a lot of luck (owing to the fact that we were somehow able to move massively heavy furniture with just two people), a space was created for a dining room table. After one and a half years of using television trays, our new addition […]
Normalcy
We interrupt this regularly scheduled wedding recap to bring you the apparent storm of the century. Scratch that – this century is not that old. How about the worst storm in 70 YEARS? That is not normal. I am a big baby when it comes to storms. So when they talk about the Great Lakes […]
I SPI With My Eye: Belgians + Bananas!
Thank you all for the kind comments on Bobby’s birthday post. We were both grinning ear to ear as we read through each one of them, and Bobby says, “thank you!” Additionally, we’d like to wish the happiest of birthdays to Maggie and Val TODAY!! *** The birthday weekend itself brought about some truly delicious […]
Winner, Winner, P. Bendinner!
Gotta love my attempts at creative titles… Hello, bloggies! How was your holiday? Are you enjoying the Winter Olympics so far? I absolutely love when the games are on. Something about Bob Costas screams comfort for me… I’m glad you all took something away from Julie’s guest post. It was definitely an eye opener. I […]
It was a Dark Knight…
Last night Bobby and I went to see The Dark Knight. There aren’t words to describe just how incredible it was! Everything from the acting to the storyline to the special effects kept me wanting more! It was also great that it was filmed in Chicago because I could pick out some of my favorite […]