Allo! Happy weekend! **Thanks for your sweet comments on my last post. You all know how to get a girl excited about wedding details 🙂 New news: we have scheduled an engagement shoot for mid-February! It came with our photography package and I’m really excited to meet with the photographer and get Bobby to let […]
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[Insert Turkey Pun Here]
I figured I’d spare you my usual cheesy post title and get straight to the point 😉 This holiday weekend was much needed, don’t you agree? I’ve been catching up on all of the blogosphere celebrations and it seems as though most people had another successful feast and enjoyed some time off. I felt so […]
Bender + Bird Food…Eating!
Hugs and thank yous to everyone who commented on my last post. Your comments mean so much to me and I am so happy I am able to share these pieces of my life with you. For those of you who took my cookie conundrum to heart and linked or emailed me better recipes — […]
Eggs-actly
This weekend was eggs-actly the right combination of productivity and fun. I was glad to read that so many bloggers enjoyed themselves in San Francisco! Back in the Windy City, I enjoyed watching Northwestern beat Iowa (insert evil laugh), getting out in the unseasonably warm – we are talking 70 degrees in November! – weather, […]
Go Bananas!
Another weekend has flown by, but the good news is that there is plenty to show for it by way of good food 🙂 I went a little “bananas” yesterday after my Northwestern Wildcats came back from a 28-3 deficit to beat Indiana 29-28. But the craziness wasn’t limited to jumping up and down in […]
“Even Then I Knew…I Was Waiting For My Wife.”
Pam and Jim never cease to make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside Don’t worry, no spoilers ahead if you haven’t seen the episode (that quote is featured in the TV teaser). Let’s just say it was a good one and it made the fact that Friday was October 16, 2009 – one year […]
A Dream Come TRU: Foodbuzz in Chicago!
There aren’t enough positive adjectives to describe how truly remarkable my experience with Foodbuzz and TRU restaurant were last night. I felt like I was in another world… I was originally going to go straight from work, but realized midday that I wasn’t appropriately dressed for the occasion. Mara was kind enough to pick me […]
Power outage at the movies!
**Posting Friday on Saturday** Hurray for Friday, my favorite day of the week 🙂 There’s nothing better than knowing that by Friday evening you have absolutely no tedious commitments for more than 48 hours! BREAKFAST I’m on an egg kick lately – for some reason I’m starting to like the savory flavor in the morning. […]