Yesterday our family played hookie and became tourists for a day in our own backyard. We visited famous landmarks, cruised along in a double-decker tour bus, took a ride on a giant ferris wheel, and got in everyone's way while taking a million pictures. Our first stop was Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower). We took … Continue reading A Day Off in Chicago
Month: May 2012
Mother Nature
Last evening the most breathtaking cloud formation undulated over our rooftop and across the sky on its way to the lake. The motion was unlike anything I had ever seen and the brilliant color changed from moment to moment. If only I had taken a video! All photos via the aesthete and the dilettante
What to Bring: Mini Carrot Cakes
Memorial Day is almost here, so I've been working on what I will bake and take to a barbecue this weekend. My mother makes the best carrot cake on the planet. A cake so mouthwateringly perfect that you cannot resist cutting a thin slice and popping it into your mouth sans plate each time you … Continue reading What to Bring: Mini Carrot Cakes
Memorial Day Picnic
cashmere sweater, $188 Melissa Odabash striped bathing suit, $190 7 For All Mankind low rise short shorts, $180 Aubin Wills canvas tote bag, $110 Wicker Picnic Basket, $350 click on image for links to recipes and photos
The Top Ten (May Edition)
Ten things I am loving this May...1. The gorgeous color and heady scent of lilacs in bloom.2) Nars Super Orgasm Illuminator. I have never been a big make-up girl, but when I tried this and saw the nice (ahem) glow it gave me, I was sold. 3) My Garmin Forerunner 310XT. Attractive it is not, … Continue reading The Top Ten (May Edition)
dining al fresco
This spectacular weather has me ready to move it outside. Who's in? click on each image for photo credits and recipes
A Mother’s Day Love Letter
My mother has been sick for almost as long as I can remember. But the truth is, I did not consider it as much as I should have growing up. She never allowed her physical limitations to define her, so I saw her through the lens that she held up for herself and it did … Continue reading A Mother’s Day Love Letter
What to Make: In Season
Cooking is one of my great passions, so when the local farmers markets open in late spring, I am over the moon. Meals are prepared throughout fall and winter from cookbooks and recipes I have collected over the years, but these are happily abandoned during the warmer months when I love to pick up the … Continue reading What to Make: In Season
Shades of Summer
Calypso St Barth lace sweater, $149 Kain stripe shirt, $90 Current/Elliott skinny fit jeans, $200 Alexander McQueen studded pumps, $1,085 Dolce Vita roman sandals, $169 Sequin handbag, €129 ASOS clutch handbag, $55 Paige Novick stacking bangle, $138 Kenneth Jay Lane coral jewelry, £140 Roberta Chiarella gold plated earrings, $88 CHANEL Lévres Scintillantes Brillant Extreme Glossimer, … Continue reading Shades of Summer
Perseverance
The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago provided the perfect respite from last Saturday's bone chilling rain and cold. Our family spent the afternoon exploring most of the hands-on exhibits in this vast museum, including the Baby Chick Hatchery. We could not peel ourselves away from these tiny creatures making their way into the … Continue reading Perseverance
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