Author Archives: Jane

Things I missed

tick, tick, tick … I am starting to feel the time crunch … are you? This weekend, in my rush to get downtown and also supervise the home improvements, I totally missed two good Sunday NYTimes articles. Thankfully, I saved one, and was linked to another, have to slow down a bit! File of Dreams […]

Babble launches

Feeling too hip for most of the parenting magazines and websites? Starting today, you may want to check in with Babble, a new website for parents who are “fun, smart, intellectually curious people”. It’s not up as of 9 this morning, but from what I can glean, it seems to be geared to parents of […]

Catching up

Not much pithy to report this morning. This past weekend, we had our office bead-boarded and crown moulded. It always takes longer than you’d think, and thus sucks up more of the weekend than you’ve planned. Plus, I really needed to cacuum the room since all of the furniture was moved out of the way […]

Friday Flickr Five

Went to my husband’s office Holiday Party last night (the first ever!), so it’s a late start to the Friday Five: morning I just love Maria’s blue table! Not to mention, we own the same dull knife. PICT0674 wouldn’t you love to have these ornaments? I got a supercute penguin!! or how about this? working […]

Places to Go

Still looking for gift ideas? If you’re in Chicago, there are two options this weekend. The first, running Friday-Sunday, is the One of a Kind Show at the Merchandise Mart – over 400 artisans will be participating, and you’re sure to find something. Second, on Saturday and Sunday, Bari Zaki is have a studio sale, […]