Order is back in my life: school is in session. We had a great weekend, though. Started Friday with a trip to the Art Institute, complete with lunch in their elegant restaurant. Saturday brought a bit of retail therapy, hanging a chandelier in our closet (see photo above), and a fun dinner at Firkin. Sunday […]
Having some good luck in the book department lately. Last week, I ordered two books from Amazon, and love both. First, I read “Leaning Into the Wind: A Memoir of Midwestern Weather”, by Susan Allen Toth. Our views about midwester weather are quite similar … I smiled when I read that she had an “other […]
Our schools are on break this week, yet we are here, in town, not vacationing …. that’s okay, though, because spring is bursting out all over. Yesterday it was a record high 79 degrees. On Saturday, we drove out to Geneva, IL, to run a few errands and visit this week’s bakery, Moveable Feast. Some […]
Figments, in Providence, RI, seems to have an amazing selection of merchandise – I say “seems” only because I’ve never been. Grace at Design*Sponge featured a gorgeous sofa they have (it’s now sold) and so I clicked over to see what else was new at the website. I found the greatest feature – what’s in […]
Today’s entry has been sitting on my desk; taunting me for well over a month. I don’t remember how I stumbled across it (but my print-out tells me it was on February 2), but if you like Paris, chocolate, or watercolor, check out Paris Breakfasts – a blog by artist Carol Gillot. Today’s post features […]
