… to O’Hare. Our AFS student signed up for a trip to California, and was required by the travel service to fly out of O’Hare, so rather than getting up at 3:00 AM to get her to the airport in time for an 8:10 Saturday morning flight, we drove down on Friday night, and got […]
Saturday morning Mark and I walked downtown to go to the indoor farmers market. Because we were out before 9:00 AM on a Saturday, we got to see a wonderful example of our drinking culture here in WI – a pile of puke on a snow bank with the eyeglasses fallen off the face and […]
We’re doing Christmas by flexible scheduling this year, time-shifting. John and Megan and Al and Emma all got here on Monday, sequentially. I was at work finishing grading, and John texted to say they were in town and going to the mall for last minute shopping, and did I want to get picked up because […]
Friday was a three movie day – starting with The Love Punch at 11:00 at the Elgin. Romantic comedy with Pierce Brosnan and Emma Thompson as a divorced couple who reunite to steal a diamond from the hedge fund manager who’s stolen Brosnan’s company’s retirement fund. They bring in their next door neighbors, played by […]
I made a “bespoke” brunch this morning – that is, some friends wanted me to cook for their friends, so I worked with them to come up with a menu, and they did the invites. I like doing this kind of pre-ordered event – I get to work with the people to come up with […]
I did a brunch at E. Wash, for about 11 adults + 3 little kids + me, Mark & Kanari. The baked goods turned out to be pumpkin-date scones and cherry muffins, and a loaf of long-rise, no-knead bread made special for the occasion, and a loaf of ww bread that I had in the […]
Cookie season has begun, although it seemed like in fits and starts over the weekend. Because we had Black Friday Thanksgiving, on Thursday, I made the fruitcake gems and Simnel cake. Friday was devoted to Thanksgiving cooking, although I did bake the turkey cookies and thought the were a really good batch this year. On […]
Here’s a cake shot [not cheese].
I’m putting the finishing touches on this post on Halloween Wednesday, and I still am not quite recovered. When we got back from the librarian’s conference on Thursday, I baked a giant chocolate cake for Susan’s Dad’s 90th. I decided to substitute 7-minute frosting for the whipped cream filling – that’s the kind that’s whipped […]
Yesterday the Farmer’s market was so gorgeous – it made you want to buy everything and start squirreling away stuff for winter. There’re still some summer crops like melon and tomatoes and corn, and fresh second growths of the herbs and greens that were looking wilted in the heat just a week ago. And the […]