So I’ve been feeling guilty about not taking more pictures, and not blogging more, here among the librarians in Darth Vader’s living room a.k.a. McCormick Place convention center. They’ve covered up the old ugly part pretty well with new buildings; it’s a four building complex now. But it’s still a big rambly damp cold place. […]
I’m in Chicago for the librarians’ conference. I came a day early because I have a 10:30 meeting tomorrow. Joan’s gone to pick up her dog from doggy daycare, and I’m about to go pick up the take away Indian food. She’s let me stay over in her spare bedroom in Dearborn Park. It’s been […]
My niece, Amelia, known as Mimi, is 16 today. She is the most UN-sweet-16 girl you can imagine, so I was totally at a loss as to what to get for her. A shirt I sent her years ago that I thought was pretty hip – photo prints on a t-shirt – was deemed too […]
Welp, it’s another of those weeks, when I haven’t written from Sunday to Friday – tho I actually started this post Thursday, and I know I won’t finish it till Saturday. Cooking-wise it hasn’t been too unusual – couple of nights when I had dinner all by myself, once we went out, and Friday I […]
This year’s Father’s Day baked good is NOT as pretty as last year’s, I’ll just say that right off. This year I was not trying to get the dessert baked in time to go hang out on the Terrace – instead, the cobbler was the main course for breakfast, a lighter version of our normal […]
When my kids were little at daycare there was always PM snack – just a few bites of something, after they waked up from their naps, before their parents came to get them. I often donated boxes of graham crackers for PM snack. I guess that’s what I just ate, PM snack. Two crackers with […]
I started writing this post while sitting in the cheap 2nd run theater waiting for Quartet to begin. The first of two movies this weekend. Last week, Mon – Thurs., was the Teaching Academy Summer Institute – I was a co-chair, and I think it went pretty well if I do say so myself. I […]
Last night we went to a dinner that featured food from some local CSA farms, including mine, Tipi Produce, paired with beer from a local microbrewery – One Barrel – oh, I guess they call themselves a “nanobrewery”. Anyways, the dinner was the first in a series, called Plough & Barrel, that benefit the local […]
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 […]