I think I woke up a little the worse for the beer on Saturday morning, but Mark & I got coffee, then we woke up the kids and went for a real breakfast. Our favorite Greek-owned breakfast place moved a few blocks west, on Madison St. on the border between River Forest & Forest Park, […]
After the over-busyness of last week, we are now on vacation at Lollapalooza in Chicago. We got here at about 5:00 on Friday. Mark & Ethan & Abby went straight down to the show. My foster daughter’s aunt was here on the dot to pick her up, but we had to wait a bit for […]
Subtitle: “or, why I’ve had no time to write”. The good: the week-long orientation session for incoming distance students, beginning their degree in library & information studies. I was the chief organizer, but this event was pulled off with a cast of thousands, er, uh, dozens at least, including the 29 students themselves. This was […]
Sounds like the title of a 1950s cookbook, but story of my life right now. Though I did make ramen salad – I think it was Thursday – yea, musta been Thursday – to use up the cabbage, kohlrabi, radishes, a.k.a.the old veggies in the bin, when I brought home my new CSA box. And […]
Panzanella – the bread soaks up the tomato’s juices and tastes like distilled summer. And we had possibly the best trifle ever, with cherries, apricots and yellow and ginger cakes, for dessert. Recipe following. Trifle recipe.
Last night, in the midst of a torrential downpour, I entertained 17 ladies for a baby shower. I knew that it was going to be a somewhat alternative-type affair, but I didn’t know how alternative till I got there. They were all Hospice Care workers, and the mom-to-be is single – no dad in the […]
Or nectarine, anyways. Last night I had a Willy Street Board meeting. They gave us dinner, but I tried to eat pretty light, plus I biked a lot, so I felt justified in eating ice cream at 10:00 p.m. Sometimes in the summer, the UW creamery, Babcock Hall, makes peach Melba ice cream – peach […]
On Friday, I served up the second in the summer supper series. The theme was roasted vegetables. I roasted summer squash, peppers, and cherry tomatoes (adding, to the tomatoes, lots of garlic, and crumbled oregano dried from a bunch of fresh that came in my CSA box in May or June) and put them on […]
On the last night of the conference, Tuesday, they put on a big event for us at Navy Pier with a blues band, cash bar – but we got two drink tickets at registration – and lots of food. Plus silly games like bumper car bikes, and balloon animals. And, this time I got back […]
Like I said there was a lot more food provided at the computer-type conference than is the norm at librarians ones. So the only night I really went out for dinner was Monday. After the meetings ended, and to get a little exercise, I walked up Michigan Ave. to the big Borders. I bought a […]