January 2012
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Oof
Why are so many otherwise attractive, eligible, seemingly-liberal men secretly Ron Paul supporters?!
annicka:
Things I would miss if I moved to ATX (pt 1):
Drunk people navigating snowy sidewalks together on their way home
I think I have a funny snow story with every guy I’ve dated in the winter in Chicago. The tie that binds!!
Before Mr. Wozniak started Apple, he designed calculators at Hewlett-Packard, a...
– The Rise of the New Groupthink - NYTimes.com (via mopostal)
I love the woz
Brunch Suggestion
Hangover Flight
$10 with free refills on non-alcoholic beverages
Long tray with 5 tall glasses
-Coffee
-Orange Juice
-Diet Coke
-Water
-Champagne (for those that adhere to hair of the dog methods)
What advice would you give young photographers?
Young photographers should...
– 35 Magnum Photographers Give Their Advice to Aspiring Photographers — Eric Kim Street Photography
Things to do in Chicago this year
Aside from lose weight, work out more, work less, drink less, travel more, etc. (most of which these are not conducive to at all)
Lunch at Bento Box
Dinner at Alinea
Go back to BOKA for cocktails (off menu “Brooklyn” is NUTS)
Journey to one different neighborhood each month
Go get pho somewhere (have inexplicably never done this in Chicago)
Cocktails at the bar the Elysian
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December 2011
Jazz + Bourbon
Conversations with the dog
“that is not for puppies; that is a human shower!”
Driving to Savannah
Would be a really stupid idea or a really stupid idea?
November 2011
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Sunday
My horoscope said I would have a great day on Sunday and, indeed, I did. Not blogging much lately but wanted to jot down the facts for memory.
Morning cleaning and long dog walk
Brunch at Publican — that ricotta cake is something else
Also the mimosa was so good! Mimosas are another better in theory than in practice thing for me, but this time it was really quite nice.
Pedicures at Kaya...
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2012 To Do:
theviesociety:
host a spectacular spring brunch
chez new nous (we moved!),
wearing a Christian Siriano floor length skirt…
Christian Siriano S/S 2012 (Photos via christianvsiriano.com)
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Winter in Chicago
1) wake up
2) remove sleeping mask
3) roll over and rub the sleep out of your eyes
4) keep your eyes closed and say a silent prayer: please let the sky be blue today, please let the sky be blue today
5) open your eyes, look out the window
6) discover that it is, just like every other day, the most depressing shade of gray such that it’s not even really a shade and more just this...
Q. Eating my Cupcakes: Yesterday I got a gift of a dozen large cupcakes. I ate...
– Help! My father-in-law is a pervert. - Slate Magazine
Prudence is such a royal bitch sometimes.
Also, the first story in this set is horrifying! Welcome to my nightmares.