If you’ve been following closely, you’ll know that I recently downsized from a house back into an apartment. While I love the apartment, I can’t say I don’t occasionally miss having a little plot of land to dig in the dirt. To fill the void, I spent a good portion of my summer digging in someone … Continue reading »
Brie. Grapes. Italian bread. Wine. Red. Add a little greenery, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, a bumpin’ twitter feed and a few thousand of my closest friends, and this is the making of a beautiful evening. People do it up right at The Ravinia Festival. There’s the mad dash from the gate. The in-fighting over … Continue reading »
Who am I kidding? Life has gotten a little overwhelming these days, and so has my cucumber patch. Back in July I planted two cute little cucumber plants, that have proceeded to take over the rock in front of them (meant to divert them from growing into the grass, the fence, the neighbor’s side of … Continue reading »
First, let’s point out the elephant in the room…. One Crafty Lady got herself a facelift! I’m migrating all of my miscellaneous and antiquated blogs over to one superfine megablog, and it’s all right here. Some things will be slower to join the party…. for example, Travelpod does not allow me to export my posts … Continue reading »
My co-workers asked me what I was doing for the 4th of July…. Co-workers: “What are you doing for the 4th of July?” Me: “Digging rocks out of my backyard.” Co-workers: “Really? For five days?” Me: “Yes” When we bought our charming little bungalow, the backyard was shrouded by a … Continue reading »
Or, I should say, strawberry. This excites me with geeky giddiness – partially because I have a backyard to grow strawberries in, and partly because this one was ready to pick when I checked the patch today, which means I got to this beauty before the bunnies did. This could be the start of a … Continue reading »
