Share:TwitterFacebookPinterestTumblrGoogle+StumbleUponemail Taco night is the best. It’s one of my very favorite dinner party themes because there are so many ways to do it. And unlike pizza night, which involves a level of dough precision that I have never…
Share:TwitterFacebookPinterestTumblrGoogle+StumbleUponemail In case you weren’t already aware, Chicago had a winter problem this year. The problem was that winter would not seem to end. The groundhog did his thing in February, and we all dealt with the resulting news…
Share:TwitterFacebookPinterestTumblrGoogle+StumbleUponemail I saw a meme this week that said “January is the Monday of months.” Even though I was born in January, it is hardly my favorite page of the calendar. January is gray, cold and coincides with the…
Share:TwitterFacebookPinterestTumblrGoogle+StumbleUponemail January is a very bittersweet month for me. On one hand, I was born in January, which is a nice excuse for a little bit of festivity and celebration in an otherwise bleak calendar page. On the other…
Share:TwitterFacebookPinterestTumblrGoogle+StumbleUponemail Whenever I’m hosting a brunch, my menu generally looks something like this: a sweet pastry (chocolate chip sconesare one of my favorites); smoked salmon, a dozen bagels and at least three different types of cream cheese from the…