**Long and photo-heavy post ahead! Rather than spreading this weekend’s events out through 3 or 4 posts, they’re all going into one long post. Don’t say you haven’t been warned!** Why is the post title in French? You’ll soon find out… As an anniversary and wedding gift, my mom’s best friend (you know her as [...]
Many months ago, in what feels like another lifetime at this point, I got an email from my friend Mal. You may remember her as the person who started the A to Z Literacy Movement, and I talked about her throughout September when every one of your clicks was a donation to A to Z. [...]
Yesterday, I showed you some of the scenery that I enjoyed over my three day jaunt in San Francisco. Today, I’ll show you the WHAT, a main reason for going: the food!It was one of the most remarkable food experiences I’ve ever had. Everywhere I turned was a new food experience from food trucks to [...]
Our oven has been broken (officially) since the end of July. I’d had a feeling it was “going” when it took almost two hours to bake a loaf of crusty bread. Then, I knew it was going gone when the duckie bite cupcakes I made took 40 minutes at the 500*F setting on the oven. [...]
I have been looking forward to this weekend since oh, early April. A bunch of friends from various areas were all coming into town, and we were going to have a girls’ weekend at a local winery (yes, they have those here in Illinois!) and spend a couple days just hanging out. There was one [...]
by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on February 28, 2010
in friends
On Friday night, I had the pleasure of attending Lizz’s birthday party which, as usual, had a fun and interesting theme. Last year, she held a “dirty shirty” party where everyone’s shirts were inappropriate, to say the least. This year, for her 30th (Ok, her 7 and a half because she’s a leap year baby), [...]