January 2012
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1 down, 5 to go!
30 days worth of juice!
Pineapple lavender?
Beets with orange?
Yum!
Check out the full list at the Williams-Sonoma blog!
Happy birthday to two of my favorite peoples!
First, to a little leprechaun we like to call Mokey:
Mokey is fiercely loyal, a great listener, a laugh riot, and has the diet of Buddy the Elf. I love you, Mo, and I hope your birthday is filled with candies, chocolate, and double fists of RBVs!
And second, to the lovely Kelly:
Kelly is quirky, fun, always has the right thing to say, and has been a really great friend to me. We met...
The Toughest Reservations In The World.
I smell taste a challenge!
I’ve eaten at #3 twice and #9 once. Hoping to make #10 happen for our May wedding anniversary, but I’m not holding my breath.
We got both sets of tickets to Next with relative ease - as compared with getting a reservation to Schwa. My poor husband called 15 times a day for two months before scoring a birthday...
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Today in frivolous things I complain about.
My eyebrows.
Woof.
I am on day 10 of my 14 day required “don’t touch them or your eyebrow wax will be the effective equivalent of flushing $25 down the toilet” pre-wax phase.
I have really dark, really coarse eyebrows that grow like weeds. If I don’t let them run wild for a couple weeks pre-wax, they are unruly two days later. Of course, during these two weeks, I look...
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Demi Moore: College student
umcanyounot:
You know who did whippits? THE IDIOT SIXTEEN YEAR OLD BOYS I WORKED WITH AT THE ICE CREAM SHOP IN HIGH SCHOOL (they stole the cartridges meant for the whipped cream foamers).
They were “high” for like ten seconds.
(also, snort laugh at ashley’s tag)
GPOYW
The “Break A Leg Today, Daddio” edition.
Dear Rent The Runway,
$255 for a pair of earrings isn’t exactly what I’d call “clearance pricing,” damn if I don’t want these beauties baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad.
Yours truly,
e
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The Family Meal: No. 16
Yesterday we loaded up the car with duck breast and various other goodies and headed to my Ps for a “family meal” (but not before stopping for lunch). We’ve had a rough few weeks, which are going to turn into a rough few months. Some time in the kitchen with my mom, a kickass dinner, lots of wine and some good laughs were in order.
Number 16 was the plan:
Noodles with...
Update.
An update on this morning’s HOLYSHITIAMANAWFULPERSON moment.
A beautiful orchid has been ordered, and will be delivered before noon.
Phew.
SHITSHITSHITSHITSHITIAMTHEWORSTSHITSHITSHITSHITSHIT.
It’s my amazing assistant’s birthday and I FORGOT. Because I am THE WORST.
Suggestions for a great, easy to acquire gift?
SHIT.
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Me thinks I NEEDS it. This would be a stellar Supper Club skirt.
neon skirt/naven/$155 via cusp
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My husband, on cooking for me.
Mike: I’ll cook for you tomorrow night.
Me: I’m working from home, so I won’t be late. Why don’t we cook together?
Mike: I’d rather cook by myself, you yell at me a lot. I’ll cook and you drink wine. Then when you’re drunk it will taste good.
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Just got an email from our condo association.
And APPARENTLY one of the coyotes that the City of Chicago has let loose in the city for “rodent control” purposes has taken up residence under our deck.
I don’t DO wildlife. This is why I live in a major metropolitan city.
Guess I’ll be using the front door.
edited: we’ve named him. his name is Badassmotherfucker Reginald Coyote. “Reggie” for short.
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My love for Bourdain continues.
“Thinking of getting into the leg-breaking business, so I can profitably sell crutches later.”
- Bourdain, on this:
Woo-hoo!
My first Stitch Fix is set for February 2!
Can’t wait to see what sorts of goodies they send.
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An Aviary in Shanghai?
Shanghai has long been on a rough list of places we want to travel. The opening of an Aviary might bump it up a few places!
Read more here.
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The Family Meal: No. 20
I was very generously gifted a copy of The Family Meal from my momma this Christmas.
The concept of the “family meal” has taken particular significance in my life. Growing up, we always sat down together for dinner, and it was very rare that dinner was something not made by my mom. Truly a concept that has lost its luster in our age of television, constant communication and instant...
Well this should come as a total surprise to NO...
Maybe she should be working with herself to stop eating complete crap.
My list of places to eat keeps growing!! →
Two out of three ain’t bad! Hey Mikey, want to take me to Les Nomades for my birthday so I can hit the trifecta?
socalledlife:
Go Chitown.
GPOYW
The “Alpine” edition.
Restaurant Week rezzies secured!
On this year’s docket:
- Table Fifty Two (big ups for Art Smith!)
- Naha
- Riccardo Trattoria, one of our faves.
Where are you dining during Restaurant Week?
Anonymous asked: knock knock
On today's annoyance.
People who come to your wide open office door and SAY “knock knock” before walking into your office.
STOP. IT.
edited to add: LITERALLY at the exact time I was typing this post the offender appeared at my door and said “knock knock.”
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On WHO I'm grateful for.
These people!
On Saturday night, we gathered at family favorite, mk, to celebrate my mom’s birthday and engage in a few hours of normalcy (well, as normal as we ever get, anyway).
There were oysters. And tuna tartare. And truffled pommes frites. And truffled brussels sprouts. And “Two Bananas Walk Into A Bar.” And wine. Lots of wine, including a fantastic 10 year old...
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On baby registries.
If you are old/adult/responsible/financially secure enough to give life to a tiny human, you are old/adult/responsible/financially secure enough to purchase all of the necessary items to suction milk from yourself to support said tiny human’s existence.
In short, no, I will not buy you a breast pump, bra pads, or nipple cream for a shower gift.
Wishing it were warm and I had my Costa Rica tan and marathon runner’s legs back.
dress/vince/$395 via piperlime
“For most of life, nothing wonderful happens. If you don’t enjoy getting up and...”
– Andy Rooney
(via outcamethesun)
Truth.
(via almosthalfway)
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“…the more places i see and experience, the bigger i realize the world to be. the...”
– anthony bourdain | via gravity-burst (via littlelaur)
On good advice.
Go placidly amidst the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may...
