We had the most beautiful 69 degree day today. Totally wanted to pull a Ferris Bueller. But, sadly stuck in the office till late.
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Pretty petit fours. Holiday of hearts is just around the corner.
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Spent the afternoon with the Robinson's at the Shedd to see the Jellies! I've been wanting to go for months and finally made it a date! They are so stinkin' cool - could watch them for hours. Sadly the amount of people in the exhibit prevented that, but I did snap a few cool pictures. These are the iPhone pics .. will have to process the Leica variety.
The last two photos are of the skyline - the museum campus is the perfect view of the city. We were just past the 'blue hour' and captured some lovelies. I simply love living in such a beautiful city.
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Had a lovely Saturday catching up on my magazines, processing some old photos and cleaning up the DVR. Oh and filed my taxes. So happy to be getting a refund and not having to pay!!
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OMG!! Lookie what I found at the grocery store!!! So excited!!! There goes the diet! These are simply the BEST sweet potato chips - made fresh here in the Chicago area. I used to only be able to pick them up at Stanley's and now I find them in my local grocery store... literally cannot tell you how awesome that is!! It's the little things that make me so happy!
Oh and I just saw they sell them online! I warn you... they are addictive!
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The beautiful Baha'i.
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Dusted off the old tennies for a spin at the gym. Seems time to kick it into gear and get into shape!!!
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After yesterday's snowy adventure, decided to stay inside with the kids. Happy Saturday!
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Snow day! Except for me... and a whole heck of a lot of other people on the Chicago expressways! Aren't I lucky that my client chose NOT to cancel the meeting out in bumblefu*k today? Yep, I had the pleasure of driving home in a beautiful snow storm - taking me a whopping THREE HOURS to drive about 30 miles. Joy of all joys! Snapped a pic before I got in the car and then a few along the way ... since I was sitting still for most of the drive, had to entertain myself.
As much as it sucks to drive in the snow .. it sure is pretty. Don't you think?
So the giant bummer of the day ... I was supposed to drive up to Milwaukee to spend the night in a super cool hotel and attend the Milwaukee Art Museum, MAM After Dark. They were announcing the winners of their photo contest celebrating the Quadracci Pavillion and I was lucky enough to be a finalist in the contest. I'm hoping they will post the winners tomorrow. So ... instead I sit here, catching up on the DVR and whipping up my first "mug cake."
Chocolate Salted caramel Mug Cake ( recipe here ) that I found on Pinterest. I am amazed that it actually worked - totally thought it was going to explode out of the mug! I think it came out OK, but my caramels were not all gooey in the middle (boo) and I may have overcooked the cake a bit, was a little dry. But... I think I could make some easy adjustments and this would be killer! And it's quite a lot of cake!