week nineteen in photos us, 4PM from down low taken from above, blue favourite, in the garden
smiling steve
My friend Steve does work that requires him to have new headshots all the time so we went around town snapping to see if we could get anything he could use for a couple of upcoming job auditions. We got a couple of decent shots - but I just really struggle with portraits. How do you get the skin tone the same with different light conditions, how do you get genuine smiles out of people (even if you know them) how do you find just the right backdrop and blur. Let's just say I do much better with architecture and landscapes ... All that said, we had a great day from the Art Institute to Millennium Park, cocktails at the Wit, walking the west loop and capping it all off with dinner @ The Publican - yum!! 
photo a day : 18 of 52
week eighteen in photos under my feet, chaotic contrast, something silly begins with j, snack collection
photo a day : 17 of 52
week seventeen in photos egg, close four things, entrance a pop of colour, remember enjoy the little things
design is design is design
Another one of my amazing and talented designer friends speaks with Design in Conversation on his mentors, philosophies, approach to design and working with real materials for superior furniture design. Congrats on the feature Bern! Oh and he even gives a mention to our super awesome design professor Richard Branham from 'ol KU.
Take a listen.
photo a day : 16 of 52
week sixteen in photos - chicago and nyc more please, dirty I'm reading this, my vice something I learned, good money (bunny money!)
laudree NYC
Finally. Finally made it to Laudrée New York! It's the little things that make this girl so damn happy. I have been begging friends who live in NY to bring some to me when they visit - but hasn't happened yet. I have been to Jersey three times since the new year - too far to go for macarons (even for me). So finally had a meeting in Manhattan and promptly after hopped in a cab to Laudrée! It's a small store, very busy and they rush you through the line, so there wasn't really time to linger and take it all in. But, I got me a dozen all snug in a box and headed home! Hands down the best macarons around!! (p.s. did you know they are flown in from Paris daily!?!)
(side note - we did pick up macarons at Macaron Cafe in NYC and those were pretty darn good - better than Dana's Bakery I thought - though I like Dana's flavor combos)
photo a day : 15 of 52
week fifteen in photos a taste of spring (not much of it here in Chicago yet), where I'd rather be my favorite part of the day hobby, dark three of a kind, on my left
10 on 10 { april 2014 }
So... I had a bit of a fail on this months ten on ten .. I started it on the 10th, but being a weekday, completely lost track of time and got buried in the workday. So then I thought I'd pick up on the weekend ... but somehow managed to still come up short by a photo. I blame the miserable cold that has fogged my head for two weeks!! :( Ahh well, hopefully I will do better in May! 
a night with a legend
I am a huge John Legend fan! Took in another show tonight at the chicago theater - was just him and a string quartet - positively dreamy! Loved every second! Can't wait to hear him again this summer at Ravinia! 
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