Last Thursday, I had had a rough day with the kids. My carefully-calibrated schedule was thrown out of whack by a tardy piano teacher. I was feeling worn down and exhausted by a long week. Fortunately, my friend Rowena from the fashion and lifestyle blog She She Shoppers was feeling the exact same way. So [...]
 
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Kid-friendly dressing rooms at 77 Kids I have written here before about what an amazing place Chicago’s Children’s Memorial Hospital is. My daughter Zuzu was hospitalized there for a week as an infant for a rare infection and my husband and I were tremendously grateful for the high level of care she received. And I know that many other [...]
I paired these ankle booties with skinny cargos for my breakfast with the beautiful people. Nothing strikes fear into the heart of a thirty-something suburban mother with aspirations to be chic quite like a downtown event with fashion people. And yet, that was exactly what I faced two weeks ago when I was invited to a breakfast at [...] Today’s post is part of the From Left to Write online book club. The idea of this book club is not to write a book review, per se, but rather to write a post in which the blogger connects that month’s book to an experience from his or her own life. October’s book is The Kids Are All Right, a memoir [...] These skinny cargos are a must-have It’s a good week at West of the Loop because my mailbox is full-to-bursting with thick, glossy magazines trumpeting the top fall trends. I love this time of year when, despite 90 degree heat, I run to the store to try on chunky cardigans and dream of all the boots I am [...] Following the closing of the Silicon Valley Moms Group site, and the resultant closing of its Book Club, I have joined a new blogging book club entitled From Left to Write. The idea of From Left to Write is not to write a book review per se but rather a post in which the blogger connects that month’s book to an anecdote [...] Browsing the transfer designs at Frankie's Graffiti Bar Zuzu and I had a big day out in Chicago last Sunday. First, in the morning, we attended a fun event hosted by fellow blogger Self Made Mom at a cute little Lincoln Park boutique called Frankie’s on the Park. Frankie’s has a lot to recommend it. [...] This is, if nothing else, a fine example of how the Internet and social media can spread information in a matter of hours, or even minutes, with no regard for physical distance. I was shopping at my local suburban Chicago Super Target this morning when I saw the Liberty of London for Target display in the [...] The Oscars are still going on…and on…and on, but why wait until way past bedtime for my Red Carpet wrap-up? Here is my running diary on what we saw on the way in: Yessss! I’ve finished the dinner dishes. My kind husband is bathing the children. I finally get to sit down and watch all the [...] |
 
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