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Galentine's Day Breakfast

That shortcake biscuit was supposed to be heart-shaped….

What are your Valentine’s Day plans this week? Romance, fun or both? Don’t forget to celebrate buy levitra

your friends as well as your families and loved ones. This is a post from last year about a special breakfast I made for my girlfriends right [...]

February 11th, 2013 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Friends | Comments are closed

Holiday Party Food

Marinated grape tomatoes and mozzarella

For the last of my Twelve Parties for 2012 — okay so it ended up only being nine parties, but who’s counting? — we threw a holiday cocktail party for a small group of friends and neighbors. Instead of holding the party on Saturday night, which always feels like [...]

December 19th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Friends | Comments are closed

Homemade Ice Cream Sandwiches with Molasses Cookies

One of my dirty little secrets is that, long before I was a blogger, I was living part of my life online. In 2001, when I was planning my wedding, I began participating in chat rooms and online journals on The Wedding Channel, a wedding planning website. It all started with flower arrangements and bridesmaid [...]

October 5th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Friends | One comment - (Comments are closed)

Where I Ate at BlogHer '12

One of the highlights of my trip was seeing my nephews. I like the post-milkshake gleams in their eyes.

As I mentioned, I just returned home after three whirlwind days in New York. I was there to attend the BlogHer conference, which took place at the giant New York Hilton in midtown Manhattan. As [...]

August 10th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: restaurants | Comments are closed

Oscar Party brought to you by Gilt City Chicago

Image courtesy of Gilt City Chicago

When I made the original plan for my Twelve Months of Parties for 2012, my February party was supposed to be a Super Bowl Party. As the Super Bowl neared, however, I had second thoughts. We don’t have one of those huge televisions, or a huge room to [...]

February 23rd, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Chicago, cooking, Entertaining, Relationships | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)
 
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