Wednesday I took a day off to chill and reboot my motivation. Some long overdue downtime. I had the luxury to get in a mid-morning run. Earlier in the week I bought myself an early birthday gift, a running watch . My Nike + has been sucking and is always letting me down. Decided it…
Category: Dining Out
Parent’s Night Out
After a fabulous Friday night meal we were going to take the kids to the zoo to enjoy the beautiful day. Well they had other plans, getting fake mustaches was at the top of their list. No clue where that come from but we entertained the request and decided to walk around our downtown for…
Micro Brew Review
Saturday’s downpours turned to sunny blue skies just in time for the beer to start flowing at the Oak Park Micro Brew Review. Thank you beer gods! Too bad they didn’t intervene and do away with the crazy long line for ID checks, but hey it was smooth sailing once we were in the event….
Baconfest 2011
Earlier this month the husband and I spent three hours consuming more bacon than a person should eat in a day. We got taste delicious dishes from many of our favorite Chicago chefs and became fans of many other chefs. Check out my guest post over on Elizabites where I will tell you all about…
5411 Empanadas
Now it seems I don’t have to go looking for the food trucks as they are finding me! OK, not really but as I was getting hungry at about noon one day I looked out my office window and spotted the 5411 Empanadas food truck parking for lunch. I took it as a sign and…
{Check it Out} Conversions, Carbs, Grahamwich, Wacker
A few things that caught my eye this week… I have to start with this, the man with a Lenten fast that include only beer and water, just like monks. Check out his progress. Check out this red rhubarb cocktail, I may need to start growing rhubarb. I am always referring to conversion charts or…
Spring Break at the Beach
We spent a long weekend at the beach, though the shores of Lake Michigan are hardly the beaches you want to hit up on Spring Break. Looks like a beautiful sunny day for the beach right? Looks can be deceiving, the air temp was about 30° and I did not dare test out the water…
Field Trip
Not only did my March race sneak up on me, but I missed the most convenient packet pickup date and time by a week. Saturday I had to drive into the city to get my bib and timing device and the kids joined me. We stopped on the way home to give Black Dog Gelato…
Tamalli Space Charros
Another day without a lunch from home calls for another food truck find. This time it was the Tamale Spaceship. What are they all about? Here is what they say… We are TAMALLI SPACE CHARROS, a mobile tamaleria, a tamale food truck inspired by Mexico’s “stridentist movement”, and mexican wrestling sci-fi films. They certainly played…
Cupcake Bubble?
Word on the street is that the cupcake trend is over. Never. Cupcakes are like the little black dress, they will always be in style. My cupcake obsession has actually reached new heights. For starters, the kids sitter now brings us cupcakes all the time when she is over. She makes great flavors like s’mores,…