Monthly Archives: April 2011

pixelated

While I’m usually a white subway tile type of girl, I love this bathroom by Davidclovers Photo: Courtesy of davidclovers Assisted by Ziyin Zhou via Dezeen

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Chicago, the end

Since I was semi-laid up with a cold, my last few days in Chicago were relatively laid back. Lots of hanging out at the apartment with forays out for food and drinks. We had dinner Sunday night at the Publican, which was *incredible.* The blood sausage with latkes was especially killer, and their beer selection [...]

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donuts

Charlie’s little brother Brad, who I have known since he was 11 or 12, is all grown up now and planning on going to pastry school in the fall (he is currently an engineer, and I think it is so awesome that he’s choosing to pursue his passion at such an early age.) Brad brought [...]

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Chicago, part 3

Chicago, part 3, has involved waking up to the full blown version of the cold I felt was coming.* So, after we dropped Kim off at something work related this morning I made Charlie search with me for a Chinese restaurant so I could try and blast it with hot and sour soup. Which helped [...]

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mod green pod sale

A client of mine (whose house I cannot WAIT to show you) and I recently decided to reupholster two chairs for her house in fabric from Mod Green Pod. One should be back from the upholsterer soon, and I cannot wait to see it. The fabric we picked for it (below) is *great.* (this one [...]

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Caffe Streets

Charlie took me to Caffe Streets today because he knew that I would love the design of the interior. He was right – it is probably the prettiest coffee shop I’ve ever been in.  The lighting is particularly fantastic. (the coffee was also stellar. and I love their cups.)

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Chicago, part 2

Part Two: Adventures in Chicago has involved everything that a good trip should involve, namely food, drinks, people. Those three things are really all I ever actually go on vacation for. Highlights from the last 24 hours have included: late night whiskey at Longman and Eagle, lunch at Belly Shack, way too much coffee (including [...]

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