Dishing up honest food with a dash of humor...
Well, it is springtime in Chicago. That pretty much means that one day it is beautiful and the sun is shining bright like a diamond (sorry, I had to) and then the next day it is rainy and a chilly forty degrees. To tell you the truth, I kind of don’t mind the rainy days. [...]
The world is built by dreamers, or so the movie Dinner for Schmucks says. Consequently, in every relationship there is one realist and one dreamer. It is all about balance. In my relationship, I am the dreamer. On a weekly basis, I will try to convince Mike just to get up and buy plane tickets and [...]
I am in full on hibernation mode, thanks to the inch or so of snow that fell a few days ago in Chicago and many, many thanks to this stew. There is just something about a big pot of stew bubbling away all day that makes me want to turn my phone to silent, put [...]
Do you guys have a place that is super close to your house that you always love to go to? For dinner? Just a little sip? There is a restaurant and bar right by our house that we visit quite frequently. In fact there was a point during the summer where, every Friday, you could [...]
After a hectic holiday of traveling all over suburbia followed by a bout of the flu, yesterday I finally felt up to getting my life back together. I had to take a hard look at my living conditions before I truly could roll up my sleeves and get down to work. My office was temporarily [...]
