We went to Chicago yesterday for an overnight to see the Symphony perform Beethoven, the 8th and 5th symphonies. So popular and a Saturday night, it was a much more mixed-age group than the Friday or Sunday matinees we go to, where in our 60s (oh, and 70s I keep forgetting …) we’re the youngsters … [Read more…]
We went on another trip to Chicago, an overnight for a Friday evening symphony and there was no school that day, so our exchange student came with. We stayed at a Fairfield Inn to get a pull out couch for the kid. We did a bunch of things we had not done since pandemic, like … [Read more…]
My little song for a Tuesday, when I drive, because I volunteer at the food pantry, and then have to be at work, looking presentable, for class at 1:30. I had a weekend of minor but kinda permanent mishaps – Saturday in the Target parking lot I put the first scratch on my car, and … [Read more…]
Hi ho, Hi ho. And other disappointments. And transitioning from summer to fall, which I usually quite like but somehow keep getting fooled by this year. Like I’ll choose a piece of clothing from a drawer, and then put it back, thinking that it’s not fall enough to wear whatever it is, fleece, sweater, leggings … [Read more…]
And that was all the way last weekend already. We took the train. We dropped our bags at the hotel, met John & Megan at Dollop for coffee, and proceeded on to the Art Institute. I wanted to see Bisa Butler, John wanted to see Richard Hunt, and we all wanted to see the Obama … [Read more…]
So let’s see – I’ve been too busy with work to write, and it’s been awhile. Looks like I told you a bit about Stephen & Belinda’s baby shower – which was super fun – in my last post, so that was the weekend before super bowl weekend, and now it’s the Tuesday after. On … [Read more…]
… cookie fairy escapades, grading, working remotely constantly, and all the way up to Christmas Eve. Sunday morning after the party I washed the last serving platter at 9:37. I made this cranberry ginger cake from Milk Street Kitchen that I had had a vision of serving warm with mascarpone whipped cream at the party, … [Read more…]
When I should be baking cookies. We got up Saturday morning and went to pick up our Thanksgiving turkey at the indoor farmers’ market. Actually we sneaked into the Monona Terrace lot and transferred the box with our name on it from the back of Matt’s truck to the back of our car, and then … [Read more…]
This weekend was supposed to be kind of crazy, and was still pretty packed. We had tickets for Sleater-Kinney in Chicago on Friday (because I screwed up in responding to Ticketmaster “get your tickets now!” emails, and bought tickets for the Riviera in Chicago on October 18, when I meant to buy tickets for the … [Read more…]
Basically how this week has been. On Monday I got up and started a batch of sourdough bread – I made a new starter and thought I should use it. I chucked my old one a few months ago, in a rash of fridge cleaning out. It was probably 20 years old. I used it … [Read more…]