Saturday May 19th

22 Tuesday May 2012

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This Saturday we spent poolside (kiddie-pool-side) in K + W’s backyard, with a grill, various meats, and some beers.  To escape the sunshine, the boys built a DIY backyard canopy out of W’s vintage parachute.

Sunday was spent at a giant flea market in WI.  Armed with ‘SPF 1,000′, mom and I made our way around, digging through linen bins, haggling negotiating with vendors, helping my justify my obsession with quilts and chairs, and emptying my bank account.  All in all I had a seriously good haul, with an industrial stool and toolbox, some vintage linens, and the secret treasure of the day… a coach satchel, thanks to K’s eagle eyes.

The winner for the most frivolous awesome purchase?  K’s three foot ceramic panther. 

music: blitzen trapper – furr

Saturday May 12th

15 Tuesday May 2012

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This weekend sissy and I took our ‘teased to Jesus’ hair out for margaritas with our favorite twinsies.  We spent the night pretending we were back in Mexico on college study abroad.  Plenty of Espanglish, boy gossip, general mayhem, and fruity flavored hangover inducers.

Saturday I spent the day recovering (ay dios mio) and headed back to the suburbs to celebrate my favorite mamacites.

After an early morning bike ride, and a stop at the office, we went up to Wisconsin to hit the Sunday flea market circuit.  For the first time in flea market history, I did not buy a single item, though I pocketed the cash that I didn’t spend, for next weekend, when we hit up a larger, biannual market that has been a gold mine in years past.

To round out the day, we stopped at Tastee Freeze, so the dogs could get their ‘pup cups’ (vanilla ice cream with a dog treat on top), and then went home to make a mother’s day DIY taco bar.  Que rico.  After celebrating my favorite lady, (Love you mom!), I went back to the city to watch my own baby dive into paper bags and bring me ALL of the toys.

Special thanks to Kellybelly for shooting some of the extra footage.   Also special shout-out to mom…you know, for giving us a reason to celebrate Mother’s day.

music: santigold – disparate youth

Saturday May 5th

08 Tuesday May 2012

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This Saturday was Chicago’s ‘Bark in the Park’, the annual 5k for man’s best friend.  Mom brought Jack and his cart to meet up with some of his lion brethren, and sissy brought Moose, to provide comic relief for the well behaved dogs.

After they were done with their doggie parade, and they had filled jack’s cart with all of the doggie swag they could get their paws on, we stopped by the Fido food truck  (yes. Gourmutt is a thing…), so Moose and Jack could get the fanciest brain freezes OF THEIR LIVES.

Saturday evening we celebrated Cinco de Supermoon at K + W’s, with margaritas, and some fancy sausages from Butcher and Larder, the folks that make the epic Kuma’s High on Fire Burger in sausage form.  The sausages were fantastic… although the casings were pretty fra-gi-le.  The fire pit lasted until the wee-hours of the morning, and S’mores were had.  All together a pretty great way to worship the Mexican Derby Gods of the Supermoon.

music: tallest man on earth – the gardener

Saturday April 28th

01 Tuesday May 2012

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This weekend we fired up the ol’ U-Haul and dusted off our muscles to help K + W move to their adorable new place.  Biceps were curled, backaches were gotten, and sissy’s (newly) famous pulled pork was demolished.  I forsee some awesome barbecues in our future in their fantastic backyard!

Sunday, after we were able to wretch our achy, sore muscled bodies out of bed, we hit up City Provisions again for their delicious brunch.  City Provisions has been our spring sunday go-to, while we wait out the rest of the rainy season until my precious, glorious sunshine returns, and envelops me a great big summer hug.

music: of monsters and men – mountain sound

Saturday April 21st

24 Tuesday Apr 2012

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This weekend we finally got to use our coupon to Muvico, to sit back in their giant double wide theater seats, eat burgers, and drink booze while we watched ‘Cabin in the Woods’.  Win win win.

Saturday morning, after watching Silas ‘the littlest panty-raider’ dig through my unmentionable drawer with his tiny paws of mischief, A and I headed out to get our four eyes some new four eyes.  A’s came in already, but I have to wait another week to pick mine up, and I am absurdly excited.

Sunday morning sissy, A, Tiny, and I went back to City Provisions for their brunch.  Oh-Em-Gee, City Provisions does breakfast like the gods of dawn intended.  Duck fat fries farm fresh eggs, and their own bacon, it is ridiculously satisfying.

After a quick workout, ten billion loads of laundry, and a lazy afternoon, A and I went to Due Lire to celebrate any excuse to eat our anniversary (since we have never celebrated any sort of ‘versary, we convinced ourselves that it was time to make up for lost -versaries)  Afterwards, we hit up to local Yogurt shop, and one million toppings later, we headed home to digest, and show some love to the kitteh.

music: first aid kit – king of the world

Saturday April 14th

17 Tuesday Apr 2012

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This Saturday video would be more aptly titled ‘The Midwest in Two Minutes or Less’.  We spent almost all of the weekend (when I wasn’t stopping in at ‘the office’ for my Peppermint Mocha), driving around the heartland looking for somewhere to have the big ol’ party with the white dress.

We were overwhelmed, underwhelmed, and just plain whelmed.  I just want to sit back, relax, and not think about dates and dollars, and instead, let details marinate for a while before we start down the nitty gritty planning road.  So here’s a video to the place we call home…

music- the xx : Intro

Saturday April 7th

10 Tuesday Apr 2012

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This sunny weekend started off with a trip to City Provisions, to fill our tanks before heading out to the Garfield Park Conservatory, one of the most beautiful spots in Chicago.  The video we took while there just does.not.do.justice to the beauty of the place, looking very much like what I imagine ‘the Future’ to look like…rainforests growing in giant glass houses, in the middle of sprawling urban centers.  After a considerable amount of oohing and ahhing, we headed out.

I headed back to my parents house to celebrate parental birthday Round II (dad edition), and get ready for some Easter funtimes.  We started out at the office, to pick up a copy of the New York Times, which featured one of K’s drawings, got some bagels, and returned to eat and begin our long standing Easter traditions (30+ years and counting…and yes, we still hunt for Easter eggs!)

After an epic hunt for plastic eggs outside, and scavenging for our easter baskets inside, we loaded up on chocolate and jelly beans, and went back outside to enjoy the rest of the lazy Sunday with yard games and fruit punch.  After dinner, we lit up the sacrificial smoked lamb cake, and sang a round of happy birthday for my dear old dad, then it was back to the city.

Love you dad!


music: of monsters and men – little talks

Saturday March 31

03 Tuesday Apr 2012

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This weekend started off with a Friday night girls night, where we ate drank girly drinks, ate raw cookie dough straight from the bowl, and watched pre-crazytown Britney Spears videos on youtube.

The following few days I went on a few wedding field trips to scout a couple of the possible locations, and get my brain a-storming.  We are very excited, and thankful to have the ‘wedding executive board’ (my family) compromised of the best ‘been there, diy-ed that’ brains around.

Sunday, we all went out to lunch to celebrate my mamacites’ birthday at the Yardhouse with burgers and mountains of appetizers.  It was nice to show some birthday love to the hardest working, most beautiful lady I know.  In honor of her big day, we booked some fancy shmancy, green tea drinking, scented candle lighting, spa treatments for June.  This gives us a great excuse to dedicate some more drinks and quality time to her.

music : gotye – eyes wide open

Surprise Saturday – March 17

20 Tuesday Mar 2012

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This weekend was one for the books, and not just the because Saturday and Sunday had record high temperatures for Chicago in March.  Saturday morning started off with a drive out to the suburbs for what I thought would be lunch with the boyfriend.

We stopped at a park, and A had me trek out to the woods, cutting through thicket and dodging ridiculously pointy eye level branches.  When I was good and cranky, he pulled out the most beautiful ring, and asked me to marry him (at least I am pretty sure that’s what he asked, as my brain was spinning and my eyes couldn’t focus because they were blinded by pretty.

We headed out to my parents to tell them the good news and show off my newest hand garnish.  We made plans to return to my parents on Sunday for a good ol’ fashioned bbq, and have some engagement ribs, with a side of engagement asparagus… there was even engagement washers to be played and engagement puppies to be petted.

This weekend was bursting with love and warmth… I really am the luckiest girl around, to be surrounded by such great friends and family.  I have come down with a pretty severe case of the warm and fuzzies.

music: beach house – take care

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