The weekend with Arielle was perfect. Blissful. Everything I wanted to happen, happened. We did so many things! City Museum, the Museum of Art, Forest Park, Niki Night at the Botanical Gardens, hookah and wine, Casey's play, fancy drinks at Mandarin, window shopping at the Loop, the Welsh pub, the World Market Cafe, great walks, great talks, and ( Read more... )

There is currently a puppy on my lap. Life is good ( Read more... )

Mom got into town yesterday! Hurray! She has this very cute new pixie haircut that makes her look exactly like Jamie Lee Curtis. Apparently she's been hearing that a lot in the last few days, and I couldn't agree more. She got in at about 11 AM, and I came straight from my latest temp agency appointment to pick her up from the airport. We got back ( Read more... )

 Baby birds are living in my grill! So tiny! This will, of course, cut down on this summer's grilling fun, but the cuteness of baby robins totally makes up for it!

Greetings from the west coast! I checked into my hostel in San Francisco about 3 hours ago and I have since been roaming the city streets in a state of rapture. It's the perfect perfect perfect perfect city. Half New York, half Chicago, but cozier and with nicer weather. What could possibly be better? I'd go out tonight if I had someone to go with ( Read more... )