This week has been mildly surreal. We had our regular Cooking Army on Wednesday with an aggressive Mexican menu. Four different courses along with homemade tortillas. Anyway, Jenny (Jason's wife) invited one of her good friends and her new husband this week. None other than Marc, my business manager at the office, turns out to be the new husband ( Read more... )

If you know me, then you know I'm not really big on birthdays... well, at least celebrating mine. I didn't imagine this year to be any more significant than any other year, other than hitting the stride of being a twentysomething. All I can really say is, it's already been fantastic so far and that sometimes the best gifts aren't ones that are

A hearty Happy Birthday to egyptianwarriorI had a good time just chatting, eating, drinking, and generally hanging out with the crew again. We don't get a chance to do that enough anymore. But! There's alway a 'but', isn't there? But, note to self: drinking heavily and bringing up numerous past inner demons is NOT a good idea for leaving with a good headspace. ( Read more... )

Note to self: It needs to be somebody's birthday more often if we're going to be pub crawling up in Southport or Lincoln Park or Wicker Park or wherever the hell we were tonight. Woooo!

It's a damn good reason to celebrate.

So ends a extended weekend of apparent celebration for my 26th year since birth. I'm officially a 20-something. I didn't really want to make that big of a deal about it and I'm not all that concerned with how old I'm getting (if I keep saying it, it'll be true, right?) more than, when I was little, I pictured myself being a lot more accomplished ( Read more... )