Stephanie and I made blueberry zucchini bread with blueberries and zucchini that we got at the farmers market that morning. Steph was in charge of the eggs, wet ingredients, blueberries and the Kitchenaid. I took care of the zucchini and the dry ingredients. The recipe we were following was for 4 mini loafs, but we [...]
Blueberry Zucchini Bread
August 7th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
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North Avenue Beach
August 6th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
On Tuesday, Stephanie and I went to the farmers’ market. I don’t know if she’d ever been to a farmers’ market before. She wasn’t too terribly interested. Vegetables are not cool, apparently. Although, I must admit that she did try some things I doubted she would. Thank you baba ganoush for all of that. Back [...]
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Jewelry Project
August 6th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
On Monday it was raining so Stephanie helped me with a jewelry project I wanted to do. Basically, the top of the dresser and back of the door was a giant mess and the way that my jewelry stored was hideous. No one really goes in our bedroom, so I didn’t need a fashion statement.. [...]
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Views From The Sears Tower
August 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
When Stephanie was staying with us in 2006 she really wanted to go to the Sears Tower, but when we got there the visibility was 0% so we decided to do something else. This visit she still wanted to go and I still had never been so we went on Sunday. It was a great [...]
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Retro on Roscoe 2008
August 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Retro on Roscoe, Roscoe Village, Chicago
Retro on Roscoe was this past weekend and we all attended, of course. It’s hard not to when it’s so close. There’s a stage about 3 houses from ours, so even if we didn’t attend the festival, we’d be listening to the bands anyway.
Stephanie with empty chili samplers, Roscoe [...]
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