7 posts tagged “chicago”
Show us a cityscape.
Show us something (or someone) old and beautiful. one of the things that i love about our house is the old crest stone carvings around the front door. i also have a matching stone urn by the front step. they really don't make old details like they use to.
been checkin' out some great dance performances around town. watching
their movements made me want to stretch & go to the gym. but alas,
i got lazy and plopped my ass on the sofa.
in other news: i've been laggin on my cooking. hopefully something yummy & exciting soon.
hope everyone had a great weekend. mine was a full plate. unfortunately & regretfully, i forgot my camera for a majority of all my activities.
saturday
woke up early. called J to join me on my excursion. first stop was garfield park
farmers market & county fair. stopped in to the conservatory.
funny, i've never made it to this place until now. its a beautiful
place smack dab on the westside of the city. then we headed to the wright auction house
for the mass modern auction. i wasn't planning on buying anything but
if the price was right i might have picked up something. i left J there
for a few hours while i headed over to the renegade craft show. some really cool stuff but my favorites was the weekend store and fernworks,
really well made & doesn't look all crafty-craft. headed back to
the auction house, they provided a free lunch and we sat for another
2hrs in hopes for a few other items. in the end the online bidders won
all to what we wanted to pay. spent the evening watching the first
season of weeds.
sunday
went back to wicker park to the farmers market & the craft fair.
picked up some ground cherries & another pair of earrings. got an email from a craiglister regarding a piece of furniture i had inquired. turns out the seller was somebody i knew from way back and lost touch. how wierd was that?! tg, we knew each other. not only did i leave my checkbook at home. he sold the credenza at the price i wanted & helped me move it back to my house. i'm just giddy for my credenza. i know exactly where it gonna hang out. at this point, i'm slowly transitioning anything ikea for a fairly priced piece of used mid-century furniture.
today
back to work. the plumbers are
here to finish up what they didn't on friday. did i mention i'm also
giddy about my full pressure shower? how could i have lived for some
many years with a wimpy shower?? it soo awesome, i wanted to take a
shower twice after they were done on friday.
what's a good way to top off the summer? go to great america! so yes, i did cut out of work early friday afternoon. picked up the kids (not my kids) from school & headed out to the near borders of wisconsin. it was a last-minute invitation on an absolutely gorgeous gorgeous day.
i normally don't think about going to great america. its usually super crowded, every rollercoaster lines are at least 2hrs wait and the tickets are expensive (even with the coupon cans). but when i get a free invitation from L's company family day, i have to go. not only is the park closed for the general public, the lines to all the rides are a minimal of a 10min. wait. how great is that? we thought we were going to be old ladies sitting out as we waited for the kids go on their rides, but it turned out to be the opposite. ha! can't help it, i love the rollercoasters!!
deja vu, the new hot ride (with the longest wait - 20mins)
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