October 2010
September 2010
Last chance to enter $50 Giveaway from Goldstar...
On Monday, I announced the Goldstar Events $50 giveaway….and I have gotten the best responses from you all! Blame it on the pregnancy hormones, but I couldn’t help but choking up when I read all of your comments about what you would do if you won the gift card. So many great ideas…so many fun nights! (I am literally rooting for every single one of you to win.) Here is a sampling...
let’s pretend: if you had a well in your backyard... →
Maura posed a question. She asked: “let’s pretend. if you had a well in your backyard & you could fill it with anything you wanted. things that could serve you when you need a little something. what would be in your well?”
What an interesting idea.
I thought about my answer for much of the night and here is what I have come up with:
In my well…
Showtunes, Simon (with...
“Britney Spears is a genius pop culture provocateur
and a gateway drug to every...”
– Sue Sylvester speaks the truth
Good News Monday [Part II]: Topshop coming to... →
Now I can stop ordering from their UK site and paying the $60 it costs to ship back returns! WIN.
[via: thekimenator:hellokatie]
Good News Monday: SCOOP NYC now available online! →
(dear lord, about time!)
Get Out More [$50 Giveaway from Goldstar Events!]
Since we are on the topic of theatrical extravaganzas & live sporting events, I figured today would be a perfect time to announce my next giveaway…a $50 gift certificate from Goldstar Events!
«insert eruption of cheers here!!!» Do you already use Goldstar? If so…isn’t it awesome? If not, I am about to change your life…no joke, Goldstar is the BEST!...
Pregame
On a slightly more positive note, if you set aside the game itself….we had an awesome day on Campus. Mom & Dad H flew in for some ND football and quality time together! We spent the weekend road tripping to South Bend where we ate some great sandwiches, drank some serious bloody mary’s (some were virgins, while others…not so much), bought some new Irish gear and enjoyed the...
Opening Night
Tonight my husband and I are attending “Opening Night” of Candide at the Goodman Theatre. This is a very big deal for me. Growing up, I used to fantasize about the day I would get to attend an “Opening Night” To me, becoming a first-nighter meant being a recognized part of the theatre community…a role that I have reached for since seeing “Little Shop of...
“The best way to get even with anyone is to put them in the rearview mirror on...”
– Horns by Joe Hill [via]
Look up! Look up!
The moon is so beautiful right now…i dont know if i have ever seen it this big.
Is it pretty where you are?
Dear New Job,
I know technically you aren’t so new anymore…we have been going strong for almost 10 months now, but in case I haven’t said it lately- thanks so much for being awesome.
Thank you for bringing in a manicurist for us every Friday….in-office manis/pedis (compete with a quick-dry top coat) do more for employee morale than you could possibly imagine.
Thank you for the free...
Candide @ The Goodman: A Rave Review
Last night I saw Candide, the major musical revival playing at the Goodman Theatre.
I need you to listen to me No, I’m serious. Please, listen carefully and trust what I am about to tell you… You cannot, under any circumstances, miss this show. I don’t do this often (and by “this” I mean, INSIST, BEG, DEMAND that you do/try something I suggest), but this, my...
a crepe trailer + some oversized christmas lights
I like going places and spotting things that can’t be found in my hometown.
That’s why we travel, I suppose.
(E+S, posted for my husb)
“Maybe I could get a t-shirt made that says ‘Baby’s First...”
– my favorite doorman’s response to our big baby news. (He knows what’s up!)
Tumblr Powers Activate [I need your help!]
Hi there Chicago readers….
I have a huge favor to ask of you. I desperately need to capture a snapshot of the Candide Ads, the musical revival playing at the Goodman Theatre, located on the back of buses around the city (not the advertisements on taxis…I need to see the Ad featuring the actors placed on the back of CTA buses.) I have had my eyes peeled for a few days, but so...
Tuesday, September 21st brought to you by:
The new-to-me Regina Spektor Album, “Begin to Hope” (a present delivered to my inbox by my friend & personal taste-maker M) 2 comments from coworkers about my now-noticeable baby bump My first cup of coffee in nearly 6 weeks
Liberal and frequent applications of Bamford Pink Grapefruit, Peppermint & Rose lip balm A lengthy to-do list…including the daunting task of...
A list of things that are harder than you would...
Running 3 miles after taking a couple week (coughMONTHcough) break.
Rocking a plunging neckline without an accidental nip-slip happening at least once during the night
Finding a home you love that falls within your price range
Consistently going to bed at a responsible hour
Getting over the heartbreak of losing a friend. It may not be a break-up in the traditional sense, but I am going...
Surprise!
This weekend while in Austin, the girls suggested we retreat downstairs for a dance-party following dinner…never one to argue with shaking my groove thing, I enthusiastically obliged.
When I descended the stairs I spotted a party alright,
only, it wasn’t your run of the mill dance-off…
it was a party for me, or more specifically a party for BABY!
There were decorations,...
friends
This weekend I traveled across the country to meet a group of bloggers Many of whom I have long followed…but few of whom I had ever met. I knew it would be an adventure I knew it would be a story but what I couldn’t possibly anticipate was just how much I would enjoy, adore, this new group of friends (and how, incredibly, the moment I met them….none of the relationships felt new...
Leopard iPhone cover…I have been needing a new one.
$96 @ Jagger Edge
[via: hautelikecouture]
A list of things I am very much looking forward...
in no paticular order…
Our Babymoon in Ireland…which if you remember, is the trip I won thanks to New Job! (October 2)
For Gay Marriage to be legalized, everywhere (I don’t understand how it is possible that we are still waiting for this day)
For the Givenchy Nightingale to finally be mine (the 12th of Never)
Candide at the Goodman (opens Sept. 17)
For the day my digital...
“You can never replace anyone because everyone is made up of such beautiful...”
– Before Sunset 