This is what Christmas looked like around here - my very first time hosting a holiday & my first Christmas away from home. It was quite the full house with mom and sissy here (plus I was pet sitting a French Bulldog named Nixon) and most of the holiday weekend was spent cooking, baking and of course, eating. I introduced my family to the wonders of Steak n Shake, my local donut shop and showed them how awesome of a city Chicago is (isn't that picture of the bean amazing?!). We baked hot chocolate cookies,…
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With my mom and sister on their way to Chicago as we speak (as I blog? type? whatever), I'm drooling over my Pinterest boards and finalizing our big Christmas baking plans. In case you're still in need of some baking ideas, here are my finalists: Nutella Bread Pudding Chocolate Candy Cane Blossom Cookies Dipped Peanut Butter Cookies Cake Batter Blondies Hot Chocolate Cookies Frosted Sugar Cookies Peppermint Crunch Chocolate Chip Cookies
Please tell me you've heard of Rent the Runway. It's the perfect option for that special event where you want to look totally amazing, but don't want to spend a ton - you can rent designer dresses and accessories at prices that are 90% off retail. I recently attended a Chicago Blogger Network & Rent the Runway event at Maxine Salon (712 N. R) - the event was hosted in the salon owner's AMAZING loft space and had some of Chicago's loveliest blogger ladies styled in Rent the Runway looks. It's always great to meet other bloggers…
I've seriously had an amazing week so far (and it's only Wednesday!) - the exciting events keep rollin' in and I'm feeling truly lucky to have such wonderful opportunities coming up. First up, I'll be at Eddie Bauer's Blogger Day event tonight at the brand's Michigan Avenue location in Chicago. We'll be getting a sneak peek of their 2011 holiday collection and styling models in our fave "dressed up down" looks. Here are some of my favorite looks from the online preview - I'm super excited to see the rest and share my styled looks…
via Lucics Art One month. How did time go so quickly? It really still feels like I got here yesterday. Everything has been moving so fast but I'm lucky enough to honestly say that I haven't once doubted my decision to make the move out here. I'm happy and I know it's only going to get even better. Happy one month anniversary, Illinois. Thanks for being so good to me (even though I hate your Chicago hot dogs).