Showing posts with label chi-town. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chi-town. Show all posts

Thursday, July 28, 2011

chicago art prints


marty and i were at a wedding this past weekend in chicago. initially i was at a loss about what to get the bride and groom* until i stumbled upon this adorable etsy shop. hopefully the couple is honeymooning and won't be reading this post, since we ended up choosing these heart-shaped prints of chicago's map and flag. aren't they adorable? 

*sidenote: when wedding gift shopping, instead of buying egg slicers and KitchenAid mixers, i usually prefer to get ideas of the couple's style from their registries and then choose a piece of artwork i think will suit their tastes - this usually ends up being more memorable for them and fun for me! wedding etiquette blasphemy, i know, but i am my father's daughter, after all. 

Friday, June 3, 2011

apartment therapy, i'm lookin' at you

 i had the opportunity to visit my friend peter's amazing loft this weekend while i was in chicago. he spent the last year and a half renovating it after a stringent application process to become a tenant in this over-100-year-old warehouse. he hand-picked all the fixtures (and designed the lamp in the bedroom by himself!), built the incredible shelving units from scratch, and furnished the giant space with gorgeous mid-century pieces like a set of eames chairs and vintage brunswick pool table. it is, in a word (or two), loft heaven.

Thursday, June 2, 2011

memorial day

 i got to spend this past memorial weekend with my family in chicago! memorial day was super low-key. i made sliders (using this recipe) which were a huge hit - even my mom, a self-proclaimed "non-burger person" (as if someone like that could even exist) gobbled them up! meanwhile my mom made her famous taco salad, and we also had salmon salad-stuff avocados, fresh veggies and some delicious and patriotic! desserts from steve's deli.  it was so wonderful to be able to spend a relaxing day with my family. 
check out everyone busting a gut over old pictures of us!

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

token lolla post

*behold, the skinny arm pose

after buying tickets years ago (okay, 3 months ago. but since then i have graduated from law school, moved from the midwest to the south, taken the bar exam, moved out of an apartment, rented a new one AND gotten a job - it feels like a long time has passed), lolla weekend finally came! it was super fun and we discovered old friends and new musicians. here are some of the memories:
fedora CENTRAL
the fancy-pants tents
reunited with my friend brig from college. we hadn't seen each other in over three years! we re-bonded over a mutual love/obsession (love for brig, obsession for me) for gaga
gaga
gaga crowd with a beautiful backdrop, wouldn't you say?
end of day 1. whew!
perry's stage, the techno/house/drum & base tent. we spent a lot of time here
gogol bordello! still my number one favorite act (sorry, gaga)
friends in the crowd during deer tick
i finally wore my fishy earrings together. it was an aquarium.
the crowd starting to gather for edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros (see one of their videos here)
edward sharpe was so crowded that people were climbing trees to see them!
back at perry's. i believe this was rusko
normally you wouldn't see a bunch of hippies plopped down in the middle of columbus drive
end of day 2. exhaustion is starting to settle in
nneka in the pouring rain. we're dedicated
in the "biergarten," the only place in the park you could buy anything other than budweiser
watching blitzen trapper (???), waiting for mumford and sons, who were amazing!
a little mango italian ice to cool us off.

Saturday, July 10, 2010

well this is pretty amazing


sorry, sorry... i know i'm supposed to be studying. but the bar can bite me. especially when i find something cool like this - an analysis of flickr photos from chicago by local v. tourist. clearly the creator of this map has a lot of time on his hands but i appreciate the ingenuity. red means tourist, blue means local.
check out the rest of the "locals and tourists" photostream here

Thursday, June 24, 2010

whoa

both chicago and new orleans have had some crazy storms over the last week - but judging by these images, i think chicago won the contest.
see the rest of the images on the chicagoist