Good Reads

Filene's Basement is going-out-of-business after more than 100 years.

I kind of wish I worked here.

Digging these prints.

Yummy fall cocktail.

Ever wonder how they installed the huge Christmas tree at Marshall Fields, I mean, Macy's?



Inside Marina City

Goldberg's Marina City Towers are pretty fascinating. Because of the corncob design of the towers, each apartment is shaped like a slice of pie, having almost no interior right angles.

Iker Gil and Andreas E.G. Larsson spent more than two years documenting the lives of residents in the towers for the project, Inside Marina City. The resulting photographs provide a behind-the-scenes look into the diverse living spaces and the people who live there.

 

The best tortilla soup ever...

So Talitha has been talking about this amazing tortilla soup from Los Nopales and I finally tried it this past week. She wasn't kidding...this soup is delicious...diced chicken, avocado, cilantro, sour cream and tortilla strips...doesn't get much better than that.



Happy Hour

Bonnie and I mixed up these Cinnamon Snaps drinks last week for our girls night. We definitely had more fun mixing these up than drinking them. Anyone want to come over and drink the rest of the apple schnapps?

Cinnamon Snaps

Makes 2 drinks

3 oz. Vodka

2 oz. apple schnapps

1/4 c. Apple cider

1/4 c. Sugar

1/2 t. ground cinnamon

Add Vodak, schnapps and cider to cocktail shaker; shake well with ice.

In shallow bowl, mix sugar and cinnamon. Moisten rims of 2 champagne flutes and coat with the cinnamon and sugar. Strain cocktail into the flutes. 

Good Reads

PopArt posters of your favorite designers.

90s nostalgia. Pop Up Video is back!

Chicago by boat: A timelapse journey.

The Beer Belly of America.

Rahm Emanuel: A Progressive in the Age of Austerity.

50 States Challenge

Remember the Friends episode where Ross tries to name all 50 states in 6min.? He misses Thanksgiving dinner because he's determined to remember them all....in the end it was Delaware he was missing. Bonnie and I decided to try it for ourselves so we set a timer and made our lists. I was pretty confident before we started that I could list them all but it was harder than I thought. When the timer went off we were both about 7 states shy of 50. The state we were both missing....Vermont. 

Girls' Night

Bonnie came over on Friday night for some quality girl time. There was pizza, cocktails that we had more fun making than drinking, caramel apples, and more pizza. It was a fantastic night!