What I've been eating lately

One of my 2012 goals was to eat better and cook more often so I've been keeping a photo diary of what I eat. Here is a sample of some of my meals lately:

Breakfast at City Provisions

Talitha and I grabbed some breakfast sandwiches at City Provisions and looked over the plans for our city garden! Can't wait to start gardening!

Return of Fiona Apple

Via {npr music}

Excited to hear that Fiona Apple is coming out with a new album after 7 years! 

Food Rules

I went to the library to check out Michael Pollan's book, The Omnivore's Dilemna, but since it was checked out, I came home with Food Rules instead. Pollan breaks down the increasingly complicated question of what we should eat to seven simple words:

Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.

Some of my favorite rules:

•  Avoid food products containing ingredients that a third-grader cannot pronounce.
• Shop the peripheries of the supermarket and stay out of the middle.
• If it came from a plant, eat it; if it was made in a plant, don't.
• Eat your colors.
• Don't eat breakfast cereals that the change the color of the milk.
• Have a glass of wine with dinner.
• "Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, dinner like a pauper."
• Cook.

Kingsbury Street Cafe

Lemon pancakes and a piggy moo cluck sandwich at Kingsbury Street Cafe = excellent start to the day!

Good Reads

{Via Jen Gotch }

Dreamy photos from Jen Gotch.

Can men and women by just friends?

10 ways to dress up your ponytail.

Beautiful stained glass.

Chicago Neighborhood logos.

Easter Weekend

I didn't take too many pictures this weekend as most of my time was spent playing church gigs, but I did manage to snap a few from Easter dinner with my family.

It's a beautiful day...

...for some baseball. Happy Opening Day!

Chicago vs. Chicago: Round 1 from Nick Offerman

Ryan Gosling, Arts Administrator

A co-worker introduced me to this funny tumblr blog. Ah, life in the arts!

Lately

Blooming trees, four legged friends, a trip to Kansas City to visit good friends, and another Monday night pasta dinner.

Lincoln Park Zoo

I spent an afternoon last week brunching at Nookies and exploring Lincoln Park Zoo with the lovely Meyer family. Those two cuddling monkeys were so sweet!

Jimmy's Pizza

As a post-yoga treat, Talitha and I walked over to Jimmy's Pizza for a NY Style slice and light, powdered sugar dusted beignets. Yum, so good! The pizza brought back happy memories of a favorite pizza joint I would frequent when living in Hartford.