The final days have come. After one of the most stressful weeks of my life due to our house purchase nearly falling through, it seems that everything is in pl...
We were those people. The parents on the airplane with the crying toddler who was kicking the seat in front of her. We travel to Europe each year to visit my in...
This past weekend I took a little trip with the dog and Mini Whipped to visit various friends in Michigan. The baby was asleep in the back seat and the dog sn...
This past week, Chicago pulled its usual mood swing on us. From cold and rainy and unseasonably icky to over 90 degrees and humid. I have a very hard time adjus...
Perhaps some of you are familiar with Vosges Haut-Chocolat. You know, the one that started putting curry and wasabi in chocolate almost a dozen years ago? S...
I am in New York at the National Stationery Show helping out my friends from Snow & Graham. Today was Cupcake Tuesday. All customers who stopped by the boot...
We had our first of hopefully many picnics. I have been declaring this the Summer of Fun and have encouraged friends, neighbors and colleagues to get in on my p...
A child's first year of life is a whirlwind. Some days, if you watch close enough, I swear you could see them grow right before your eyes. Mini Whipped's ...
I thought this might bring a smile to some faces for the start of the work week. Every time I even THINK about these mini cookies, I can't help but smile. One o...
Grilled grouper sandwiches with coleslaw and sweet potato fries, pina coladas, Coronas on the deck, Mini Whipped enjoying her dinner while watching the sunset. ...
I am flying off to Florida for the week IF our plane can bust through this latest Chicago snow storm and get us to the palm tree-lined streets and white sandy b...
