today we saw an art installation at millenium park featuring Paintings Below Zero, by Gordon Halloran, a canadian artist. the installation is a 95×12 feet wall of coloured ice situated right in the middle of downtown chicago.
yesterday we ushered in the chinese new year with our friends jackie, tom and anne over hot pot. it was especially good given the persistent sub-zero temperatures outside. as usual, we ate until our bellies could fit no more. just realized this is our 4th entry in a row involving food. need to find other read more
tonight we attended the annual “the Big Game” party held at church, featuring the unbeaten new england patriots playing against the underdog new york giants. apparently referring to “the Big Game” by the Game’s actual name in association with a certain party is a copyright no-no. as usual, there were homemade corndogs and cincinnati-style chili read more
this week we had the chance to have dinner with paul and larina, who were in town for a few days. despite yet another blizzard outside, we made it to fonda del mar (our newest favorite restaurant) for some mexican seafood.
we had an unopened bottle of eggnog which i had bought last month for a party and finally figured out a way to use it. what do you get when you mix coffee with eggnog? eggnog latte. add some milk and nutmeg too if you would like. you should try it…tastes like starbucks.
i came across this blog which is entirely devoted to hyde park. take a look if you want to know more about our hood! its reflections on the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of living in hyde park seem pretty accurate in most places. this is a photo of the downtown skyline from read more
it was time to put away the christmas tree, but our closet was already quite full. i was kind of amazed at how much stuff we had accumulated over a year. in particular, the number of bags i had recycled…it really didn’t look that way inside the closet.
hello i am the little man on ms. sherwin’s tokidoki bag. mr. joe brought me from hong kong. do you like me?
our local grocery store is closing. we’ve had a love-hate relationship with it; the Hyde Park Co-op Market, aka the Co-op, had served Hyde Park for over 70 years and at one point had three stores. we’ve relied on it for all our meats and non-produce goods, while fresh produce was always too expensive (luckily read more