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Weekend adventures

Sox vs. Royals game on Friday. We ate our weight in delicious baseball fare, dabbled in a bit of gambling with the friendly fans behind us, and watched a great fireworks display celebrating the Sox victory over the Royals. Sorry KC fans, but it was worth it so we could see the pretty fireworks!

Spent Saturday strolling the neighborhood looking at all the amazing gardens, and went to a party at Working Bikes where there was an impromptu marching band performance, complete with hula-hoop's!

Sunday brunch with friends and fresh Cantaloupe water (yum), and a relaxing evening on the patio at Muddy's pub. It was bitter sweet because we had to say goodbye to a good friend leaving us for NYC. Damn you NYC. Chicago will miss you Sliz!

Everyone Forever Now

Happy Friday!

bring on the sugar coma!

I'll take these please: Fall Boots

1. Thrifting in Tulsa Boot 2. LR Rain Bootie 3. Harlow Tall Moto 4. ilse jacobsen tall rain boots

5. Riley Over the Knee Boot 6. Midnight Runner Boot

Recipe Cache: Fruit Marmalade

I need to hurry up and make lots of this before the beautiful summer fruit leaves us again!

Ingredients:

1 box of raspberries (list is just enough to last about a week)
1/4 cup of raw cane sugar

A few drops of lime or lemon juice

Place the raspberries on a small casserole and mash them gently, without breaking the fruit too much - just enough for the juice to come out-. Then add the sugar, drops of lime and cook for approximately 10 to 15 minutes.

If you want to save this marmalade for a long time, then weigh your fruit and add the same weight of sugar. Boil your jar for a few minutes and close the top immediately after filling the jar with hot marmalade.

Otherwise, if you're going to consume it during the week, you can use less sugar and there's no need to sterilize your jar.

The same recipe works fantastic with strawberries, blueberries, peaches and other similar fruits.

via Julia and Julieta

New iPhone App

I know what I will be buying on September 17!

Cartolina

Object of my affection

The Selby took some photos of Vladmir Kagan and Erika Wilson's home. I love her embroidery work! I'm pretty sure that chair belongs to me. I should send her an email and see when I should be expecting it to come home.

French Toast RX

Just as I suspected french toast smothered in maple syrup and fried bananas is capable of pulling you out of the bluest of the Monday blues. Even if your Monday blues on are on Tuesday.