August 2008
35 posts
Forbes' 100 most powerful women →
Angela Merkel (Chancellor of Germany) is the most powerful woman in the world for the third year in a row.. and rightfully so.
Christie Hefner makes this year’s list at #85.
Fall allergies.
I have allergies in the fall and I won’t take an antihistamine because I’m pretty much a total hippy. Jacob had researched natural solutions to help me for a couple of years now and I think we’ve finally found them. A heaping tablespoon of raw honey every few hours seems to do the trick. No more itching, sneezing or watery eyes for me. Red wine also seems to help, but for a very...
Reason number 47320934 why Rachel Ray is annoying:
She can’t even pronounce ‘tzatziki’. She pronounces it ‘tah-zee-kee’.
My blood is boiling. I don’t even understand how this show always ends up being on in my house.
I love the new Facebook phonebook app.
I’m a Pretender - The Exploding Hearts
WatchWhat Britney really sounds like
I love the girl, hot mess and all.. but seriously.
Green Zebra, Chicago
I had a really disappointing experience at Green Zebra last night.
At Green Zebra, you apparently don’t know what’s on the tasting menu until it shows up in front of you.The first course was tempura fried green tomatoes. I really don’t like anything fried because I don’t like the smell or the taste of the cooking method, so I tried a little bit and left the rest on my...
Women spend 136 days of their lives "getting...
dihard:
That’s 3,276 hours spent primping and preening for a night out - enough time for an astronaut to fly to the moon and back 22 times. This is per a recent poll of 1,000 women between the ages of 18 and 60, conducted by Skinbliss, a women’s beauty brand.
andreaallen:
It takes me literally 5 minutes to shower. If I’m going out, I put some paste in my hair after I dry off and get...
Danse sur le merde- Prototypes
What do you do for dinner when you’re super busy during the week?
Do you:
eat out
search for quick and easy recipes
cook a normal meal and just eat later
eat a bunch of snacks instead of dinner
skip dinner
have a liquid dinner
eat cereal
My favorite response so far has been ‘eat cereal’. What do you do?
Jacob works late tonight and I’ll be swimming until...
Anthony Bourdain is in Chicago!!! →
(via: vikax)
I think I have a good idea of where he’ll go!! And you might find me at those places throughout the week. ;)
I seriously had the best birthday ever. Thanks for all of the bday wishes!
Because of the tornado last night, we’re having drinks again tonight.. probably at the The Violet Hour.