Last Saturday, Ken and I found ourselves uptown for an early morning appointment at Amsale, where we looked at wedding gowns and tried on a lot of different options. I haven’t found my ideal gown yet, but it’s getting pretty close! My mom is coming to help me pick the final gown and I think […]
On Thursday, Ken’s sister, Flo, came to pick us up to take us back to the suburbs for the weekend. Before heading back for the weekend, we stopped by Big Star for lunch. Angie and John mentioned that it’s a popular taco place and when Mario Batali visits, he likes eating tacos there. We figured […]
After Kristen’s beautiful ceremony, Christine, Adam, Ken and I had a couple of free hours before heading to the reception. Ken looked up some restaurants and we settled on some seafood at a local restaurant, Surf. We were about to eat a lot of seafood at Kristen and Waising’s wedding but decided to eat a […]
One of our favorite neighborhood restaurants is Lamarca, a pasta and cheese shop next to our favorite frozen yogurt place, Flurt. So many good places to eat in our neighborhood! On Thursdays, they have a wonderful lunch special: meat lasagna. The meal is kind of expensive (around $15, which is pricey for an everyday lunch!) […]
Ken and I were excitedly waiting for the opening of Wahoo’s, a fish taco place really close to our apartment. It finally opened last Monday, on President’s Day, so we were able to go there for their official opening dinner. The signage has been up for quite some time: I heard about the chain from […]
