Cigarettes and Cheap Champagne (or Bud Light)

Love love love LBC's song "Cigarettes"! Mo and I have been playing it on repeat for prob the past 20 min. Instead of going out for date night, we decided to stay in and class it up by drinking Bud Light and hanging out :)

I'm working on a care package for my dear friend KP who moved to the district and Mo wanted to leave her mark on the cd, hence my new infatuation with an old fav, LBC.

Mo's fav line:

"Can't wear you out 'cause you're solid gold"

Dear Chicago

Lately I've become a huge Ryan Adams fan, can't get "dear chicago" out of my head! Favorite line:

think about you all the time.
it's strange and hard to deal
think about you lying there
and those blankets lie so still...

Even though it's a really really sad song, I love his phrasing and delivery

Picture post :)

I know, I know, I've been slacking lately, soo busy at work. I've been taking some pretty neat pics from around town and figured this is the best place to post. Enjoy!

Sunset from the roof, taken after Pride

"Run Blago, Run!"

These popped up all around after our former gov's indictment, love it!

Rainy Tuesday afternoon, taken from Wacker/Michigan

Middle Sister Wines

I have a new wine love...Middle Sister Wine. Since I am a marketer's dream and insist on choosing the wine by the color/shape/design of the bottle usually I am stuck with some pretty bad stuff. Last night Mo and I had one of our wine nights and decided to try a new brand. It was a winner! I went to their Web page and now can't wait to try all of them! Here are my quiz results of what wine fits me best:

You're Forever Cool. You’re into vintage: wine and clothes. Little boys think you’re pretty. And the lead guitarist still tosses you his pick at a rock concert. They say if you wore it the first time, you shouldn’t the second. We say, rock those bell-bottoms and that shiny long hair. And have a glass of Middle Sister Forever Cool Merlot. Cause you are.

9 pack??

Never in my life have I seen a 9-pack of beer. Tonight Mike S. and I went on a beer run and we found one! We decided these were for the people for who a 6-pack was not enough and a 12-pack was too much...while drinking alone.

"Let's get e coli together..."

John Handcock and Castaways...ahh summertime Chi!

Spent a beautiful afternoon at the beach with Miss Jade and that was just one of the many horrible pick up lines we heard. Usually, Jade and I spend at least a few hours each weekend at North Ave. beach but since it has been crappy weather this was the first time this summer :( I love how we have a beach in the middle of the city...makes the summers sooo much better!

Looking north on our walk along the water

View to the south, toward downtown

Happy 4th!

Wishing everyone a Happy Independence Day! One of the commentor's on the Capitol Fax had this to say the other day and wanted to share it:

Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence?

Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died.

Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured.

Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War. They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.

What kind of men were they?

Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated, but they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.

Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags.

Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward.

Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.

At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.

Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months.

John Hart was driven from his wife’s bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished.

So, take a few minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday and silently thank these patriots. It’s not much to ask for the price they paid.

Remember: freedom is never free!