Monday, Monday :: The Weekend

I'm so incredibly proud of the Mister.  This weekend he graduated from his residency program.  That's right folks: four years of medical school, done: five years of residency, done; only one more year of fellowship left!  I can't believe it's been 9 years, and he is pretty excited to be 90% of the way there!  We celebrated with his class at Tavernita, congrats to the other 4 incredible people in his graduating class! 

To keep the party going, I threw the Mister a little rooftop soiree on Sunday with our nearest and dearest.  Just a little something to commemorate the past 5 years, with the amazing view at JParker and of course some bubbly!

Saturday we spent the day celebrating our fifth wedding anniversary :)  With brunch at The Carriage House, pre-show dinner & drinks at Zed 451 (the original plan was Sixteen at the Trump, but with the downpour we decided on a indoor location), and post-show dinner at GT Oyster.  We watched The Red Bull Flying Bach show at the Civic Opera House, which was incredibly entertaining.  Saturday was in a nutshell, a whirlwind of eating & drinking, planning our anniversary trip, and just enjoying us.

Monday, Monday

It's been an exhausting weekend from a baby shower, to a wedding, to a funeral, and a Halloween & Chili Cook-Off party.  The Mister and I sat on the couch last night after the little Man was asleep and all the dishes put away and just savored a few quiet moments with our feet up and not having anything to do, that was until the dog needed to be walked.  Sunday was particularly rough as we stood by a friend as he said goodbye to his dad.  Words can't express how difficult a situation that must be, but he spoke at his father's funeral and promised his mom that she would never be as sad as she is today ever again.  Needless to say, I went home and hugged my little Man.

 

Our weekend started off with a surprise baby shower for a co-worker at  Vosges Haut Chocolat in Lincoln Park.  It was such a fun way to spoil the mommy-to-be, and indulge in delicious truffles paired with champagne.  Our Halloween and chili cook-off party last night was a success, and I'll be sharing that with you soon.  In the meantime, you can check out the inspiration for the party here.  As for our Halloween costumes, we went as a family of Mad Scientists.  Happy Monday!

Weekend Recap

Hope you lovelies had a nice long holiday weekend.  We spent this past Sunday at Apple Holler in Wisconsin, picking some apples and introducing the boys for the first time.  So glad Ethan, Evan, & the little Man were able to have their first play date.  It was the perfect way to spend a fall weekend!  And I finally tested out the new crock pot, I'm so in love with the idea of putting in ingredients and 6 to 8 hours later, enjoying a delicious meal.    

Monthly Updates :: 5 Months & the Mister's Birthdy Weekend

This weekend we celebrated the Mister's thirtieth birthday (& the little Man's 5 month birthday) with brunch at the Trencherman before he headed out to Lolla.  The Mother's Milk at Trencherman is my new favorite summer cocktail, who knew you could carbonate vodka, it was refreshingly delicious.  Speaking of delicious, I made the mister a yummy birthday cake in the shape of a 3 and a 0, hopefully I'll get a tutorial up here soon.  And in other exciting baby news, my cousin had her little Man last week, welcome to the world baby Max, I can't wait to spoil you.  Hope you lovelies had a wonderful weekend!

A Babymoon Minus the Baby

The Mister and I went on a "babymoon minus the baby" the week before I was supposed to return to work.  After many tears the night before about leaving my baby, we made our way to South Beach.  I should mention that I'm a South Beach frequenter  this was my 5th trip in less than 9 years.  But what's not to love, great weather, clean beaches, and you can drink outside...fabulous.  We stayed at the heavenly Dreams South Beach, I have a thing for boutique hotels, and their rooftop pool/bar, HighBar, did not disappoint.  And we got to try out a few local places and enjoyed some seriously delicious eats, here are our 'best of's:

Best coffee: Cafe con leche at David's Cafe
Best salads/sandwiches: La Sandwicherie
Best Drinks: Meat Market
Best Nachos: Cleevlander, although we were there watching the Bulls take a beating by Miami in game 2 of that playoff series.
Best Dinner: Casa Tua, amazing Italian food, and sooo romantic.  Honorable mention: Khong River House.

Style File: (please ignore the crappy iPhone pictures):  I'm obsessed with the combination of chambray and white (white jeans, white shorts, white skirts, white dresses, white bikinis....) | love this white blouse and navy shorts combo, with a pop of neon pink (but clearly not as much as I love that gelato that I couldn't put down for the picture) | more neon pink, this time a maxi skirt and a simple tank with an aqua necklace. 

Chambray shirt: TJMaxx
Fedora: Macy's
Wedge Espadrille: Target
White &  Navy Shorts: JCrew
White blouse: F21
White tank: JCrew
Pink Maxi: Old Navy

DC Recap V2.0

Hi lovelies, hope you had a great weekend!  I spent the weekend in DC with the mister with more eating and sightseeing.  On Saturday, we hit up the Smithsonian Natural History Museum checked out the Hope Diamond and then some, and then walked over to the National Archives.  On Sunday, we rented bikes and biked from Dupont Circle to the Lincoln & Washington Memorials, after a pit stop at a farmers market to pick  up some pain chocolate.  Love the convenience of renting bikes in DC!  

And we ate some of the most authentic Asian food this trip, starting with Sichuan Pavillion some of the best Chinese food I've eaten in a long time.  And on Sunday we ate at Thai Xing, some seriously great Thai eats.  I would recommend both these places they're Asian foodie heaven.  And on Monday we had amazing pizza at Pizzeria Paradiso - we had the Macellaio and the tiramisu, both delicious, and being preggers I also had a hot chocolate :)




{At the Lincoln Memorial: 18 weeks Preggo}

 


{Mister and I at the Lincoln Memorial}

 


{Hope Diamond}

 

Weekend Recap

Sorry for the lack of posting yesterday, I was a bit under the weather.  None the less this weekend was incredibly productive and exhausting.  We had a rehearsal dinner at the lovely Mary Bartelme Park, attended a baby shower, and worked a wedding.  I'm so looking forward to tomorrows 4th of July festivities and a day off.  Hope you lovelies had a great weekend!


{Rehearsal Dinner, She's about to Pop popcorn, the lovely wedding of our bride and groom, Julie & Seth, at the Chicago Cultural Center}