Chicago, chicago my kind of town! I am spending the weekend in chicago with my girls. This is the view from my hotel room.

Chicago, chicago my kind of town! I am spending the weekend in chicago with my girls. This is the view from my hotel room.

Chicago chicago, my kind of town! I am spending the weekend in chicago with my girl. This is the view from my hotel room.

Chicago chicago, my kind of town! I am spending the weekend in chicago with my girl. This is the view from my hotel room.

Birthday cake Oreo fudge cremes. This should be illegal…I say as I put them in a blender with ice cream.

Birthday cake Oreo fudge cremes. This should be illegal…I say as I put them in a blender with ice cream.

[photo-a-day] Sweetie Pie’s Soul food and tv stars. My mom & dad are huge fans of the tv show on Oprah’s network so we went for some good eats. Not gonna lie…the mac & cheese is the unicorn of comfort food.

[photo-a-day] Sweetie Pie’s Soul food and tv stars. My mom & dad are huge fans of the tv show on Oprah’s network so we went for some good eats. Not gonna lie…the mac & cheese is the unicorn of comfort food.

A taste of home! My favorite Minnesota beers are taking St Louis by storm. Surly, Summit and Grainbelt oh my! I can wait to show these off at the next BYOB party!

A taste of home! My favorite Minnesota beers are taking St Louis by storm. Surly, Summit and Grainbelt oh my! I can wait to show these off at the next BYOB party!

[Photo-a-Day] 5/16/12: My crush is photo-bombing my picture of the Peabody Opera House bear picture. PS: I love you Arch

[Photo-a-Day] 5/16/12: My crush is photo-bombing my picture of the Peabody Opera House bear picture. PS: I love you Arch

[Photo-a-day] 5/7/12: Six years ago today I was celebrating Lucy’s birthday at the Metrodome and with the Minnesota Twins. Happy birthday to my now grown-up seven year old niece…my Adam Lambert fangirl, sassy, tenderhearted, dance machine, Adele-loving, humanitarian.

[Photo-a-day] 5/7/12: Six years ago today I was celebrating Lucy’s birthday at the Metrodome and with the Minnesota Twins. Happy birthday to my now grown-up seven year old niece…my Adam Lambert fangirl, sassy, tenderhearted, dance machine, Adele-loving, humanitarian.

As someone who spent many childhood vacations going to see the big man (Paul Bunyan, not God) this makes me laugh!

As someone who spent many childhood vacations going to see the big man (Paul Bunyan, not God) this makes me laugh!

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[Photo-a-day] May, 2, 2012: This is what you get at Sanctuaria when you ask for something with vodka and pineapple in it. It tasted like being retired on an island.

[Photo-a-day] May, 2, 2012: This is what you get at Sanctuaria when you ask for something with vodka and pineapple in it. It tasted like being retired on an island.

[Photo-a-Day] 4/27/12 #photoadayapril “Somewhere you went” Walnut Grove, MN…aka Little House on the Prairie. I went to the mercantile, Nellie’s Cafe, stood on the banks of Plum Creek, ran through the tall grass of a prairie, visited a sod house, and saw the train station in Sleepy Eye.

[Photo-a-Day] 4/27/12 #photoadayapril “Somewhere you went” Walnut Grove, MN…aka Little House on the Prairie. I went to the mercantile, Nellie’s Cafe, stood on the banks of Plum Creek, ran through the tall grass of a prairie, visited a sod house, and saw the train station in Sleepy Eye.