Personal Faves

I know of two Pinky nail salons in Chicago but the one that is my personal fave is at 1159 W. Madison St. in the West Loop.  It is so bright and clean and everything appears new and modern.  All essential to a good nail salon experience.  You can call ahead for an appointment but I [...]

“Loin of pork” doesn’t sound very appetizing, but I promise it is.  I hardly cook any meat other than chicken because it just seems hard.  I’ve been staying at my mom’s house a ton this summer and she has reintroduced me to good pork.  The other white meat right??  Anyway, it was my grandma’s birthday [...]

Living in the midwest wreaks havoc on my skin.  Chicago is a city of extreme temperatures.  I tell people that although we get less snow than where I grew up (northern Indiana) the winter wind in Chicago is cold enough to eat your soul.  Then in the summer it’s 90 degrees and totally humid.  Enough [...]

Sorry no post on Monday people!  I have been sending emails, making phone calls, and setting up interviews trying to find our little G Money a nanny.  It’s a lot of work.  We are going to nannyshare with another family and thankfully that mom is also helping sort through the applicants.  This topic brings me [...]

Looking for a FUNNY chick-flick?  Not a sob-fest, actually funny, chick-flick?  Then you have got to rent Confessions of a Shopaholic.  Personal Faves is often but not always about buying new things.  I have found since being on maternity leave (and thus broke!) my shopping habits have seriously changed / I don’t shop.  David and [...]

Hair removal = yuck.  I have tried pretty much everything out there…  shaving, waxing, even laser treatments.  I liked the laser hair removal but man is that expensive!  And, I’ve definitely had regrowth in the three years since I did it.  No matter what I do, I seem to be plagued by ingrown hairs or [...]

So Sarah’s post about one of my favorite recipes (Horseradish Crusted Filet) reminded me of one of my favorite side dishes for that recipe.  Yes, you guessed it: Grilled Asparagus! 1.  Clean asparagus and cut the ends off where they start to get hard and white 2.  Lay out the asparagus on a cutting board [...]

This post is courtesy of David… he just doesn’t even have the time to log-in!! I guess when you take a ten day fishing vacation you have a lot of work to catch up on.  Here’s the recipe… <mouth watering> Active Time: 25 Minutes Total Time: 1 Hour 25 Minutes Yield: Serves 4 Recipe courtesy [...]

This is kind of a faux-pas:  to tell people what perfume you like.  Normally it seems that my friends and I try to be secretive about scents so that no one steals your signature scent.  Unless you’re my gracious friend Angela.  She went out of her way to help my husband buy me a bottle [...]

I can hardly focus to write this post.  I’m thinking STEAK, filet mignon specifically… red-skin mashed potatoes…. goat cheese marinara with toasted pitas… STEAK.   Excuse me as I wipe the drool from my mouth!  This is not just any steak.  I don’t even usually like meat, especially red meat.  Wildfire is WORTH IT though. I [...]