Disclosure: This sponsored post is brought to us by the lovely peeps at Nutberg. Although I’m compensated, all thoughts, opinions, and ‘Hamilton’ cups are entirely my own. *** I get hangry. (A lot.) And since going gluten and dairy-free, there are certain times of day that are way, way harder than others. Lookin’ at you, 2pm. Because of this, I was superbly excited to try out Nutberg, whole ingredient meal replacements/carpool saviors with zero fake stuff on the back. Oats? {Read More}
Cursed, a.k.a. Why I’m not eating food today.
April 5, 2018 By Leave a Comment
I am being cursed and/or haunted. This is very, very true. Guys, you know that feeling when it’s like you’re being cursed by a petulant (and fairly low-ranking) priestess? (You do, right? …Yes?) Like when bizarre and generally inconsequential things keep going down and normally you’d brush them off and keep going except for the fact that they keep happening and piling on like you’re being regularly poked with a stick over the course of a day? (Not a fatally sharpened {Read More}
Chef Inside the Box, love inside your belly
November 6, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Disclosure: I actually, truly love cooking. Most nights, I actually, truly cook. …Sometimes I don’t. So, today’s post features Chef Inside the Box, whom I’m pretty sure you’re going to adore. Although I’m compensated, all thoughts, opinions, and clean plate clubs are entirely my own. *** So, like I said, I cook most nights. I say “nights” because, let’s be real: P.J. handles 90% of the breakfast at 6:30am- when I am not at my “taking orders chipperiest best”- and, legit, no {Read More}
Chicagoland’s ‘All Seasons Orchard’ (& the tastiest apples ever)
September 18, 2017 By Leave a Comment
You can keep your pumpkin spice lattes; the real autumn draw in the Midwest is a superb orchard. And guess what? After years of [diligently] trying them all out, and [selflessly] downing cider and donuts, we have a new fave. All Seasons Orchard… …in Woodstock, IL, is worth its weight in Honeycrisp apples. (Which, by the way, are enjoying their peak season rightthisverysecond.) One of the largest orchards in northern Illinois, they have over 15,000 apple and pear trees, an {Read More}
Fall’s roundup of must-haves & a giveaway!
September 13, 2017 By 1 Comment
It’s Fall! Time for photogenic foliage, gourd-flavored beverages, and my new favorite things in the whole of the world! (Make sure to scroll all the way down for the giveaway!) Although I’m compensated, all thoughts, opinions, and divinely happy households are entirely my own. Here Eating local, eating healthy, eating tasty…it can be the trifecta of tricky, amiright? Well, on a quest to make it a little easier is Chicago-based food company Here, who makes veggie and bean dips worth their {Read More}
Eataly loves kids- and it’s mutual
June 16, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Disclosure: I’m thrilled to be working today with Eataly and sharing my new Italian food obsessions! Although I’ve been compensated, all thoughts, opinions, and clean plates are entirely my own. *** Eataly, you guys. Coming to you today as a Chicago foodie, parent to three kid-sized eaters, and a reluctant member of the gluten-free community, lemme tell you a little bit about Eataly. The largest Italian marketplace in the world, it was founded in Torino, Italy, in 2007. While locations {Read More}
2 to do: Chicago’s coolest things ever (for April)
April 11, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Disclosure: I’m frequently invited to try out, witness, and drink artistic greatness. More disclosure: Yes, I know how great this is. Although I’m compensated, all thoughts, opinions, and stoked family members are entirely my own. *** Cavalia’s Odysseo is billed as “The Greatest Show Ever.” Here’s why it totally is. First off, even if you’ve seen a majestic show under a big top, even if you’ve gotten ‘been there, seen that’ about spectacle in general, you really haven’t seen what {Read More}
Things I didn’t do today.
March 23, 2017 By Leave a Comment
In honor of the fact that I’ve been saying ‘what a week, right?’ since Monday evening, I’d like to offer a list of things which presented themselves to me today, and of which I decidedly did not take advantage. You’re welcome. Things I didn’t do today: Hit someone at the crosswalk. Even though my car was fully stopped (by law) and he had the right-of-way (by law), he still felt the need to do that hands fully extended thing as he shuffled off {Read More}
