Summer Crush

Carlos Quentin - My Summer Crush 2008.

Word to the Wise..

Eating a bean burrito with five packets of Fire Sauce right before bed is NOT a good food choice.

I am not looking at you

And I wasn't waiting for you to come home either! --- Truman

Coming Soon

Cabbage, Leeks, Broccoli & Peas!

Strawberry Fields Forever

Yes, the strawberries are here! We spent this weekend at one of our favorite places, The Garden Patch Farm, picking some of the most yummy berries you have ever tasted. As you can see our cups runneth over with goodness. And that is just the beginning, we have already put up 6 batches of jam! Sweet sticky luscious strawberry jam. In two weeks - spring perfection in a jar.

Iris

Surprise surprise! My pathetic little garden sprouted some flowers - irises. The alliums I planted didn't survive all the frosts we had, so this will be the last of the flowers for this year. Hopefully the last flowers I ever grow in Illinois.

Hot Spot in the City

The Oak Street Beachstro!

http://www.oakstreetbeachstro.com/index.html

Now open! Every summer this amazing little place pops up in one of the best spots in the entire city. Palm trees, sand, yummy cocktails, all tucked into a little corner on Oak Street Beach. When you are there you forget all about the city, you almost think you were someplace nice. HA! I went there for our annual lunch with my friends Tina & Kim. The food is pretty good - ridiculously expensive - but you are really paying for the atmosphere. And the booze, you are paying for the booze too. If you are in Chicago between June & September, I highly recommend it. Bikini optional attire.

Quote of the Week

"A lot of people like to fool you and say that you're not smart if you never went to college, but common sense rules over everything. That's what I learned from selling crack"

- Snoop tells the new issue of Esquire

That is some funny shit!