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Weekending / All Of The Days
How lucky to have a weekend full of days celebrating things I enjoy! I ate a ton of food on Earth Day & didn't waste any of i...
How lucky to have a weekend full of days celebrating things I enjoy!
I ate a ton of food on Earth Day & didn't waste any of it
As you probably already know, last Saturday was
Earth Day
. A kick in the pants in the form of a holiday, for some. As someone who has trouble venturing out of her comfort zone, I need all the reminders I can get—
take care of this planet, you brat!
Maybe it's lame, but I'm the type of person that often needs someone else to present an idea to me in a new way in order for it to take hold in my mind. Like, I was recently introduced to the concept of a 💫 Zero Waste Lifestyle 💫 by a couple of cool YouTubers puttin' in work to show people that there are other ways to live in this world.
Anyway, this year, I celebrated the earth with a bunch of friendly faces, gathered at a plant-lover's house to eat tasty things
and to day drink
. I contributed a big bowl of berries to the potluck, along with some crackers and tuna salad I made with Fage yogurt instead of mayo. Mmm, mmm good! Other good things: an egg casserole, amazing chili, an assortment of pastries, plus homemade peach sorbet with bourbon. What a way to start a day. 🍒
I didn't actually buy any records on #RSD2017
At some point, in the middle of gorging myself at the potluck, a friend mentioned that it was also
Record Store Day
. Natch, we eventually made our way to one of the few record stores in town. Its a pretty chill space with plenty of reasonably priced records, plus books + vintage clothing, too. I grabbed a few vinyl right off the bat—Sade, Stevie Wonder, and a rare Larry Levan mixes compilation. However, I got a little sidetracked when my friend pointed out a pair of vintage, pinstriped denim jeans he thought I might like. Of course I did, of course I bought them
instead
of the records, of course I got home and tried them on only to find that they don't fit. 🙈
I may have a small (but mighty) book addiction
As if I don't
talk about books
enough on this blog, here we go again! Sunday was
World Book Day
—which I found out on a whim, and luckily, it reminded me that our local library was having their annual book sale! Heeellll yeah. Needless to say, C and I spent an hour or so of our Sunday in the basement of a building, in a room filled with books. It was the second of three days of the sale, so everything was 50% off, which is LITERALLY INSANE. I think we copped a total of 20 books, all of which were $16 and some change. Chyeah! Used book addiction is real, my friends.
That was my weekend. I'd ask how yours was, but it's already Thursday! We bout to have another one real quick. 😁 How has your week been? Did you do anything for Earth Day/Record Store Day/World Book Day??????
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Easter Weekend Recap
I didn't mean to post another photo dump of my weekend activities so soon, but I slacked off last week and didn't make any of the...
I didn't mean to post another photo dump of my weekend activities so soon, but I slacked off last week and didn't make any of the other posts I had planned! No matter. Today is a new day; this week I can (& will!) do better. 💪
Easter always sneaks up on me. It doesn't matter how many pastel colored objects show up on store shelves, or the number of Easter-themed ads telling me about another Spring sale, I always seem to forget until Good Friday hits me in the face. This year, I had a little bit of a warning, though, in the pleasant form of my brother coming to visit our family for a weekend of sunny weather and plenty of food.
Of course, between seeing all kinds of family, eating fried chicken (and a whole assortment of Things One Should Not Be Eating Often), I also managed to do some of my favorite activities: thrift shopping, coffee drinking, and used book hunting. Oh! And I watched this insane movie starring Jennifer Lopez and Vince Vaughn called
The Cell
. It was...interesting.
That was pretty much my weekend. How was yours?
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Weekending / 26 Hours In + Around Chicago
This past weekend, we drove with some friends to Chicago. The catalyst: to see My Favorite Murder live @ The Vic. We also took the opport...
This past weekend, we drove with some friends to Chicago. The catalyst: to see My Favorite Murder live @ The Vic. We also took the opportunity to check out some new spaces + explore areas we were less familiar with. And, uh, go to Ikea, of course.
61st Street Farmers Market
Located in a quiet area near UIC, this farmer's market was an understated and intimate place to be. Right when you walk in the building, you can smell the love—in the form of some yummy-ass food. It was split into two reasonably sized rooms, with several vendors in each. We were told by a friendly farmer to come back again during the summer; apparently it's a much bigger, exciting affair then.
"...people dancing and music playing and everyone is outside..."
Dude was so friendly, and was selling (and giving away) the most delicious apples.
I can't wait to return during the warmer months!
Build Coffee
Right next door to the farmer's market was
Build Coffee
. A place of "radical collaboration" that also happens to serve coffee and a bunch of
Haymarket books
, it was totally up our alley. I was super into their logo, and they had these tote bags for sale featuring their logo in
Yves Klein blue
? Yes, ma'am, I'll take one! They aren't officially open for business until May, I think, but they heard us talking about it outside and invited us in to see the space. Can't wait to return and try their coffee. ☕
Jackson Park
Not much to say here, except that Chicago is a beautiful city, but I am always hungry for more green spaces whenever I'm there. It was nice to visit Jackson park, which houses the Museum of Science and Industry, and a moody little lagoon thing. We took advantage of its nearness to the lake and walked there, too.
Pilsen
The area of Pilsen we visited was all old brick buildings with colorful murals and filthy alleyways brightened by funny street art. I was totally into it
and
that fact that there seemed to be a vintage shop on every block.
Pilsen wasn't even on our radar, but one of the employees of Build Coffee told us a few places to go there and we decided to check it out. Well worth it; this is definitely a neighborhood I'll be returning to again and again.
Crisp
After Pilsen, we decided to park near The Vic and grab some grub. We chose Crisp, a Korean fried chicken spot in Lakeview. Everything on the menu looked good, plus they had speakers blasting ✨ hot tunes ✨ so loud you could hear it from the street. C and I decided to split 3 buffalo chicken strips and a baby Buddha bowl. Plus fries. The chicken was yummy, but the Buddha bowl truly left a lot to be desired. Pretty underwhelming, but I'd come back for the chicken, yo! 🍗
My Favorite Murder
Yes, of COURSE they did H. H. Holmes. He's INSANE.
If you're not already familiar, My Favorite Murder is a true crime podcast hosted by Georgia Hardstark and Karen Kilgariff. It's been around for a little over a year, but it's suuuper popular. Late last year R and I found we had a mutual love for true crime
and
this podcast. When we found out they were coming to Chicago, we were SO READY.
Needless to say, the show was excellent. A lot of screaming. Plenty of awkward jokes. And 2 Chicago-based murder stories. What's not to like?
UM: THE BATHROOMS @ THE VIC.
Holy —
Please, no. First of all, they're located down some dank, windy stairs in a basement. The venue doors had
just
opened and I made my way down so I could beat the inevitable Women's Bathroom Rush™. This means the venue had been open a literal 5 short minutes and yet—AND YET— that bathroom was already a disaster. It smelled like someone had just vomited (FRESH ASS VOMIT) in a corner somewhere, there was hair, dirt and water allllll over the floor,
and
the poop smell was strong with this one. SO STRONG. I got in and got out like a pro, but open letter to The Vic? GET 👏 IT 👏TOGETHER 👏.
Suburbia
So we actually opted for a hotel in the suburbs in lieu of an Airbnb in the city, which ended up being a much smarter decision (even tho I'm low key creeped out by hotels). The Hyatt we stayed in had actually invested time + research + money into the optics of their ~hotel experience~ so the aesthetics there were pretty pleasant + modern. But let's be real, the true treat was free breakfast in the morning.
We camped out by a window in a sun-drenched corner, ate some (surprisingly tasty) powder eggs, and talked about how f*cked up America is/has always been. After checking out, we embraced our deeply buried 🗽 American values 🗽 and supported our economy by buying a bunch of random shit.
First, we stopped at a Japanese market, Mitsuwa, which C frequented when we lived in Chicago. They apparently have the best Ramen he's ever tasted in the U.S., and I was happy to discover they had a sweet-smelling bread nook on one side of the store that served a bunch of fresh bread. It took me back to my first visit to Japan when I literally lived in the bread section of the grocery store we always went to.
Next we went to Ikea, where we sleepily explored and picked up a few things. At this point we were all sort of out of it, but Ikea is honestly always a pleasant experience for me, and I managed to have a good, if spaced out, time. I'll be sharing my Ikea haul later this week, so look forward to that!
Last was Trader Joe's, where I took zero pictures, because why? But also, I was dead at this point, ready to hole up in the car for a couple hours, eating bread and apples.
That was our trip and this is the end of this post. Good bye, friends!
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