Chicago

Go West, Young Woman

November 20, 2009

Sometime late this summer, I got this fortune inside a fortune cookie that said: Be prepared to modify your plans. Considering that I had myself planted firmly in the middle of a crazy Plan My Life Out phase, that couldn’t have been more timely. I’ve known for at least a few years that my life’s [...]

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Emmit's Pub

July 28, 2009

Emmit’s Pub Originally uploaded by doniree.com One of my favorite things about Chicago is that every time I go back, I start to familiarize myself even further with the city. This started the first time I went to visit Meggie in Naperville back in 2003, and continues with this last trip. Last time I was [...]

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Snapshots

July 14, 2009

IMG_1439 Originally uploaded by rach.eliza I have a whole journal buried somewhere of what I used to call my “snapshot” stories. Sometimes they were true stories; sometimes they were daydreams of stories I wanted to be true. Either way, I flexed my anecdotal muscles a little back then and have a notebook tucked away somewhere [...]

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pancakes

June 30, 2009

IMG_1349 Originally uploaded by rach.eliza This is the face of a very happy girl who got her pancakes TWO weekend mornings in a row in Chicago this past weekend. These particularly delicious blueberry pancakes were enjoyed at Clark’s on Belmont just before the Gay Pride Parade in Chicago. While it may LOOK like phampants is [...]

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Doniree's Test Kitchen: Election Fare

November 5, 2008

This is what I ended up making for my Election Party (sorry the pic is blurry! I should’ve taken it with my camera, not my phone…): ObamaDogs! (Chicago-Style Mini Hot Dogs!) I had pepperocini peppers (I think these were key), chopped onions, tomatoes and pickles. I used bun-length hot dogs and sliced the dogs/buns into [...]

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