• Mid-Century Memories

    When I was little, growing up in Cary, Illinois, Wednesday night was grocery night. Mom and Grandma and I (and later my little sister) climbed into the Ford Fairlane for the trek into Crystal Lake to the Piggly Wiggly with that wonderful googie zig-zag roof. If we were good, Grandma treated us to sundaes at …

  • Not a Paid Endorsement

    Say you had a late night out at a Super Supper Club event. Or possibly you were up stalking an amazing find on eBay. Either way there is a good chance that beer, wine or margaritas were involved. Now say the next morning you had a craving for breakfast tacos, donuts, croissants or kolaches–but the …

  • Say Cheese!

    A Super Supper Club event, with 40 or so neighbors, to welcome David and Cheryl to the neighborhood. Forget Welcome Wagon, we go where the margaritas are! Glenbrook Valley rocks!

  • Lets Go Shopping (part 3)

    If you wanna be with me, baby theres a price to pay…….. Yeah, baby–that price would be half! Can I get a what what?!? Oh the joys of finding treasures on the final, discounted day of an estate sale. It has a sticker on it that says “Florentine Original Hand Made in Italy”. Im not …