This is topic near and dear to my heart. Nothing gets me more riled up (well almost nothing) than getting a bunch of spammy junk mail in my mailbox.
We recently purchased a home and of course now we’re getting tons of junk mail. Super frustrating, wasteful and annoying!
Over the past couple years at our old [...]
Now that I’ve finally starting recycling on a regular basis I’ve started thinking about composting. Though I’ve noticed a huge reduction in the amount of garbage we’re producing, it’s still not as good as it could be.
My husband and I cook quite a bit and I’d say probably about 60-70% of our garbage now is [...]
Hooray!
Well kind of..
Okay so there have been some new guidelines started today here in the US about ‘country of origin’ labeling for meats, fruits and veggies. It’s great, I’m all for it. But I don’t see why it’s a huge change for some things. If you actually read the little tiny stickers on [...]
Photo: Carey Primeau
Every year Preservation Chicago publishes a list of the seven most endangered buildings in Chicago. One of the buildings on the list this year is St. Boniface Church in West Town.
For some reason I feel a special attachment to this building and am hoping that someone does something great with it. Nine of [...]
