61st Street Community Garden
I’ve been trying to get into a community garden here in the neighborhood and am looking forward to maybe next year being my year. The garden at 61st street has been kind of in limbo due to a pending construction project at the University of Chicago. Currently the garden is on University property and they...
Local Honey to Treat Allergies
For the past year or two my allergies have been building and building. I was never allergic to anything as a child but things change as you get older. I definitely have some tree pollen allergies and wine. Red wine is worse but I’ve noticed white wine makes me have a sneezing fit too. This...
Keeping Your House Cool Without Air Conditioning
This week summer finally arrived. Yay! Well kind of.. This is my first summer in a couple years without central air and it’s definitely an adjustment. The major challenges to keeping the place cool are #1 We’re on the 3rd floor #2 South facing windows #3 No shade from other buildings to keep the sun...
61st Street Farmer’s Market
After many months of anticipation farmer's market season is upon us! Yay!
I have my list of markets to check out and at the top of the list is the 61st Street Farmer's Market. It's one of the independently run markets in the...Garfield Park Conservatory
These are some photos from a field trip to The Garfield Park Conservatory I went on for the photography class I'm taking. It's a really beautiful place.
We did 2 weeks in the classroom and now we're doing 3 field trips. This was the first one.
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What happened to April?
This month has been really busy. I have been slacking on my duties here. I have been a little preoccupied with the nice change in weather and taking a photography class. This winter was really long and lately I’ve been feeling a little bored. Business is good but after doing similar projects over and over...
Composting
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...
Preservation Chicago – Chicago 7 list
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....
Dust Settles
Finally we are mostly settled into the new place. We at least have everything out of the old place now and have handed off the keys. Still a few things to find places for and organize but for the most part it’s starting to feel like home. What a crazy couple weeks. Well couple months...
the challenge
So the idea of going without buying anything made in China isn’t something I came up with on my own. It’s been a couple years in coming. My parents constantly complain about how it’s so hard to find things made here in the United States. Then there’s all the recalls, lead paint in children’s toys,...