Last night I went on a $60 date with my 3-year old. I know—probably not a good idea during these recession-laden times. But I have started running out of things to do with him during my husband’s week-long business trip (and we are only on day #3. I’m so screwed). When I asked G where [...]

 
I have now turned into one of those old fogies who do not understand new technology. And when I say new technology, I mean the Chase drive-up ATM.
 
Today it took me no less than fifteen minutes to deposit four checks and get sixty dollars in cash. I was so proud of myself—I took one of [...]

 
I think the first time
you said you
loved me was
under this same trellis at
the Chicago Botanic Garden
 
Is that why this
place beckons me?
I am no
Lily Pulitzer-wearing
North Shore Mama
 
Yet those roses they
call to me like a
freshly-squeezed mojito
on a
warm summer night
 
Those tasty roses
those little whores of a
flower that
beguile me with their
cheap aromas
 
Nothing like the
clinical roses [...]

Some people use their favorite Armani suit or to-die-for skinny jeans to measure their yearly growth. If they fit, they’ve made it one more middle-aged year staying at the same miserable weight.
Not me. I gauge my girth by the Moo Choo Train.
We made our yearly trek to County Line Orchards (www.countylineorchard.com/themoochoo.html) in Hobart, Indiana this [...]