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Every good Cubs game ends here.  Johnny O’Hagans in...

Sep 1st

Another top weekend!  Erin, Liz, Ryan and I headed to...

Sep 1st

are you sure you can’t judge a book by its cover?  ...

Aug 31st

currently noshing on these bad boys. 

Aug 28th

Tailgating

COLUMBIA | Some University of Missouri football fans are going to have to find a new place to...

Aug 28th

“Live your life, enjoy every moment, the miracle is in the...”
— Emma Scott James

Aug 28th

No thank you, I won’t be needing a gift receipt.  This...

Aug 28th

Today Only: Take 15% off at...

Use Code:  GIVEBACK at checkout.

Aug 27th

Seriously Chicago...wtf.

Aug 27th

Listen

Weezer - My Name is Jonas  Everyone, I mean EVERYONE… should own the blue Weezer album.  This...

Aug 27th

Once again, things that could’ve been brought to my...

Aug 27th

“If you love someone… you say it, right then, out loud....”
— My Best Friend’s Wedding (via...

Aug 27th

Another year older, not necessarily...

Sorry, for the lack of posts yesterday. I guess you could say the multiple occasion celebration was...

Aug 26th

Well, I'm officially closer to being 30...

Aug 25th

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Best high five ever to a blind guy  (via bowlsby) ….. is it wrong I laughed… like,...

Aug 21st

If you haven't discovered Grooveshark. ...

Listen to any song you want, anytime. Compile playlists, listen and save to listen to them later.  ...

Aug 21st

Netflix, I am not amused. Ryan went out of town and tonight...

Aug 21st

My friends always laugh at me because I...

No, I definitely do this.  Just ask Mackenzie, Erin, Liz, Hack, Ellen, my husband and family…...

Aug 20th

It doesn’t get any douchier than Jon Gosselin making a...

Aug 20th

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Boats & Hoes (via kimboslice) Ryan and I sing this on a regular basis…...

Aug 20th

“Drink life as it comes. Straight. No chaser.”
— (via iamblessed, borgomani...

Aug 19th

Touché

(my Chinese co-worker while rummaging through the candy drawer in our office and noticing everything good has already been eaten)
Him: (grabbing a package of Smarties) Why do Americans eat this stuff?
Me: Why do Chinese eat... (I hesitate for a moment... and avoid saying what I really want) weird stuff?
Him: Good point.

Aug 19th

26 years ago my parents were in the middle of this mess....

Aug 19th

Listen

Don’t Take it Personal (Just One of Dem Days) - Monica an oldie, but a goodie…  I think...

Aug 19th

JUST ONE OF THOSE DAYS...

When you want to… tell people what you really think about them, scream and yell like you have...

Aug 19th

love this post from notebookdoodles.

Aug 18th

Does anyone else want to exfoliate the shit out of this...

Aug 18th

Who, tell me who... Gets a parking...

Oh, we did.  I got a call from my husband just after he left the house that he had gotten a $120...

Aug 18th

“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to...”
— Theodore Roosevelt  (via...

Aug 18th

Maybe you've noticed... (maybe you...

but I’ve been in a bit of a rut.  A blogging rut. I’m not sure what story to tell, what...

Aug 18th

White cheese dip…  (photo by ellenclare) Ellen knows I...

Aug 14th

I can't make this stuff up...

I’ve been meaning to share this for a couple of weeks, but I just haven’t gotten around...

Aug 14th

I would like to time travel back to...

I would like to be here: enjoying one of these: wow, I miss those days.  Guess I’ll have...

Aug 14th

“Tomorrow is Friday, but I like to pretend that I’m still in...”
— grumpypantalones,...

Aug 13th

“Live well, live wisely, live humbly. It’s the way you live,...”
— James 3:13 (via...

Aug 13th

Listen

Joe Dassin – Les Champs-Élysées This one is for my husband.  He loves this song. If this song...

Aug 13th

That's exactly what it looks like...

[Ryan walks in as i'm trying to get the blue ink stains out of my white pants]
Me: I had a little accident today.
Ryan: What happened? It looks like a Smurf perioded all over your pants.

Aug 13th

It’s like I’m a walking Rorschach inkblot...

Aug 12th

Wearing white is like begging for a...

Today, I decided it would be a good idea to lay a pen (uncapped) in my lap.  Brilliant, Ali…...

Aug 12th

So, if I can’t have this Marc Jacobs to carry to the...

Aug 12th

I loved those books and videos! “Say hello to your...

Aug 12th

“So much to do, so little done, such things to be.”
— Elizabeth Taylor

Aug 12th

Ali or Alicia ≠ Adolph I guess the spammers now refer to...

Aug 12th

Another "housewife" loses her home.

Aug 12th

Listen

Sugarland - Sex On Fire (Kings of Leon cover) (girlwearsmascara, missashleyjheidler & jonoh) ...

Aug 12th

ellenclare: Must have: a hobo purse. Must have: a Marc...

Aug 12th

Aug 11th

georgiegirlnyc said:  One of Piperlime’s big three boot...

Aug 11th

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Aug 11th

I had my doubts about eating year old...

but I was pleasantly surprised… it was just as good (if not better) than it was a year ago. ...

Aug 11th

“When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life...”
— Harry Burns, When Harry Met...

Aug 10th

I hope every year is just as memorable as this one has been....

Aug 10th

So this happened one year ago today. I can’t believe...

Aug 10th

My friend ESim and I saw this Nirvana t-shirt the other day...

Aug 7th

Aug 7th

…thank you for Jake Ryan.  (artinslowmotion)

Aug 7th

I think someone's been watching too much...

Ryan: What if I called you at work and said "ALI! WOO WOO what's going on girl?!"
Me: I'd probably hang up.

Aug 7th

Listen

Thompson Twins - If You Were Here If Jake Ryan never showed up in your hometown, lounging against...

Aug 7th

“People say that money is not the key to happiness, but I...”
— Joan Rivers

Aug 6th

I opted out of grabbing lunch out… and grabbed this...

Aug 6th

I love that when I call my parent's...

I haven’t really lived there for four or five years, so it’s probably time to change...

Aug 6th

Summer.In.A.Bottle.  (haygirlhay & amandatherese) I...

Aug 6th

"The Lovely Bones"

Aug 5th

The PA man who killed himself and three...

Aug 5th

“In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.”
— Coco Chanel (via...

Aug 5th

(viainsituthoughts & onemoreurl)

Aug 5th

Decided to try out the new yellow skirt I bought this...

Aug 4th

Jennifer Aniston in September’s Elle. Does she ever...

Aug 4th

I’ve been struggling to find something to fill my huge...

Aug 4th

not only is it a sport, but it's one of the...

Aug 4th

Fifth Lincoln Park Mugging Since Thursday

Aug 4th

“With every rising of the sun, think of your life as just...”
— Anonymous

Aug 4th

and wishes for a very happy wedding anniversary to my sister...

Aug 4th

5 years ago today my sister welcomed this little girl into...

Aug 4th

wall decal by Harmonie-intérieure

Aug 3rd

No need for the space heater under my...

I am radiating enough heat for the entire office.  I guess you could say our day of...

Aug 3rd

this is Debbie Rowe on a good day. Gotta love the three...

Aug 2nd

Rain Delay...

Well, today’s big pool day got rained out.  So Sim and I made plans to go shopping.  We...

Aug 2nd

“There’s always gonna be another mountain I’m...”
— Miley Cyrus, The Climb (go...

Aug 2nd