This was my first year celebrating Christmas in Chicago, and boy did we ever celebrate. I absolutely love Christmas – I love decorations; I love giving gifts, snow, surprises, fireplaces, and all those other idealistic seasonal pleasures. I visited Chicago’s Christkindlmarket twice this year – … Read More →
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on seafood and service
Over Thanksgiving I had the good fortune of being treated to a meal at Reef in Houston, Texas. You can see on their web page that they’ve won a number of awards, and from what I’d heard the place would not disappoint. The interior was … Read More →

gifties
Yes, yes I am back so soon. I’m planning a couple rounds of posts on Christmas gifts, partially because there are a lot of them, and partially because, well, I’m still starting some. I’m a classy gift giver like that. But to be fair, some … Read More →