Watching the progression of a new building everyday on the way to work. 
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118 funny
Had lunch at a Prairie Joe's and got a good laugh out of the menu. Seems something new every time I go. And the chocolate malts are divine!
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10 on 10 { sept 2012 }
It’s the tenth of the month and that means it’s time for the 10 on 10 challenge! I have been absent the last couple of months, but finally back on track! It was quite the eventful Monday too!
On a side note … My Posterous blog is officially broken (boo!) and Blogger is frustrating the heck out of me. I need some serious advice from you Blogger folks about how to get photos to post at a specific size!!! Anyhoo...
{1} Made a quick stop along the river in Wilmette on the way back from the dentist – everything checked out OK, thank goodness! We think I may have bruised a tooth. Did you even know that was possible? I had no idea!
{2} It was such a beautiful day today I had to duck out for a photo op of the sun among the grasses.
{3} Then a visit to the rheumatologist – still trying to figure out how to get rid of my right side pain. Ugh! More exercises and if that doesn’t work, a shot in the buttock. Sound fun or what?
{4} Meanwhile we had to rush one of my coworkers to the urgent clinic after she had a crazy allergic reaction to something. We have no idea what, but hives, chills, feeling like she was on fire, itchy and throwing up. What a mess! She’s fine – all doped up now, but boy that was kind of scary.
{5} A little view – I kind of like the lack of focus here. Sometimes my iPhone does fun things in error.
{6} Finally grabbed lunch around 3 – as you can see the place was pretty empty.
{7} Back to the grindstone – sadly I was not at all productive today with all the chaos. I am not fond of days when I feel like I got nothing done.
{8} The sun is going down earlier – this was my view upon leaving the office. Kind of makes me sad to see Summer go. But I do love Fall!
{9} Took a quick walk along the lakefront after work – all the lifeguards have gone home and we’re on our own now. I had broken down and bought a beach token this year and sadly used it only once. Must do better at taking advantage of the beach next summer.
{10} Home to happy endings.
119 italian percale
I cannot wait to rest my head on these beauties!!
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120 photobook
Finally used the Groupon I bought to make a photo book of my favorite iPhone shots. The book is 12" square and the images printed great. Great coffee table book!
126 instacanvas
Got my first instacanvas order - two of my flint hills photos. I have to say they are not bad for an iPhone photo, processed thru the vsco cam app and then blown up. My one gripe is the sides. I wish they would give the option of wrapping the image rather than black or white. I understand why they do this, but they need to wrap a little bit better to be sure the image is square.
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127 french toast
Is there anything better than french toast?
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128 chicago in white
What better way to spend an evening than with 10 friends and 1600 strangers dining along the Chicago River? The second year of Chicago in White dinner's secret location was the Merchandise Mart! Kendra was a little bummed - given that she works there - but after getting all set up, I think even she was impressed! It was a beautiful night! And I cannot wait to see what super fabulous location they will choose next year!!
129 lichtenstein
Seriously action packed Friday! First stop was the Art Institute to see the Lichtenstein exhibit (finally), which I thought was pretty good. I nice collection of his work. I was not crazy for the "brushstrokes" but thought they were a good representation of the progression an artist goes through. Becoming know for a "style" would be hard, I would imagine you would tire of doing the same thing over and over again. I loved the room of sketches - process facinates me! I think my favorites were the landscapes.
We managed to sneak into a couple of other galleries to see some other famous works. As crazy as it is, Marcey hasn't seen much beyond the impressionists at the Museum. She needs to spend a lot more time there - so much to see!
Then we hit the City Target - I needed vases for tomorrow night and I wanted to see how they designed the store to fit within the old Carson space. I think they did an amazing job - looks clean and fresh and they kept the Sullivan decorated columns. They actually look good with that Target red. And another Marcey moment ... she had never seen the old Sullivan ironwork on the building. She worked downtown, blocks from there, and had never seen this stunning building.
Last stop was champagne and sweets with the girls at RM Champagne Salon. It's a new place, literally located around the back side of a building that you have to access thru the alley. It was lovely despite the fact that our waiter was extremely awkward.
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Once again I find myself behind in posting my 365 photos... I am taking them, but life has been very busy and I just fail to get them uploaded. Ahh well... better than being bored, right? As you see I did fail for the second time in the challenge. Thursday was just a crap day and taking a photo was the very last thing on my mind, so chalk up fail No. 2. C'est la vie!
