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Was the most beautiful day today.

napa : phoned in : people

Just a quickie to share the iPhone photos from my lovely weekend in Napa with the girls... Such a beautiful area! We loved every second of our trip and I cannot wait to go back! Maybe we should make this an annual trip... just sayin'

classic bloom

What is it about black and white photography that makes everything so perfect?

rolling fog

Finally had beautiful Spring weather here in Chicago over the weekend. I took my workout to the path along the lake to soak in a litte of that sun. To my surprise there was the most beautiful fog rolling in from the lake. You know I had to stop and take some photos! Seriously ... what did I do before my iPhone? These moments just passed me by...

road and rain

I have been working with a client in Indianapolis for a while ( several years) and it's kind of become a joke that every time I'm in town, it rains... well, this week was no exception. In fact, I drove through the most horrible rain storm I have ever driven through - creeping 20mph down the road with hazard lights flashing, wipers on high, white knuckled on the wheel and barely able to see the lines on the road. It was so bad that I didn't even feel like I could pull off to the side of the road... what if the car behind me didn't see me, you know? But, you know I made it and got a couple of cool photos from the whole experience!

sunrise to sunset

Spent the day in the city at a workshop for work. Snapped a few pics during my commute. Isn't Chicago beautiful?

10 on 10 { mar 2013 }

Ten on Ten Challenge : Dose MarketSo I know I am supposed to take a photo per hour, but I thought it would be much more interesting to capture the market. I did throw in one photo of this dreary Chicago day ... rain + snow = beautiful fog!

Finally made it to Dose Market!! It's a great selection of local vendors - food, fashion and artists of all types. I bought a bunch of yummy food (mostly chocolate - oops) from Artisan Alfajores, Uptown Brownie, and Little Goat. Had a brown butter sage gnocchi sample that was delicious from a tavola - they are starting to package their gnocchi to take home and cook - can't wait for that!!

Two completely awesome vendors we found were Field & Florist - she makes the most beautiful arrangements (can't really tell from my crap iPhone photo - but trust me!) you can buy single or do one per month deal. I think it's just genius to sign up for a fresh arrangement to arrive at your front door each month! And it's all locally grown too!

And the perfect Ravinia companion - wine in a bag from winestyr.com. They partner with US wineries to get wine that is then packaged in a little bag with a spout (think boxed wine). Each bag holds two bottles of wine and shipped to your door. Perfect for wine on the go!

We loved the market. Will be back again for sure! Next time I will stay long enough to get a doodle from doodlebooth!

Pantone "Chicago Gray"

I call this Pantone "Chicago Gray" | Flickr - Photo Sharing!.

Oh friends ... this is what Chicago looks like most of the winter. It's this very dull gray. Completely makes me long for Spring and Summer!

oh snow

Oh snow, you are so pretty ... I think today's snow finally got us to our normal snow total in Chicago for the year. Let's hope it's the last one of the season! I worked from home today and took a quick trip to Starbucks up the block and snapped this little gem with SmugMug's Camera Awesome. It's by far my favorite camera app for taking photos. It gives great DOF!