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let's catch up
let’s not call it a comeback, but recently have been sparked to get back into this thing (and podcasting), but of no surprise there are truly not enough hours in the day! With all that said, lets do a little 2021 recap because there was too much goodness not to share.
Moody Tongue Cake (worth it I promise) • Rooh • French brunch • Free fries from a stranger • Bad Owl (Second Breakfast is my go to) • Banks snuggs • Sugar Goat obligatory bday carrot cake • The Machine bday dinner • long city walks
Roberts (get their homemade ranch, you will not regret) • Texas things: Rangers games, Pie Tap frosé • LaLa Land • Dad bday dinner (mom crushed the menu) Sister’s wedding: Gringo’s Tacos in Mcalister, OK • soaking up some R&R • all the family fun to celebrate!
mini allergy rant - I had been experiencing INSANE skin reactions. After Louisville, I finally decided to take a MRT test and found out that I had food sensitivities with a lot of foods that I was constantly eating “ahem” popcorn “ahem”. I had to cut out all the foods for a 6 month period (no alcohol, corn, dairy, gluten, so many things). It was a rocky road at first but once I started to feel better and woke up with normal eyeballs, it was without a doubt worth it.
creating a mural with the girls • Vaca Creamery (a dairy free, sensitive food girls DREAM) • Grail Coffee • baby shower vibes • Juneteenth flower display from the beyond talented planksandpistils • fam in the city to celebrate cousin Bedell wedding
Grand Rapids work roadtrip • Tacos y Tamale Festival • Pilsen Yards • My first Sox game • Babychella • Lolla late night (found a new favorite artist, Jacob Banks)
Lazy weekend days • late night working sessions at Chicago Athletic Club • Pella visits • More shaved ice • stellar home cooked meals • feeling myself • Virtue
A beachfront coffee shop • Chicago summers • • Welcomed Maddox Theodore Vara into the world • celebrated friends • Piccolo Sognoone of the best nights - their food + their patio is a dream
Maverick City • BFF catch ups • Flavah (best piece of flank steak I’ve ever had) • Maddox time • 57th street books • Lost Larson • first run at homemade mussels…we crushed it • purchased the brightest thing in my closet • more Banks snuggs • Milwaukee road trip • first swim meet to cheer on the flames
celebrating birthdays • La Luna • 3 Arts • making new friends • celebrating bad ass friends and their companies - IB RefineCLTV & planksandpistils• The Infinite Wrenchthe coolest sketch theatre ever • my new favorite thing in my closet from collective thread
