Follow Friday

August 13, 2010

In what will become a somewhat regular feature of Amiable Life, I’d like to use this space to showcase other bloggers. 101 Cookbooks is an incredible blog and Heidi Swanson continues to inspire me. I learn something new at every visit. Heidi’s recipes are healthy and taste great. Her site design is simple, classic and clean. What’s more, [...]

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(Mostly) Wordless Wednesday

August 11, 2010

A few of the wonderful women I met at Blogher10: From L to R – Stacey “Justice Fergie” Ferguson from Mamalaw Margy O’Herron from Hide the Cheese Debbie Koenig from Words to Eat By Me! Bernice Mast from Wheatless & Meatless Too late, I realized after I got home and reviewed my photos that as usual, [...]

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Home Sweet Home

August 8, 2010

Just got back from an amazing weekend at the Blogher10 conference. Re-energized from the informative sessions, my brain is full and I can’t wait to tell you about my lessons learned and the super-cool women I met. Plus, I got to kiss the Pillsbury Doughboy! Kevin, honey, if you’re reading this: remember when we talked [...]

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Two for One

July 28, 2010

Dear Florence and Darla, Please adopt me. You are fabulous and I want to be part of your families. (To my readers who don’t know Florence and Darla – I spent a happy afternoon making spinach kugel with Florence and nut ball cookies with her adopted granddaughter Darla. Below you’ll find more info as to [...]

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Savory Spinach Pies

June 20, 2010

Maria Smith and I have a difference of opinion. She thinks her personality most resembles one of her fantastic meatballs because not one meatball is the same and everybody loves them. I have no doubt that everybody loves Maria, but I think it’s because she is really a human version of her spinach pies. Like [...]

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Hectic

June 11, 2010

“Hectic” was my mother’s answer to just about everything. “How’s life?” people would ask. “Hectic,” would be her reply. “Can you be a classroom mom?” the teachers would ask.  “Nope, things are too hectic right now.” I wondered why adult life was so hectic. Surely adults could set their own schedules; do what they want, [...]

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Happy Birthday Kevin!

May 30, 2010

My husband turned 37 this Memorial Day weekend and we are spending a few days celebrating with family. Kevin loves chocolate so for his birthday, I made him a flourless chocolate cake. The recipe can be found here on Allrecipes.com. It’s super-easy to make and was a big hit. Lessons learned: –Kevin loves the waffle [...]

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Pizza & Hotdogs & Comedy = Chicago

May 22, 2010

In my entire life I never thought I would utter, ‘there is just too much cheese,’ and yet that’s exactly what I found myself exclaiming when eating Giordano’s stuffed crust deep dish pizza. There was so much cheese that I briefly worried about it being a choking hazard. If I choked on the long strands [...]

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Toni, Sue and Mother’s Day Ribs

May 9, 2010

Walk into Sue Cassidy’s kitchen and you’ll see her cat, Clyde, sitting at her feet listening to Sue as she cooks and sings. Her taste in music is all over the map and includes Eric Clapton, Dire Straits, Counting Crows, Elton John, Sheryl Crow,  Tina Turner and her all-time favorite band, Southside Johnny & the [...]

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Better Burger

May 7, 2010

The Butcher & Singer Burger rocks! I don’t normally write restaurant reviews so I’m not going to comment on their impeccable service or clear commitment to excellent food. I’m not going to tell you about the awesome burgers. The ones that are so good that I can close my eyes and imagine eating one right [...]

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