About six months ago, I found out my cholesterol was slightly high. That was the wake-up call that I needed to lose the last fifteen pounds of pregnancy weight. Coming off Thanksgiving weekend (okay, week if I’m being honest), I’m back to eating big salads and righting myself again. But the week sure was fun [...]
Entries Tagged as 'restaurants'
Wayne’s Pizza
November 29th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Chicago, Italian, appetizers, cheese, food, fun, junkfood, mozzarella, mushrooms, pizza, restaurants, sauces, sides, spinach
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Portillo's Chocolate Cake
April 29th, 2009 · 16 Comments · Chicago, Italian, chocolate, desserts, food, pregnancy, quick, restaurants, soul food, value
I’m somewhat back “on the wagon” right about now, watching my calories and portion sizes. Of course, this doesn’t apply to weekends, or holidays, or that time of the month. In fact, with all my trangressions, I’m really surprised that I’ve lost any of the fifty pounds that I gained while pregnant at all. Twenty [...]
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Salad Dressing for Dinner
June 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment · asian, chicken, food, leftovers, quick, restaurants, rice, sauces, sides, vegetables
Why is blogging so difficult? Seriously, I’m going to try not to bore you with the details, but I am slowly trying to get one chunk done at a time on my current project: making it so I can easily blog from UPSTAIRS on the laptop. See, the big ol’ computer is downstairs in Chris’ [...]
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Hooters Hot Wings
May 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Champaign, David, appetizers, beans, beef, beer, burgers, chicken, food, junkfood, pregnancy, restaurants, soul food
Chris and I both like buffalo wings. My favorites are actually the ones my brother used to fry up in the kitchen at Ruby Tuesday’s, when he and I both worked there. That was twelve years ago now (wow.) He would always make his crazy off-the-menu hot, not so hot for me.
Now Ruby’s is under [...]
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#12 Beach Club, Hold the Mayo, Tomato, and Cucumber
March 5th, 2008 · 4 Comments · pregnancy, restaurants, sandwiches, turkey
I’m eating my third Jimmy John’s sandwich this week at this moment. It is a very plain sandwich, minus several veggies that I normally find appealing, and it is often the only thing I can think of in the whole entire world that doesn’t make me want to hwarf at the concept of eating. I [...]
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Resi's Bierstube
October 21st, 2007 · No Comments · Chicago, German, beer, drinks, food, restaurants
Happy Oktoberfest, if a bit late, to everyone! Chris and I love good beer, and we are lucky enough to have some friends that like the same types of dark brew that we do. Last year, we went to Resi’s Bierstube on Irving Park Road. We didn’t eat there, but we went after a meal [...]
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Yuki's Sushi, and the Bachelor Fare Back Home
October 5th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Latino, Portland, appetizers, asian, breads, burgers, drinks, fish, food, leftovers, pizza, quick, restaurants, rice, sauces, seafood, soups, sushi, tofu, tuna, turkey
Katie, Kaci, Jen and I had an evening in Portland that I haven’t documented, at a restaurant called Ten01 downtown… But unfortunately, none of my pictures turned out (left the good camera at home, again.) Still, not much of a loss there… I didn’t think the food was that noteworthy. My foie gras and my [...]
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Bernie's Southern Bistro
September 26th, 2007 · 3 Comments · BBQ, Portland, appetizers, bacon, beef, berries, breads, cheese, chicken, desserts, drinks, food, ham, leftovers, potatoes, restaurants, sauces, sides, soul food, vegetables
On a lazy afternoon, Katie and I went for chow just down the street from her place. I’d seen Bernie’s Southern Bistro on one of my walks about the neighborhood, and since she is pretty new to that area herself, she had never been there either, and it was a perfect spot for us to [...]
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Widmer Brothers Brewing
September 23rd, 2007 · 3 Comments · German, Italian, Portland, appetizers, beer, breads, cheese, chicken, dips, drinks, food, leftovers, pasta, pork, potatoes, restaurants, sauces, seafood, shrimp, sides, vegetables
On my Friday night in Portland Jen and Katie and I went out in search of some later-evening eats. We had spent a bit longer at Jen’s house than we had intended, due to some unexpected “shopping” we did there. Katie spied a box full of clothing that Jen had, and immediately was all over [...]
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Manzanita Seafood and Chowder House
September 20th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Portland, clams, crab, fish, food, pasta, potatoes, quick, restaurants, salads, seafood, shrimp, sides, soul food
When Katie was off work on Saturday, she was good enough to take me on the long, winding road out to the coast so I could see the ocean, and soak up some sun. And see some surfers.
We arrived in what she calls “the Four-Door Sports Car,” her well-used vehicle that has an exhaust leak [...]
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