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I really want to meet this kid.  He’s Marcia’s oldest son and just got his school pictures returned.  I would love for you to tell me in the comments what you think his thoughts were when this picture was taken! Is that not the coolest school picture ever?  I mean from the look on his face, to the stain on the front of his shirt. ...

It was a chilly start to the day – 37 degrees – but a gorgeous one! I don’t know what it is about the brisk air, but it just makes me feel alive.  I heated up the other half of Tony’s breakfast from Sunday, and had strawberries and bananas on the side. I had strength and cardio on tap yesterday, but now that the strength...

Another weekend is in the books – as we get closer to the end of the year it seems like these weekends go by quicker each week.  I slept in until 9:30 Saturday morning – it was so nice!  I love to sleep.  Tony made me breakfast when I got up – savory french toast!  It was rosemary bread french toast and he put spicy...

For some reason yesterday morning before work went by really fast!  Normally I keep a pretty good eye on the clock, but I was enjoying my coffee, reading blogs, and the next think I knew it was 7:50 – and I need to leave at 8:05! So I threw shit in my bag to make breakfast nachos for breakfast – first time I’ve ever completely...

The final chapter in my #Living Well 2013 weekend in Chicago – and my favorite part of the whole weekend.  We ended our whirlwind tour at The Chopping Block, which is a cooking school in the Merchandise Mart.  What a beautiful cooking space! We met Jennifer Marx, who is a food and still life photographer in Chicago.  Food styling is one of my biggest challengers. ...

When I got back to my hotel room after dinner Friday night, there was a big canvas swag bag that among other things, had a yoga mat.  There was an optional one hour yoga session from 7:30 to 8:30 before breakfast. I saw a yoga studio the day before when I worked out so I just assumed that’s where it was going to be.  When...

Our #LivingWell progressive dinner continued on to Maestro’s Steakhouse.  I have to admit, when I got the itinerary, I had never heard of that steakhouse before. We took a trolley from Sable Kitchen to Maestro’s – I felt like a tourist in my own town.    We had a separate space upstairs all to ourselves, but that place was hopping!  Check out their bar! We...

We continue our Living Well 2013 conference with our progressive dinner, that started at the Sable Kitchen & Bar.  If you watched Top Chef Texas you may recognize the Chef of this restaurant, Heather Terlune. We were greeted with more wine – this time a petite sirah.  I wish I would have gotten the name of it because it was bold – Tony always teases...

Guess how many pictures I took this weekend?  If you guessed 405 you’d be right – gah!  Gotta love digital photography and iPhones! Because I have so many pictures to share, I am going to be breaking down my Beef Weekend into five pieces – each day you’ll get to see a bit more of my weekend and I’ll do a final recap on Friday. ...

I am so excited for this weekend!  It’s seemed so far away when I got invited by the Beef Council and Beef.  It’s What’s For Dinner Living Well weekend at The Wit Hotel in Chicago.  When I was first invited I thought it was going to be this big event with tons of people – um, turns out only 20 bloggers were invited, and I...