Friday Club 2/24/2012

No smokes and no booze
but there's Beer and a bar.

Leaving, the city smells of hazelnuts.

two bloody marys might be too many

but there ain't no such thing as too much dancin

Chicago's Cajun Aces

4 for $1 Tina's Perhaps?

It's not a good sign when the back of the wine bottle recommends a food pairing with bean and cheese burritos.

Back in the saddle again

Like a good urban cowgirl, I ate steak with black kale and drank a Manhattan and red wine. The Caparone cab bloomed as dusty roses and warm, worn leather.

Cranberry spritzer at a carnival-themed baby shower

Something about this Sunday, my last day of detox, and first baby shower caused me to tilt and whirl.

in lieu of coffee

Brene Brown

detox version of pizza and wine

Popcorn cooked in coconut oil  sprinkled with nutritional yeast flakes and fruity sparkling mineral water.

Cinnamon raisin mochi drizzled with maple syrup subs for Reese's pieces.

3 Tea Saturday

The first
warm peaches
for noshing and cheeks kissed
off season sweet elixir
shrug the peripheral garbage
pail fire

The second
garnet hibiscus
tendril limbs
Quatre Nuits Dun Reveur

The third
burdock and nettles
cleavers, dandelions, lemon myrtle
Dreamy chrysalis