Tuesday, February 12, 2013
If you want to stay local on Thursday night with you special someone, here are a few options.
Valentine's Day is Thursday, but those lovebirds that haven't booked their evening yet need not worry. Patch has the local options all laid out for you. Aguamiel—30 S. Prospect Ave., Clarendon Hills; 630-537-1966 Aguamiel has a $78-per-couple four-course option Thursday through Saturday. It includes two soups, one appetizer, two entrees, and a shared dessert. It also comes with a complimentary half-pitcher of house margarita. CiNe Modern Taqueria—29 E. 1st St., Hinsdale; 630-590-5655 CiNe will have a $50 four-course Valentine's meal available from Thursday night through Sunday night. The meal, inspired by the Mexican film Like Water for Chocolate an appetizer, soup or salad, entree, shared dessert, and glass of wine. Cooper's Hawk Winery—…
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
If I didn't see it done myself, I would have sworn Stevie Wonder hung my closet rods.
After almost six years in my house, I decided it was time to clean my closet. The only problem is my version of cleaning usually includes some sort of remodeling. In my head, the job was simple enough: I would reduce three walls of inaccessible hanging space to one well-organized wall by removing the rod from one, and installing it on the other. I even measured. As it turned out, the project was more archeology than architecture—the builder made a mess of the original job. Years ago, as the carpenter installed the rods, I walked into the room to tell him how I wanted the space configured. He told me he didn’t care and he was going to do what he wanted. Once I dug into the project, it was clear why. Behind the rods and brackets, it was …
Monday, February 13, 2012
Valentine’s Day is tomorrow? Oops!
I can’t believe Valentine’s Day is tomorrow! I feel like we just celebrated Christmas. I guess that’s what happens when you have a newborn; time flies in the blink of an eye! So here it is, the day before Valentine’s Day, and just like every other year, we’ve got zero plans. That’s exactly how I like it. If you ask me, I think there is way too much pressure on Valentine’s Day. Why should we wait until one day a year tell someone how much we love and appreciate them? Why not do romantic and thoughtful things all of the time? In my opinion, Valentine’s Day is almost like New Year's Eve: way too much hype and emphasis are put on one day, and when all is said and done, you are usually left a little disappointed. I know, know; I sound like a …
Darren McRoy
1:29 pm on Wednesday, February 15, 2012
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