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February 9, 2012 · 10:01 pm

A little love

Have you ever thought about adopting a wild animal? It can be a fun way to show your support for endangered species (ahem, wolves). For Valentines’ Day Defenders of Wildlife is offering a promotion – save 20% while helping to:

-fight to pass national legislation to ban the barbaric shooting of wolves from planes
-work to save polar bears and penguins from trophy hunters and climate change
-protect sea turtles, sea otters and dolphins from oil spills and deadly fishing practices

Kind of a neat gift, if you’re looking for one come Tuesday.

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February 8, 2012 · 1:29 pm

A really long time

With Valentine’s Day less than a week away, I thought it would be fitting to share this sweet photo project I came across several days ago, (courtesy of the Rockstar Diaries) called Love Ever After by Lauren Fleishman. After discovering a letter her grandfather wrote to her grandmother during World War II, Fleishman decided to share the stories of couples who have been married over 50 years and are from New York and the surrounding area. Pretty sweet, indeed.

Plus my own fave couple, although I don’t that they were even married that long.

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February 6, 2012 · 9:19 pm

Weekend in photos

A little Dunkin to start the weekend. I couldn’t resist the heart-shaped donuts, but couldn’t leave without my low-fat blueberry muffin too.

A little glimpse of the Sun-Times en route to Big Brothers, Big Sisters

Carry-out at The Wing Stop before the Badger game. I opted for the Costco pizza already waiting in the freezer at home.

This little guy was on the ceiling of Guthries Tavern, the perfect bar for people who don’t always like bars – they have stacks and stacks of board games. Throwback=awesome. And I won in Scattergories.

A few treats before the game. I mean commercials.

Not pictured: delicious homemade guacamole.

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January 23, 2012 · 10:40 pm

Weekend in photos

The weekend started off like this. Almost three hours to get home. No joke.

But it made for some serious fun at Northerly Island’s Polar Adventure Days.

These pups were super friendly.

But I seriously could barely get in there. People hogging all over and not sharing=not cool.

This pup, though, is my fave!

Lookin’ pretty fine.

photos courtesy of Josh

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January 12, 2012 · 8:36 pm

First snow

Today Chicago saw its first significant snowfall of the season. Despite leaving work early, my evening commute still managed to take longer than I would have liked. Still, I can’t help but think the snow looks awfully pretty. From inside and behind the windows. And in these photos.