La Scarola, Chicago

SKY CHICAGO

Green City Market Chefs' BBQ

 Over 100 degrees

The Green City Market Chef BBQ Benefit has become one of Chicago’s most anticipated events.  The support from the chef, culinary and restaurateur community is unparalleled and it is a testimony to Green City Market.

Nearly 100 of Chicago’s restaurants were represented by their premiere chefs at the BBQ Benefit.  The event highlighed Green City Market farmers and producers.  Chefs partner with these farmers and developed recipes that promote the bounty of fruits and vegetables currently available. 

One of the best summer events in Chicago, this grand July picnic was held in picturesque Lincoln Park, with the fabulous Chicago skyline as a backdrop. This beautiful venue showcased some of Chicago's  finest chefs, the who's who of Chicago's culinary scene. All dishes served at the BBQ feature items offered from the bounty of the market with nearly 100 chefs/restaurants creating culinary magic. In addition to food, locally made beer, wine, hand-crafted cocktails and non-alcoholic beverages were available.

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A Beautiful Day in Chicago

Saturday 7-16-11
Lost 2 more pounds.  I can make it a total of 10 by July 30th!!!!!!
Egg whites, green peppers, onion, basil and coffee for breakfast-lunch.
Bought skinny pants yesterday.Looking forward to wearing them.

Summer Do Over-Move Over

Style Yourself into another person!


Embellish with accessories. Do you look as dreary as the past winter months? Before you say replace yourself somehow, for a refresh, consider the power of accessorizing. Summer is the perfect excuse to hit your local homey  store or even thrift shop for a whole new cadre of life style.

Emeril

Emeril Lagasse's in Town

Housewares Show 2010, McCormick Place.

Saw Emeril today at Camerons Products booth.  I was surprised that he wasn't a headliner speaker.

Finished product.

Of course, you can tell it is a finished piece because it has a frame. Now whoever heard of anybody writing a piece if the piece isn't finished?

Paula Haney is the mama in the Hoosier Mama name.

The owner of the shop, Paula, is ever smiling and very comfortable around apples.

I was asked by the owner of Hoosier Mama Pies to send photos I had taken at the store's opening to USA Today.   Hoosier Mama pie photos for 10 Great pies feature running Jan. 22.

Finished product.

Avoiding soggy bottom fruit pies - Along with starting out with a good hot oven to set the crust we dust the bottom of the crust with a 50/50 mixture of flour & sugar. Around the pie kitchen it is referred to as "crust dust" and is always included in any fresh fruit pies.

Blue Eyes

LINDA OZAG PHOTOGRAPHY

EVERY DAY'S A GOOD DAY TO TAKE A PICTURE.

JUST GO OUT AND SEE THE WORLD.

BEAUTY IS EVERYWHERE.

DON'T BE LAZY, JUST LOOK AROUND.

Where the Girls Are

new coke with attitude

old coke

coke with attitude

cross

waiting

Sky and Earth

beauty

Unusual Weather for July

 "The sky was as full of motion and change as the earth beneath it was monotonous and still, -- and there was so much sky, more that at sea, more than anywhere else in the world.  The land was there, under one's feet, but what one saw when one looked about was that brilliant blue world of stinging air and moving cloud.  Even the buildings were made ant-hills under it.  Elsewhere the sky is the roof of the world; but here the earth was the floor of the sky.  The landscape one longed for when one was far away, the thing, about one, the world one actually lived in, was the sky, the sky."  

Gay Pride 2011

The girls were just so interesting!