Lifestyle – Page 4

Paint colors

Picking the perfect paint color for the master bathroom

Gaga for gardening

I’ve definitely been bitten by the gardening and landscaping bug, so I thought I’d share some photos. I still have a lot more work to do, but I’m happy with how everything is looking so far!

Derby talk

I should have posted this sooner, but to be honest I was kind of pouting that Bodemeister didn’t win the Kentucky Derby on Saturday.

Tomorrow is the Kentucky Oaks! This is a race for 3-year-old female horses that takes place the day before the Kentucky Derby. Churchill Downs will be decked out in pink, and many of the attendees wear pink dresses and pink hats. Last year, I attended the Oaks for the first time. I wore a vintageContinue reading “Kentucky Oaks”

Invasive species

Yard work is taking over my life lately. I can’t even call it gardening. More like a brutal battle against invasive species, and I’m definitely losing. Last week I tried to pull up some garlic mustard that is growing on our steep slope. I walked down into my neighbor’s yard and tried to climb upContinue reading “Invasive species”

C2E2

My husband and I spent the weekend at C2E2, the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, which took place for the third year at McCormick Place. While it’s no Comic Con, C2E2 still attracts a large crowd and even a few famous faces. Celebrity sightings included Shia LaBeouf, Val Kilmer, John Barrowman, Sean Astin and AnneContinue reading “C2E2”