Prangster in Chicago

That's right, from scratch

I baked these puppies last night with my new muffin tin. They're whole wheat apple cinnamon and mostly organic because I shopped for the ingredients at Whole Foods. Stupid Whole Foods. The start-up cost for these muffins was almost $30! Now I'll bake muffins every damn weekend. You lose, Whole Foods.

We made it, then we ate it

 

I think I'm getting old. I was too excited about going to a pasta making class on my birthday.

Afternoon light at Lula Cafe

The face and foot model here is Ry. (Hi Ry.)

Can you hear me now?

Last week I went to a free "New Music Mondays" show in Millennium Park. (Go free stuff!) The singer-songwriter from Mali who was booked for the night couldn't make it, so a Chicago rock band called Shellac took her place. In the second picture you see the original crowd that was waiting for the singer from Mali. Tourists, young families, the sort of elderly. When Shellac started playing, some of these people got so confused. I felt bad for the little kids who covered their ears because it was so loud. (I hope those tissues you stuffed in your ears did the trick, little kids!) But it was kind of cool to see these two worlds collide: tattoos and skinny jeans mixing it with Birkenstocks and khaki shorts. Are we the world? Yeah, we are the world. (RIP, MJ...)

Moe in the kitchen

My highschool friend Mona has started a cooking blog out of her kitchen in Sydney! Yes! Check it out at http://momoelicious.blogspot.com. OMG, I want those noodles right now. Gimme it.