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The Paramount Room

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Life / Places

There’s a little bar near a chocolate factory, and if you walk underneath and past the train tracks a little bit on N. Milwaukee Street, you’ll find it tucked in neatly against a few plain buildings. A blue neon sign displays only the word “Lounge” and you’ll have to look twice before you see the restaurant’s name high above the building. When we were here on our second night in Chicago, we were greeted by […]

Chicago

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Life / Places

The architecture and landscape in Chicago is so beautiful. Everything seems to be done on a grand scale, right down to the very last color coordinated tulip. 103 stories above everyone else… just for a little while My favorite kind of tree, flowering pear.

nighthawks…

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Life / Places

It’s been a few days since I returned from a quick trip to Chicago with a few good friends and already I am feeling a heavy dose of withdrawal symptoms. Chicago is such a beautiful city, it’s difficult to experience everything in such a short amount of time, let alone try to blog about it in one post. I’ll definitely have to visit Chicago again and immerse myself in the city when I have more […]

for Baby…

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homemade / Life / Parties / Phamily

          Last Saturday, I threw my very first baby shower for my sister. Oh yeah, did I mention that I am going to be an aunt? 🙂 This will be the very first baby in the Phamily so everyone is ready to spoil the kid rotten. (My mom has already filled a hamper full of baby clothes and socks).           For the baby shower, I decided to go with a pink and gold hot air […]

an evening with friends…

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in the backyard / Life / Parties

This has been an exciting year for the family. My sister is expecting for the first time and in two months, there will be a very spoiled and loved baby in the house. For her birthday, we decided to invite our close friends over for a crawfish boil and some delicious Korean barbecue ribs. Her husband had been working hard on building a deck in their backyard, so an outdoor party seemed to be ideal […]