Ocean

…who like to eat. Take tonight. The monthly blogger symposium (whereby A , B , C , & F get together over dinner and compare horror stor...

My friend, let's just call her Holly, is one of the best sources of forwarded off-beat stories around. Occasionally, I think that there ...

I have been avoiding writing about politics for write a while now, but today I feel compelled to stand up to the accusations that are flying...

In the last 24 hours I have heard the following two sentiments, both expressed by women: “this guy is such a good friend” and “men are the p...

The pressure is on: everyone who is anyone has a blog link list. Moreover, some of my favorite bloggers have added Ocean to their lists – an...

UPDATE: I have done something I never do on the blog: I edited the post below. Let me explain. After writing and posting the first draft, I ...

Alright, so I am going to bake tonight. Though I must admit, I do not like to search out recipes that are geared toward the healthy eater. B...

I am at home, working at a desk that faces the front street. A young couple drives up in a sporty red car with an Illinois license plate. Th...

I should have baked today. I could have baked today. I virtually promised that I would bake today. Yet I did not. Normally, it is deeply sat...

Ann, my blogging compatriot, says ( here ), in between chews on yummy Espresso Royale caramels (I love those!), that she hasn’t missed a day...

Everyone should rush next week to the Capri stand at the Farmers' Market (it's at the south central end) and coax Felix into selling...

Of course, Saturday means L'Etoile market buying for me. Not much text today and just a small handful of photos. Why? No, not lethargy, ...

Tonight I went back to our pan-Asian restaurant of the moment, Firefly. First I had a ‘working’ meeting there in the lounge (how the momentu...

Peasant stock! That’s what I say when something needs to be done that requires more than a modicum of exertion. And so today I shouted it ou...

If you were to count the number of cloudy days we’ve had these past months, you’d have to believe that an evil spell has been cast over Madi...

It’s time to be grateful. And I am, I AM! Thanks to Ann ( here ) who is supremely generous in her blog links. You write something even h...

Should I tell the couple that is hogging TWO tables at the Café that this is not right? That they are disturbing my sense of fair play? That...

1. I had a long, leisurely meeting yesterday with a colleague who has been at the Law School for quite a while. His experiences are such th...

invitations I’ve written here upon occasion about my Polish high school crush of all crushes, the one that lasted years and years, where...

When I first moved to the Midwest people would tell me that they didn’t much care for the singular snootiness of East Coast types who never ...