Thursday Volunteering.

I am in the best mood today, because, well firstly, I have today off, but more importantly, because I spent it volunteering at PAWS (Pets Are Worth Saving) here in Chicago. They are a great great organization that helps alleviate pet homelessness. Not only do they run a No Kill shelter, meaning no animal is euthanized, but they also provide services like spaying and neutering at their clinic, and community outreach programs that educate people about the importance of spaying and neutering. You can meet all the guys up for adoption on their website, some of whom I got to hang out with today. Probably because I knew I was going to play with dogs today, I had a dream last night about the late, the great, Bella K., née Bartok. So here is a tribute to her, in her element, the Mississippi River. AND, just cause they're awesome, here are some hipster puppies hahaha....

{source: Hipster Puppies}

Mellow Yellow.

I had to re-blog this when I saw it- someone else is as obsessed with yellow as me! These pictures make me so happy. I too would love to paint everything I own yellow.

{via: Love made me do it}

Just Sayin....

I guess it's living in the Midwest that has done it to me, but I have noticed that NOT living in the South has turned me into a Southerner on steroids. When I lived in New Orleans, my favorite restaurants were a Lebanese and a sushi restaurant. Now, all I want to eat is seafood. If it has the word 'cajun' in it on a menu, I'll order it, even though all that means in Chicago is that it is somewhat on the spicy side, and usually involves a buffalo-wings-esque sauce. For example, a chicken breast coated in buffalo wings sauce on any kind of bun is a cajun chicken sandwich! I am always on the hunt for Chicago spots that serve anything looking like....

{Source: 1. Defend New Orleans, 2. Flickr, 3. Incredifood, 4. Spoonyandnatas, 5. Nails}

Annnnd even though I usually always wore jeans and t-shirts in New Orleans, now I would love to have a wardrobe exclusively of seersucker haha!

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Just a wishful Wednesday. Happy hump day!

Wisdom.

{Source: Weheartit}

Le Weekend.

This weekend, my follower and I cooked this lemony salmon with whole wheat penne, dills, and peas. It was so incredibly easy, plus it's delicious, and pretty! My follower is borderline obsessed with salmon so he rrrrreally enjoyed it. Then, we went to our friend Carrie's birthday party, which was Canadian tuxedo themed. Everyone dressed in head to toe denim- my follower even had a denim tie :-) Theme parties are my favorite. Shout out to my follower! Thanks for following!

Before I Die...

I keep seeing pictures of this around the interweb. I think it's such a cool idea and I wish I was in New Orleans to stop by and see it...

Public installation artist Candy Chang transformed this abandoned house on the corner of Marigny and Burgundy into a work of art where people can use chalk to fill in the blanks with their life goals and dreams. Apparently, they hose it down every time the board fills up and start again, but each response is documented by photograph and will ultimately be part of a book. 

Before I die I want to dance break as much as possible.

Have a fun weekend :-)

{source: Candy Chang}

Where's Waldo : San Francisco Edition.

While I'm thinking of Clara, I thought I would post this silly picture. On my recent trip to San fran we saw this guy, dressed as Waldo, on Fisherman's Warf. Naturally, we crossed the street and stalked him for a few blocks so we could get this perfect snapshot. It cracks me up because it looks just like a real life recreation of one of the pages from a Waldo book haha.