Author Archives: Liz K.

Breaking Nails News!

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One argument Beef will never win is Why don’t you just do your nails yourself? I don’t think I even need to break down the reasons why– because it’s probable there’s an old episode of King of Queens or Yes, Dear that most likely covers them for me.

However, I recently won a bottle of FACE Stockholm nail polish at a baby shower by correctly identifying photos of celebrity babies (the only one I missed was Bingham Bellamy).

This is the best nail polish I’ve ever used. It goes on smoothly, coats evenly, and saved me from Beef looking at my homemade manicure and saying Oh, THAT’S why. So sorry, Essie and OPI, I’m a changed woman.

FACE Stockholm has a line out now at J. Crew. I’m loving Cardinal Rule. Orange nails for spring, y’all. Don’t forget to spring ahead this weekend!

Rockin’ the Suburbs

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It was 60 degrees in Chicago today. Posey and I took a casual stroll in our neighborhood, and I was reminded of one of the city’s charming quirks: Garbage. Everywhere. Our jaunt down Fullerton was full of swirling Wendy’s bags and empty tequila bottles. We love the city, but ever since Posey was born, I tend to see more of the negatives than the positives.

That being said, Beef and I are beginning the overwhelming task of deciding where our family will settle down– eventually. Since I grew up in the area north of the city, I am pretty much only well versed in those towns. Over the next several months, our goal is to explore some new ‘burbs, which I will chronicle here.

Up first: La Grange (23 miles from downtown)

Something about the name is so ugly. It reminds me of gangrene.  It sounds like a place fun-loving youngsters go to become mangy. Then we went to visit last Sunday… and you know what? It wasn’t half bad.

Pros:

  • Super-cute downtown with places we’d totally go
  • People walking around that didn’t scare us away
  • Houses that have personality and are far from the cookie cutter sub-divisiony things I feared
  • Easy access to highway, making it pretty accessible
  • Close to Beef’s work

Cons:

  • Far away from our parents
  • Far from downtown (but not as far as a lot of other places)
  • We don’t know anyone that lives there
How are the schools, you ask? I don’t know. I’m not that deep yet. Right now, I’m just riding the high that came from finding out they have a Dailey Method and a place with a beer list that Joe seemed okay with.

Overall impression: I could picture us there. Beef can’t. But then again, he did have a really hard time adjusting after our last big move. Which was exactly 1.5 miles away.

 

The Top 3 Things My Husband Said Today

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1. “I saw a baby at the grocery store that looked exactly like Posey!!! She was Asian.” (Posey is made up of genes that come from every single Eastern European country that ends in “-ania.”)

2. “I bought these because he was wearing a monocle. I mean, there’s a monocle on every single one.”

3. “Wait, is the Women Tell All on tomorrow night?!”