You may remember the Eggplant Chili recipe I shared with you last month featured the Chicago Cutlery knives I received to review. I've continued using them since then and continue to be amazed at what a difference good knives make with even simple everyday tasks. I'm not always the most enthusiastic cook, especially when it comes to doing the prep work for recipes - cutting and chopping are NOT ...
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Eggplant Vegetable Chili Recipe – Vegetarian Chili Recipe
One of my favorite cold weather recipes is for an eggplant based vegetarian chili. I love making big batches of it, freezing them, and then serving it on a cool night over brown rice. Easy, delicious, and surprisingly filling. This is one of those vegetarian chili recipes that you can serve and no one will even miss the meat! Here's the recipe for my favorite chili: Vegetable Chili Recipe ...
Chateau Ste. Michelle Offers a Variety of Rieslings
Last week, I had the chance to attend Gathering on the Green in Mequon. While this is a well known yearly event, I had not even attended before. I am so glad that I did this year - it was really a lot of fun!There were lots of local restaurants serving up all kinds of delicious food. I was so happy to find that it was not the typical "fair food" that is at so many of the summer events. My friend ...
Fun at LEGOLAND Discovery Center (and a Giveaway)
This past weekend, my family had the good fortune to check out LEGOLAND Discovery Center's newest ride, Kingdom Quest before it opened to the public. As someone who grew up playing with LEGOs, I was thrilled when LJ inherited my colorful brick obsession. He's collected quite a few LEGO kits and amazes me with his ability to sit and complete a LEGO project without even taking a break.With his ...
Family Vacations
It's kind of funny what you remember from family vacations, isn't it? When I was growing up, we took a yearly vacation and usually visited a new location each time. I remember going to Martha's Vineyard, Northern New Hampshire, Vancouver Canada, Branson Missouri, and Disney World just to name a few.So far, we've taken LJ to the Wisconsin Dells, Chicago, and Disney World (granted, he's been to ...
How To Create A Wireless Hotspot
There are times when a good WIFI connection is just not available (or is expensive). I was recently at a conference in Chicago where the WIFI was not working well and I was able to provide service not only for myself, but to other attendees at my table. I also utilized this feature when I was back at my hotel which wanted to charge over $15 a day for wireless internet access. Creating your own ...
Everything I Needed to Know About Social Media I Learned From the Pizza Delivery Guy
Earlier this week, I attended the Social Media Master's Summit in Chicago. The opening speaker on the second day was a gentleman who owns six Domino's Pizza stores in the Chicago area. Not being from Chicago, I had no idea who this guy was or why he was speaking at the summit.Within minutes of taking the mic, he made it clear why he was speaking. Not only is Ramon DeLeon an incredibly dynamic ...
Meet My Motorola Xoom! #MidwestMoms
Last month, I was contacted by Verizon Wireless and asked to be part of their Midwest Moms program. For being part of Midwest Moms, I was given a Motorola Xoom tablet, six months of wireless service, and a super secret yet-to-be-rolled-out smart phone which I will get next month. Not bad, huh?The group was brought down to Chicago and given a one day introduction to the Xoom and all things ...
Luggage Shopping with Briggs and Riley’s BRX Line #brxtravelgear
We tend to go through luggage pretty quickly around here, at least that's been our MO up until now. Waaaay back when Jay and I were doing the long distance dating thing (from NH to WI) we both went through several bags in a few years. I should probably say that the AIRLINES went through the bags, as most of the damage took place while the bags were out of our sight!We bought some new bags and ...
Milwaukee Area Things To Do – This Weekend Edition
Now that (most of ) the kiddos are out of school, you may be looking for some things to do with them. All summer, I'll be posting things to do during the week and on the weekend. I'll post all of them under the heading "things to do".This weekend has a few not-so-typical events going on:Go down a giant waterslide and help a worthy cause! Great Wolf Lodge is having a fundraiser for The Big ...
Visit Select Cities for Less with Go Select
Being somewhat close to Chicago, we typically travel down at least a few times a year just for fun. LJ thinks it is one of the coolest places he's been and has chosen to go there this year for his birthday.I was thrilled when the folks from Smart Destinations offered to let me try out their new attraction pass, Go Select, while planning our Chicago getaway. We added a bunch of "must see" ...
Baby Preview Offers 3D and 4D Ultrasounds to SE Wisconsin
When I was pregnant with LJ, I had an ultrasound pretty early on. My doctor had asked me something about if twins ran in my family and then mentioned something about me "measuring bigger than typical" for how far along I knew I was. Everything after that is a little blurry as I went into full blown panic mode. He sent me off for an ultrasound that revealed that there was indeed just one baby ...