Monday, July 26, 2010

The weekend, succinctly

The weekend was "relaxing", nothing like the whirlwind-work-packed weekend before.

There was still some work involved, both remotely from home and at the office, but nothing compared to last week's frenzy.


Amidst that, The Fella and I enjoyed a leisurely day at the Museum of Contemporary Art downtown. Like with most museums, I mostly enjoy the space and surroundings – sometimes more than the art itself. I know that's sacrilegious to say, but oh well.

{ MCA }

There was a little woodworkin', too! The MCA has a little studio space dedicated to a different interactive activity each month, and this one allows viewers to design and build anything out of reclaimed wood from the South Side of Chicago.

{ That's Fella, in the back corner, at the wood cutting station }

We were attempting to make a wood dog (not a horse) like the one pictured below, but then the one power drill available ran out of charge. Sorry, FurFur.


Followed by a cold, refreshing mango gelato!


Much to my annoyance, my Executive Board meeting for the condo association was canceled last minute and rescheduled for Tuesday 8pmargh, don't they know what it's like to work at a busy marketing agency?! – but at least it opened up the day to get together with A & baby, chat, and flip through the newest Real Simple on the deck.


And a return to the kitchen to reclaim my relatively long-lost zeal for cooking! It's been a busy few months with friends coming and going out of our home and Chicago, that I've barely eaten in or cooked a proper meal until this weekend... so in between sunny eggs over toast with melted cheddar and salsa, cucumber-tomato salad, roasted baby carrots with honey, and chickpea pesto salad, there was also...

{ baked tilapia with citrus-thyme over creamy Parmesan polenta }
{ chicken in red wine and fennel }
{ wild salmon braised in a vodka, soy sauce, citrus, brown sugar marinade }

Good night!

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