The weekend, succinctly

Idyllic snapshots from the weekend...

{ drinks at The James Hotel bar before dinner }

{ a day trip to Oak Park... }

{ ...with brunch at Marion Street Cheese Market with A & J + baby Jack }

{ ...and a jaunt over to Prairie Bread Kitchen resulted in a garlic-peppercorn loaf }

{ a little Blue Angels-action from the front stoop }

{ a ridiculously authentic risotti with crab legs... }
 

{ ...followed by a nightcap at The Violet Hour }

 { ...aglow, my summer drink of grapefruit, cucumber, ginger, raspberry }

I leave you with this exquisite poem by Bernard DeVoto "The Hour"...

This is the violet hour

the hour of hush and wonder

when the affections glow again and valor is reborn

when the shadows deepen magically along the edge of the forest 

and we believe that

if we watch carefully

at any moment we may see the unicorn.