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Loaf, Loaf, Loaf
Now that the weather is consistently nicer outside, even, dare I say it, hot (but then again, what I think is hot, or too-warm weather, is not so much to other people. This is what happens when you are...
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summer reading list
We tried to get a book club started via TNDs, and it totally took off like wildfire. If, by taking off like wildfire you mean it took us seemingly forever to actually finish reading Forever, and the...
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the president’s own
Free things abound in the DC metro area. Thank God. Because without free things, This Girl would be bored out of her gourd.* Don’t get me wrong, paid things are very nice, too. But free is always a...
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photo friday: the night
Technical skill and exposure-wise, this is probably precisely what constitutes a Very Bad Photograph. But yet I kind of love it. I think it’s kind of cool, actually, like a sudden explosion lit up the...
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the calm before the storm
There’s something very peaceful about all these empty slips, before the boats are put in the water, bringing with them the hustle and bustle of summer. It’s a peace that is not easily interrupted....
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book by book: summer 2011 reading list
Thanks to all of you who hooked me up via Facebook and the comments section and Gchats with ideas for this year’s McPolish Summer Reading List. There’s definitely a good mix of light, fluffy reading...
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photo friday: the blues
Did I ever tell you that we went blueberry picking this summer? No? Because I pretty much didn’t blog…at all…this summer? Huh. Imagine that. Well, we did. We went blueberry picking. And it was hot and...
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photo friday: nuns not on the run, but sitting.
I know I wrote about Pierogi Fest (albeit briefly) earlier this summer, but I recently came across this photo, and did I ever mention that there were more than a few nuns there? In a dunk tank? Yeah,...
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mcpolish summer 2014 reading list
It’s June, which means Memorial Day has come and gone, and in between trying to locate my white pants which I think I stored in a plastic tub behind a box of plates and Christmas ornaments, and trying...
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four on the 4th
A belated 4th of July post for you, as I was too busy running around Michigan City swigging wine and looking at fireworks to post on the actual 4th. I’m sure our forefathers would approve. Happy...
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mcpolish summer 2015 reading list
Ahem. As I have explained before, I am not the best when it comes to making reading lists and sticking to them. I daresay that last year I proved myself wrong just a little bit and did manage to finish...
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and introducing….
Last summer, I never told you about how I was the Greatest Gardener On The Planet, did I? (Yes, initial caps even on the articles. I’m That Good.) I’m guessing I probably did not. Which is a shame,...
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photo friday: what (a start to) a weekend
Last weekend was a big one for Summer in Chicago–Lollapalooza invaded the city, and along with it billions of people jamming out to their favorite bands. I, being as easily annoyed by crowds as I am,...
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