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Lauren

If I were Melissa Riley, I would have said yes.

About Me

Hello Winter in Chicago... defrosting the cement under the car, dinner inside, windows open, and lots of wine to keep warm inside. LOTS. And Here Comes The Grump... Myspace Layout Generator-Layoutgen.com
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My Interests

Directing theatre and FOOD: Fancy new restaurants and holes in the wall, cooking for a huge party or just two (or one...awww), checking out new markets and living it up during farmers market season.

Music:

GREGORY DOUGLASS, Mike Doughty, M People, Etta James, Barenaked Ladies, Stevie Wonder, Van Morrison, Jackie Wilson, Dinah Washington, G Love, and dance stuff (which doesn't leave much out. I was dancing to a commercial the other day. Yikes.)

Movies:

Tons... The Imposters, Bottle Rocket, French Kiss, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, The Incredibles,

Television:

The Daily Show, The Office, LOST, Barefoot Contessa, and Check Please

Books:

Middlesex, Einstein's Dreams, The Clothes They Stood Up In, Shopgirl, ALL books by Ruth Reichl, and books by Ina Garten (barefoot contessa). Big beautiful colorful sexy cookbooks. And compact neat organized playscripts.

Heroes:

People who find a way to live the life they love and love the life they live.

My Blog

Brand Spankin New

I have a new computer. It is amazing. My last new computer was purchased 8 years ago, so you can only kind of imagine how very thrilled I am right now.Mac Book Pro. 17 inches. Happiest. Girl. Ever.All...
Posted by Lauren on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:50:00 PST

Finally! Got to Rise

Jamie and I checked out Rise sushi on Southport (finally), after many dedicated nights at Tank. Rise is a sushi place, one of MANY in the city, and overall not bad...but not sure I'd count it on a to...
Posted by Lauren on Wed, 09 May 2007 09:55:00 PST

Weekend feasting - Part 2

After Yoshi's (see part one) on Friday, I went out to a Birthday Party on Saturday night...Ooh, quickie interruption: Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Benny who doesn'...
Posted by Lauren on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:52:00 PST

Good Food Weekend - Part 1

This weekend I had the pleasure of going to two really decent restaurants, so here's the first of the two! Yoshi's Cafe is a strangely named (anyone else flash back to the early nintendo years?) upsca...
Posted by Lauren on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:07:00 PST

Very very public blog

Good morning breakfast lovers. Quick thing. I usually don't kvetch on these, but enough is enough already. I need to say something about El train riders and the Chicago tendency to stand in line. On b...
Posted by Lauren on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:58:00 PST

Who likes Mexican?

Hi guys! Jamie and I tried another new place, and I'm here to report back to you guys that there's a Mexican place on Halsted that's worth trying. BTW, yes, James and I go out all the time, and we sho...
Posted by Lauren on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:03:00 PST

The Office Trevian

North Shore Magazine has an article on Rainn Wilson, an NT grad - thought I'd post for the sake of all of the psychotic The Office fans out there like me. XOXOXO, L ...
Posted by Lauren on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:14:00 PST

One more place worth mentioning

I forgot! I went to a restaurant in Andersonville a couple of Mondays ago, and that was the trick. La Tache has a GREAT Monday night deal for customers: Three courses, amazing food, $30! I don't even ...
Posted by Lauren on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 07:36:00 PST

Another restaurant - New and Tasty!

I recently went to a couple of new restaurants (this time sadly without Jamie, boo that) and wanted to report back. Good news, they were tasty and worth a visit. I can get one in now, before my boss r...
Posted by Lauren on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:52:00 PST

Management Advice

Just thought this was so funny. The Office fan network out there may have already seen it, but just in case, this is from CNNMoney.com: Michael Scott Regional Manager, Dunder-Mifflin Paper Co. Avoid...
Posted by Lauren on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:28:00 PST