This weekend I battled the unseasonable cold and scooted to the Green City Market in Lincoln Park where I picked up some lettuce for my backyard garden.

I'm super excited about my little lettuce and I'm really hoping that it takes off and I can munch on it all summer long. This is my first time with lettuce so I've been reading up over at You Grow Girl. My landlord and I also have cilantro, basil, sage, parsley, cucumbers, and tomatoes.

I'm a little worried because my landlord only planted one tomato plant this year! This might be cause for some tow-mater drama later in the season. We also have had chili peppers and bell peppers as well. wtf, I have to talk to my landlord about her lackadaisical attitude!!

Don't have a garden? You can plant most veggies in containers.

Tomatoes in containers

Mint in vintage Baby Buggy

Strawberries

Container growing is very easy and a great way to get started if you are a beginner. And remember, the name of the game is, Be Creative with your Containers!

'Shiver in my bones just thinking about the weather.Quiver in my voice as I cry,"What a cold and rainy day. Where on earth is the sun hid away."' - 10000 Maniacs

Dear Weather Gods,

Please, please please bring me summer. I beg of you. Have mercy on us.

Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose

Won't you let me go down in my dreams...

Anthropologie's June catalogue just came out and they teamed with Hatch Show Prints to make their music issue. It's fantastic.

Yesterday afternoon, I spent a good 40 minutes staring at the pages of this catelogue.

Again, fantastic.

I thought surely when I woke up this morning that the pages would be all over the web. Unfortunately, they are not yet. I will post as they become available. Until then, check out my most favorite anthro publication to date, here.

P.S I am buying both the Double Knotted Vest and the Chiffon Ruffle Tunic pictured at top.

Welcome to the Future

Google Wave will rule the world. Holy crap I am excited.

Check it out here!

Doing it on Division

Do Division Fest is this weekend.

I'm super excited to Menomena and White Rabbits. However, is it just me or is it disappointing that Do Division is not showcasing more Chicago bands? There are some really great bands on the bill, but what ever happened to Chicago street fests showcasing local talent? Whatever happened to the street fests being about Chicago?

Come on Chicago! Let's get back to the way we were.

Who's with me?

p.s. find me here all weekend.

love love love this

{from .c is for charmed. via photos by tec petaja}

Feather Love

I have a confession to make....

I, LC, am obsessed with wedding blogs. I am. This may come as a huge shock to those whom know me best. ...I know. I've never been a gal obsessed with running down the isle and the whole Beyonce 'Put a Ring on It', is not and never has been my theme song (well, except when my spoon partner really ticks me off. hehe ). I don't even really like weddings. I don't like the structure, the formality, the selfish insanity, the act of having bridesmaids (eeek!) and the fact that most weddings loose that personal connection and intimacy, during the planning process, that brought you to this very moment to begin with. I just don't get it.

However, in this blogosphere we have created, wedding blogs are some of the more charming, alluring, marvelous blogs around. They have amazing photography from some of the most talented photographers around. They are crafty and resourceful. And they just have some really cool ideas that can be applied to more than just weddings. It's also refreshing to see that there are people out there that actually see this special day through my eyes.

That being said, since wedding blogs are a constant of my blog roll, I have decided to start posting about them.

First up is this amazing photographer, Noa Azoulay-Sclater, of FEATHER LOVE Photography. She is based out of San Diego and she just melts me. I might have to wed in SD so she can shoot me! Or perhaps I shall settle for her taking my 'engagement' photos.
I have been following her work for sometime and after the recent Spencer+Heidi wedding she covered (yes, really. and Spheidi threw her out, too) her popularity has gone through the roof.

I like to think my man and I are as cool as these two.

Graceful Fusion

My incredibly talented and caring friend, Nicole, is a trained Doula and was recently featured on MSNBC. It's great to see Doula's getting some press.

Click here to see the piece.

Click here to learn more about Nicole and her practice, Graceful Fusion.

And, Click here to learn more about DONA, Doula's of North America.

Next up: Post27

i'm in love.

Next week I am heading to this amazing shop, located at 1819 W. Grand Ave, for a shopping spree. If you get a chance this weekend, stop by for Ottomania . It ends Sunday.

It's Official

This weekend officially marks the unofficial start of summer.
Yippee!
I'm off to go camping and I couldn't be happier. It's suppose to be beautiful out.
Enjoy your weekend and don't forget to remember those who died in military service.

photo via flickr

summer picnics + music = happy time

I am so excited that summer is on its way. That means one thing....outdoor concerts at Ravinia and Millennium Park. Ravinia is like a dream to me. It's such a beautiful place to escape the city for an evening. Hopping the metra up to Ravinia is a cinch. And what is even easier is walking a few short blocks from my office to the Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park, for a night of free music and fun.

Oh! I am so excited that I have already started planning my menu for my first concert at Ravinia.

I'm thinking the following:

Salmon Pate on Melba toast

Caprese

A little Brie with a baguette

Hot and Spicy Shrimp and Avocado Salad

Lemon poppy seed Cake or Apricot Bread

Perhaps a Rose or Sauvignon Blanc

Romp

I'm buying a romper and there is nothing you can do to stop me.

1. Urban Outfitters
2. ;( I forgot
3. Free People
4. ModCloth
5. Victoria's Secret
6. Delias
7. We the Free
   

Sartorial Green

Friday night I went to my friend, Nathan's, debut runway show. I must say I very much enjoyed seeing his line on the models. I have to get my man in those swim trunks. Check out his site, Sartorial Green, here. Below are photos from Friday's show.

Bringing The Outdoors Inside

I've been a little slow on posts lately and for that I apologize. But today I have something to post that I am so excited about. I have fallen madly in love with Camilla Meijer. Her collection of prints including lampshades, pillows and wallpaper make me swoon. And I love her approach to design. She's currently at the ICFF, International Contemporary Furniture Fair through tomorrow. So if you are in New York, check her out.

"I love nature and I am astounded by the way plants and flowers find a way to flourish in such an enormous urban setting like London...I capture these images I see around me and use them to create my work...I want to welcome people into a world of colour and visual texture that caresses the eye and speaks to the heart."