Tyler & Kara

One of Bill's best friends from college, Tyler, and his fiancee, Kara came to visit Chicago last week. It was wonderful to see them! They live in Portland, Oregon, where Tyler works for Intel and Kara just completed the Bar and will be beginning a prestigious clerkship in the fall while her full-time job waits for her to complete it. They're getting married next April, and Bill's going to be one of Tyler's groomsmen. He's so excited! While they were here, Bill and Tyler went to a Cubs game, and we did a lot of eating great food and catching up. We can't wait to see them again, hopefully before their wedding.

Marathon Update

We ran a whopping 20 miles yesterday. It was murder! Our previous long runs, 16 miles and 18 miles have been smooth and uplifting. Not so for the 20 miler. During the last four miles, I tried to think of possible ways to cheat on the day of the marathon. My best idea was to skip the western leg and just cut from the north loop to the south... if you see that we got a sub-3 hour time on the big day (Probably just me, not we. Bill's too noble.), you'll know that my bad side won. I'm hoping it was just a fluke and that our next long run of 23 miles will somehow be easier.. we will see.

Good Eats

Bill loves to cook and I love to eat! A match made in heaven. Here are some pictures of delicious dinners he's made for us lately. I'm so proud of my husband for being so great in the kitchen!

Braised beef short rib ravioli

Grape gazpacho, mussels and Spanish chorizo
Snow pea, bell pepper and chicken stir fry

I always secretly loved salsbury steak for elementary school cafeteria lunches, so Bill recreated my fav. It was much better than I remembered

Prosciutto and cauliflower soup

Chicken tortilla soup

Mu shu pork

Mexican chorizo empanadas

Seared cod with spinach and orzo

Lobster pasta with snap peas and a champagne sauce

Chorizo stuffed cubanelle peppers

Bill's famous guaca!

Fish, mussel and cannelini bean stew

Red chile pork tamales

Mole verde with sea bass

Zuppa Tuscana

Chicken pot pie

Kung pow chicken

Tomato basil w. goat cheese and Spanish chorizo w. red pepper pizzas

Beer battered artichoke hearts, bacon-wrapped chorizo-stuffed dates, and manchego cheese tomato bread

Pear salad

Tacos!

Taquitoes

Ceviche

Beer cheese bacon soup

Sashimi

Salmon avacado maki

Lentil salad with shrimp and scallops

Cheese tortelloni with sundried tomatoes, asparagus and pine nuts

Corn and cashew chowder