Café Con Monica

On Tuesdays…

On Tuesdays I realize I have no idea how the last week went by. Working on a Saturday really throws off your Monday that is for sure! Anyway…I figured I would just share some bits of my life lately…

-I had this grand idea to go apple picking and bake some wonderful things…and then I realized the nearest apple orchard with decent reviews is over an hour drive away. So no one wanted to go. Instead my bestie A and I picked a Saturday and went to the farmers market, got some apples and baked some goodies! 
Apple Pie & Bourbon Apple Cake 

I will add the recipes for these soon! 
– Somehow I always manage to convince the boyfriend we should try new places for food. I have been dying for Ramen since I got back from living abroad. We went to this place Wasabi  not to be confused with my favorite all you can eat BYOB sushi place Wasabi Cafe . If you have never had ramen before you may be impressed and even maybe enjoy the food. I, on other hand was not a fan. 
I am not even close to being a real food critic but I just thought the food really lacked any flavor. I very disappointed in the small amount of noodles we got considering we ordered a bowl of ramen. The best thing we had was oyster shooters and really..who can mess those up? 
There are actually noodles in there….
baby bok choy…
Because I took 4 pictures before he gave up and decided a kiss would be better. 
– Lazy sundays are wonderful…Sundays that include brunch are maybe even more wonderful. Walked over to HQ-Howard Quintero for brunch finally! My roomie and I have wanted to try this place since we moved in and it did not disappoint! Sorry for the Iphone quality pics but food was delicious and the Bellini was strong! 

 

– I’ve watched more sports than I have in the past 4 years since I met the boyfriend. The Cubs are in postseason and pushing for the Pennant. Unfortunately…they lost the last two games. Watching a Cubs game with 8 guys in an apartment is an interesting experience. There was a lot of drowning their sorrows.

 That is all I have for you right now…I really do need to get better about taking photos!! 

On Chicago Cubs

I am having a super slow blogging week! I can’t think of anything to blog about and even the crap ton of drafts I have aren’t appealing to me right now.

Last night I watched the Chicago Cubs win a Wild Card game in the postseason for the first time in 12 years. The last time I was fresh out of high school and partying in the streets outside Wrigley because I was too young to get into any bars.

I went with the boyfriend and a couple his friends and if I was a good blogger I would have taken photos of all the excitement….but what happened was….

So here is the deal…I watch for the booze and the hot guys on the team….

Anyway…it was last night and will continue to be  crazy around Chicago while the Cubs win!!

If you didn’t watch the game there was a bit of a macho pushing match and this one dude literally beat up a gatorade cooler in the dugout. It was actually hilarious!

I mean look at this fool….Sore loser much??

basically here is what needs to be said….

On Friday Fives

It is Friday!! Yay…

I don’t even have big plans for today and I am still stoked for the weekend! So let us begin with these 5 things on this Friday….

{1} Bitmoji 
Have you heard of it? Get it. It takes emoji to whole new level. You make the avatar thingy look like you and they have all these funny sayings you can choose from. You can thank me later.


 {2} Draft Kings…
My boyfriend is obsessed with all things sports related. Especially the Bears who continue to disappoint him over and over and over again. The only way to keep my eyes from glazing over and drool to start running down my chin was for him to tell me I could win money. Now I pay attention and ask him all kinds of questions and even though I keep losing I will keep trying!!   I always do the $3 or free contests but still..it helps me get involved.


{3} Planning ahead…
This has been my get your shit planned week. I set up a date to go apple picking, text people about Friendsgiving, discussed Halloween costume ideas and locations, starting planning out different outdoor activities I can actually do before it becomes Antarctica around here,  planned out when we will do our xmas dinner at the Walnut Room w/the family, and started making my Xmas list.   I know it seems super early but I’d rather do it now and not worry. All I have to do now is enjoy! 

{4}  Cold weather…
I finally had to face that fall has in fact arrived in Chicago since it has been in the 50’s all week with a weekend forecast of more 50’s. Yay me 🙁 


{5} Pumpkin Carving…
I’m headed to the pumpkin patch with my family this weekend and the boyfriend and I talked about having a pumpkin carving date. So…Pinterest searching for designs has begun!! 

I imagine it will look something like this…

Or this….
We shall see what I come up with! 

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