This was one of the three weekends that Aunt M, La and I got to spend in Chicago this summer. We hit up two festivals, the beach and even Whole Foods (the new one on Kingsbury). I don't think I've ever been to such a fine grocrey store in all my life. I mean, you can walk around with a glass of wine while you shop. AND there are a million friendly staff members available, ready to hunt down the more exotic items on your grocery list (like lemon curd ... I don't even know what that is, but I needed it. And a cute Whole Foods boy found it for me. He even tracked me down in the dairy department to hand-deliver it. So special.) I could live in that store.
Why did I need lemon curd, you ask? Well. Angela just got back from Italy's Amalfi Coast, and the whole time she was gone I was insanely jealous that she was there and I wasn't. Angela posted a photo on her blog of this special dessert that they make there called Delizie al Limone, and I just had to make it so I could experience a little bit of Italy myself.
And darn it, these little lemon cakes are GOOD. And that's probably because if you want to make 8 little cakes, you need two cups of heavy whipping cream, 4 eggs, lots of sugar and even Limoncello. The drawback (besides having to ROLL yourself away from the table after consumption and immediatly begin a P-90X workout) is that they take about two hours to make, and then they have to chill for another two hours. So unless you are trying to gain weight and have oodles of time on your hands, I would just stick with lemon bars.
Yesterday, we hit up the Lincoln Park Arts and Music Festival, which was fun but HOT. Thank goodness for gelato.
And today there was the Taylor Street Festa Italiana in Chicago's Little Italy neighborhood. It was like all festivals, in that it was basically a bunch of drunk people eating mass quantities of food. What could be better really?
The little Italian especially loved it, as showcased in her "Walk Like and Egyptian" dance, perfomed to Sinatra.
I think the three of us have had our fill of festivals. At least for now ... Until the Oyster Festival in September, which I'm dying to attend. Because who wouldn't want to eat raw Oysters in the summertime, nine hundred miles from the nearest ocean?
3 comments:
The pic of Ella with her mouth full of corn may be the cutest I've seen. You look like quite the happy little family!
I miss y'all!
Oh my gosh, the dessert was amazing! And I still love that photo La took of you and M. So cute.
2 things...1) Em and I definitely hung out at the Whole Foods also when we were in Chicago and ate and asked cute worker boys where things were...and it was great. and 2) P-90X is like our thing to do this summer and it is also great!
See ya in a little over a week.
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