Small Biz Saturday

There is a small strip of shops that have popped up over the past year at 44th & Alcott (cobbler's corner).  We headed over to check out the Small Business Saturday sales.  

Our favorite shops: 

Cheese & Provisions. - we've mentioned this shop on the blog before (here, here  & here.). They have all kinds of neat dry goods for sale, cheese classes, wine, etc.  Technically, the wine is for drinking on the premises.  But they have a contraption to pour wine without pulling the cork, and as long as you drink some of the wine there (we had a quarter of a shot glass full), you can carry the wine out of the store.  The wine is well priced, just as reasonable as a liquor store.

Honeycomb & Co. - awesome flower bouquets and cute home decor. 

Eco Mountain - environmentally friendly home store.

               

FaceTime with AGPERP & LRP

 

Black Friday

We relaxed at home and did some online Black Friday shopping and browsing.  Then we headed to Tennyson Street.  

First stop: Hops & Pie   They had $5 pours of Pliny the Elder  which is a hard to find double IPA from Russian River Brewing out of California.  We also ordered the pie of the month:  French onion soup purée, roasted fingerling potatoes, braised beef short rib, carmalized onions, & gruyere.  So good.

 

Second Stop: Desteeg Brewing.  For some big Belgian beers and Sequence.

 

Thankful

We hosted Thanksgiving today. We made turkey, sweet potatoes, & Chris's famous cranberries.

The wine helps with the cranberry making only.  It doesn't go in the cranberries.

 

 

Zoey got lots of love today.  

 

Fancy ZZ

 

Cocktail Class

We attended a cocktail making class at Leopold Bros. tonight.  A November in New England (pictured - sparkling white wine + cranberry liqueur) was waiting for us when we arrived.  3 additional recipes were demoed and sampled.  Then, we got to try our hand at making our favorite behind the bar.

 

 

Neighborhood Watch

 

Skulls

We made skulls a couple weeks ago at EvB Studio.

 

Our New Tree

We applied for a tree from the city at the beginning of August.  Our property was sited and the city arborist decided on a Pin Oak for our yard.  It was delivered and planted yesterday.

We were given directions to water 3 gallons, 3 times a week until it freezes.  Then water once a week for the winter.

 

 

Birthday Boy

We had a very memorable dinner at The Populist to celebrate this handsome guy tonight.

 

Lights!

Chris hung the rest of the lights in the backyard.  It is so cool.

 

 

Valhalla Cakes

There's a new little bakery in our neighborhood - Valhalla Cakes.  It's a young gal who specializes in fancy custom cakes.  But she always has cookies, cupcakes, and other treats for sale too.  We took a walk and stopped in today.

Her cake look book was amazing.  You can see some of her work on her Instagram page:  

https://www.instagram.com/valhallacakes/