our thanksgiving

american girl

emily got an american girl doll for her birthday this year. emmit and i were invited along to make a luncheon out of the experience. emmit really did love the doll store. we brought our little gorilla so we didn't have to walk out with a doll for emmit too ;) 

festival of lights

is overrated. every year the weekend before thanksgiving, the city of chicago (let's not lie; it's really disney) puts on a parade down the mag mile of michigan ave in which mickey mouse "magically" torches up the holiday lights. unless you get there at 8a to hang out at the curb, it's not worth it. this is what I saw: 

look!

we caught a glimpse of the firework barge!

my pictures

this is what I DID see  

it's beginning:

to look a lot like christmas ☺

the fun part

holiday lights

why nothing got done this weeknd

the REAL art of BALAYAGE (bah-lee-azhe) 

clockwise from top left: marta, lisa, jay, steven, florentina, chloe, cristina, rebecca

fabulous assistants

my work on the left!

another sunday morning

remember these?

fun with chemicals

Quartana's in town!

meeting baby gio