restaurants – Naptime Chai http://thebenroecks.com Motherhood and adventure in the PNW! Sun, 07 Mar 2021 04:43:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.10 High tea at the Langham Hotel /post/2015/12/22/high-tea-at-the-langham-hotel/ /post/2015/12/22/high-tea-at-the-langham-hotel/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2015 12:13:02 +0000 /?p=6127 I love giving people experiences as Christmas gifts, and this year I decided to take my mom to high tea at the Langham Hotel in downtown Chicago for an early Christmas present. Yesterday afternoon my mom and I enjoyed wonderful tea, … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2015/12/22/high-tea-at-the-langham-hotel/feed/ 16 I’m crossing ‘win a bridal shower game’ off my bucket list. /post/2014/06/09/weekend-highlights/ /post/2014/06/09/weekend-highlights/#respond Mon, 09 Jun 2014 09:29:00 +0000 http://cb9d6255-5531-4cd3-963e-b5c5e767e2d2 Let’s keep today short and sweet (as Mondays should be, right?!). This weekend included: //  Dinner with friends at Mott Street, which is a restaurant I highly recommend. We ate on the patio, I had a delicious mocktail. We had … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2014/06/09/weekend-highlights/feed/ 0 Overcoming pregnancy hormones with thankfulness (or something like that). /post/2014/03/27/thankful/ /post/2014/03/27/thankful/#respond Thu, 27 Mar 2014 06:10:00 +0000 http://a4b3bd42-6b71-475e-a9d4-be63caf09d94 Confession: I’ve been in a shit mood this week. Not the kind of shit mood that makes other people run away from me, but the kind that leaves me generally feeling defeated. The week was off to a bad start … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2014/03/27/thankful/feed/ 0 My new BFF is named Stella and she has a basket. /post/2013/05/20/my-new-bff-is-named-stella-and-she-has-a-basket/ /post/2013/05/20/my-new-bff-is-named-stella-and-she-has-a-basket/#respond Mon, 20 May 2013 04:45:00 +0000 http://d8930c8c-06ed-4109-8e84-08db5b8a4b3d It was a splendid weekend. I mean, of course it was… are there any other kinds of weekends? (That’s a rhetorical question, let’s not all waste our time thinking of less-than-stellar weekends we’ve been forced to endure by unkind fate … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2013/05/20/my-new-bff-is-named-stella-and-she-has-a-basket/feed/ 0 This weekend involved lepruchauns. And Jedis. /post/2013/03/18/green-beer-weekend/ /post/2013/03/18/green-beer-weekend/#respond Mon, 18 Mar 2013 04:25:00 +0000 http://1d2840be-0462-461f-9425-7f04a20d3c7e LOh what a weekend, full of shenanigans. I’ll admit it, St. Patrick’s Day is not usually a holiday I enjoy. Basically because watching drunken chaos at 1pm is not my cup o’ tea. Everyone knows ridiculousness should always wait until … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2013/03/18/green-beer-weekend/feed/ 0 What I read when I’m drinking wine. /post/2013/02/17/what-i-read-when-im-drinking-wine/ /post/2013/02/17/what-i-read-when-im-drinking-wine/#respond Sun, 17 Feb 2013 22:57:00 +0000 http://8f704f95-9f80-46ce-89e7-bd2e23e2408a Sometimes I get so busy that I forget that I’m only human and do not have the abilities to tackle every task at hand and try to do everything anyway.  And then life reminds me that I’m only human and … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2013/02/17/what-i-read-when-im-drinking-wine/feed/ 0 I just had the most delicious weekend. /post/2013/02/10/i-just-had-the-most-delicious-weekend/ /post/2013/02/10/i-just-had-the-most-delicious-weekend/#respond Sun, 10 Feb 2013 21:19:00 +0000 http://da3e9426-5e52-453f-8819-0bb91436ec0c I had a phenomenal weekend this past weekend.  The kind of weekend where I can breathe a sigh of relief and contentment on Sunday night because I finished everything I wanted to do and feel caught up on life and saw … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2013/02/10/i-just-had-the-most-delicious-weekend/feed/ 0 Last weekend was perfect… And this is a very belated post. /post/2013/01/17/last-weekend-was-perfect-and-this-is-a-very-belated-post/ /post/2013/01/17/last-weekend-was-perfect-and-this-is-a-very-belated-post/#respond Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:27:00 +0000 http://94643363-214f-487f-8deb-d64cd7338341 Last weekend was my favorite type of weekend.  And this blog post is evidently very belated because it’s almost time for the next weekend.  Fuck.  Anyway, this shall not get me down and I’ll tell ya’ll *I’m not southern but one … Continue reading →

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