So full at the Bongo Room.

White chocolate and caramel covered pretzel pancake ($10) and BLT eggs Benedict ($14).

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Derby.

Sitting in our fancy box seats at the demo derby, $7 per ticket.

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$2 bill y'all.

Ice cold Jameson with tonic and lime for $2 and a free water for the pooch at Blind Pig Brewery.

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Kahan from @thePublican2008 will fatten you up (PICS).

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We had: complimentary bread, full charcuterie plate ($24 — see pic! The morteau sausage was perfection); frites with organic eggs ($5 — nothing too special); beets with burrata and balsamic ($7 — sadly the beets were not very firm); and a ham chop “in hay” ($42 — a Thanksgiving dream. The first order was accidentally given to another table. The punks hadn’t even ordered it. But, they managed to eat it). Due to the error, we were given a side of the daily pickles and one beer pairing… and those were mighty tasty.

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Real life Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots.

Invented by a guy in Texas. (Go figure.) You can play these bad boys at Putt Putt on Prospect Avenue in Champaign, $3.50 per game.

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Too hot.

A single dip of vanilla custard with M 'n M's in a waffle basket for one ($4.50).

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Lurve me some @hounddesign.

Starboard skirt ($114) and equinox blouse ($124) have arrived! I cannot describe how much I adore Jen's designs. Superb in every way...

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LetterMpress rocks my socks off.

Made this on my LetterMpress iPad app ($5). Champaign's very own, John Bonadies created this little gem and now it's Apple's best selling new app. Read more about it here! I'm hooked!

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My So Called Life.

Watched the pilot of My So Called Life and painted my nails with black polish ($5), topped with gold glitter ($4). I've never felt so girly.

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in bloom (PICS) #corpseflower #uiuc

Watch it live here: http://www.life.illinois.edu/plantbio/greenhouse/

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in bloom (PICS) #corpseflower #uiuc

Watch it live here: http://www.life.illinois.edu/plantbio/greenhouse/

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Ten more minutes and you are all mine.

Rubbed with kosher salt and fresh herbs from our garden ($4 per plant), this organic roasted chicken ($10) doesn't stand a chance to become tomorrow's leftovers.

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Beautiful bridesmaid.

Retro look with gorgeous flowers!

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@MaxandBennys by myself... (PIC)

Pre-wedding photography sustenance: one big bowl of chicken mish mosh with kasha and rolls, $10. Pretty certain I will have leftovers for my post-wedding hangover/second wedding tomorrow.

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@portilloshotdog in Schaumburg!

The end of vacation deserves one last treat. Two dogs with everything, $4.70

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Morning on the lake.

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Lovely day on the course.

Golfing with my Grandpa and Seth in Wisconsin. Cart and 18 holes, $30.

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Residual fourth. Part 2.

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...the end.

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