And invited all my way cool friends over for candles and dip.
This is my good friend, Ryan Lietner (yes, I intentionally seek out Ryans) and he drove all the way to Chicago to come to my party.

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yes, those are the world's most amazing cheese shreds and yes, those are civil war uniform beer koozies. no, we are not ashamed.

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in jars.

black swallowtails to be more specific.


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...or something

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It was right by the parking lot. It splits out from the base like a giant shrub.


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There is a new giraffe exhibit at the Cincinnati Zoo with giraffes. You can feed them leaves from your hands and you'll be able to ride them once they get older. Lara and I walked to the zoo from my apartment on the day that the zoo was free admission. Bus routes to the zoo were free also. Trust me, it was full of people who go to the zoo on free ( Read more... )

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I meant to take a picture of the final product, but I forgot because I was so hungry!

this is the marinated chicken, hanging out on the grill pan

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