People in Chicago's Andersonville neighborhood know the nordic mulled wine called glögg in Swedish and gløgg in Norwegian and Danish. It is served at Simon's Tavern each winter, and bottles are sold in local stores. I, however, was quite familiar with this drink well before I moved to the neighborhood because my mother made it for her … Continue reading How to make gløgg mulled wine
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Care for Real distributed toys to more than 600 Edgewater families on Tuesday, December 18. I was excited to be there to see some of the people who would benefit from donations to toy drives, such as the one I promoted on this site. The gallery below contains images from the toy distribution. Care for Real … Continue reading Care for Real Toy Distribution
On Saturday, I threw my 20th consecutive Christmas party. (As I've stated before, I am an introvert who loves to host parties.) Below are 40 facts and memories from 20 instances of what has often been called the "Kimmy Z Christmas Party." My mother started throwing Christmas parties with lots of food in 1970. She … Continue reading List 23: Memories from 20 Christmas parties
Thank you to everyone who supported the toy drive for Edgewater's food pantry Care For Real either by dropping off toys at Bikram Hot Yoga Midwest or by donating online. I am thrilled with the response. I was inspired to do a toy drive by Burgh Baby's Christmas Crazy. Her results truly are crazy. Seriously, look at … Continue reading Toy Drive: Thank you
After the great disappointment of finding an empty toy donation bin for two weeks in a row I was thrilled when Bikram Hot Yoga Midwest called to let me know that bin was overflowing. Was it ever! You can see the bounty in the photo. I kept telling myself that the toys would come, but … Continue reading Toy drive final week includes “Wear Star Wars, Share Star Wars” Day
Kim Z. Dale 