Grateful | January 13, 2014.

I am Grateful.  

For time spent catching up with friends.

Pictures of the Week.

 {Clockwise from top left: keeping warm; gorgeous sunrise over the snow; uber-healthy smoothies; so much snow}

{Clockwise from top left: delicious endive appetizer; the flooding of Lincoln Park; Wine Tasting Party; Sips with some lovely ladies}  

Links Worth Sharing.

Doesn't this Green Goddess Kale Power Salad from Clara Persis sound both delicious AND healthy?!  Reminds me of this salad I made last weekend, which was also YUM.

So nice to get to know a little bit about the immensely talented Katie Rogers of Paper Fashion.

Jess Lively talks Balancing Old and New Habits.

And finally, there has been much talk around the blogs this week about purpose, motivation and negativity on the Internet.  The most interesting/poignant (my opinion, of course) are below:

     Toast Talk via A Piece of Toast                                                

     Flawless via Peppermint Bliss

     Anxiety & Insecurity via DesignLoveFest 

Hope they strike you as much as they did me.  Have a wonderful week.

xo. di.    

*images property of Diane Crary