Christmas Day feast with The Spangs... I claim responsibility for dessert: almond berry cake and original, old school Christmas Pudding! (Thank you, Sylvia.)

I went to Chicago for a couple days, leaving my parents at a
B & B and myself at Toby's house. These photos cover the dawn (getting to coffee at Alliance Bakery) and the night (fabulous karaoke birthday party for Toby at Carol's in Uptown).

One of several moving days for Renato and Travis. Saturday morning they arrived to bring their TV and have some of my delicious Chocolate Guinness cake (thanks, Nigella).