These appear to have been originally marketed to Hong Kong Disney Land so between the ratty enamel on these and that post on the Disney Pins Blog, Im guessing that these are scrappers.

Doesnt make them any more fun to the girls, but theyre still scrappers.

Earlier this winter, I wrote about the old Lou Malnatis menu and mentioned that as I was waiting around for my pie to finish up, I spied an old Chicago Tribune article posted on the wall that included the original Lou Malnatis Italian Salad Dressing Recipe.

We were set to host a little pizza party over the weekend, so I figured Id give it a shot.

Im not a wine drinker, so the fact that the recipe called for Burgundy wine didnt strike me as odd.

Ive taken the recipe and modified it a bit by eliminating the percentage.

We have this stand of eight Frans Fontaine European Hornbeams (that you see some of above) and have this Weeping White Spruce that I picked up this season in our yard.

And Ive posted multiple times about the columnar street trees of Tokyo over the years.

My love of columnar, narrow trees is something Ive think Ive well established here.

But, that doesnt mean that I know everything about them Recently, I read a note from Amy in from Pretty Purple about her take on narrow trees and thought it was worth sharing here.

Those of you who read the blog might remember Pretty Purple Door from my post earlier this year talking about tulip bulb colors and how she outlined some of the ways to make colors work together (add yellow).

In her post about narrow trees, she talks about howwhy these trees work in suburban yards (space, duh).

The circular part in the middle is what snapped off - the plastic part wraps around a metal cylinder.

The good news is that how they make these spin bike shoes these days, theyre totally replaceable.

In that top photo, youll notice a screw and if you loosen it up, the buckle just comes off.

So, off I went to figure out where I could get a replacement.

I guess they want to sell more shoes But, uBeemuzzler on the.

We live out in Downers Grove - in the Western Suburbs of Chicago.

I work at Edelman, am an Xoogler and a former Village Trustee.Im pizza-crazy, a Disney Dad and a gardener.

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