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Margaret Maccio

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Margaret Maccio @margaretmaccio.bsky.social · Apr 9

Waiting to see Matteo Lane talk about his new book at the Athenaeum Center in Chicago. Humor and food; you can’t go wrong 🍝📖

A photo with a copy of Matteo Lane’s new book “Your Pasta Sucks” in the foreground, with a stage in the background. There are two chairs on stage and a projection screen showing a photo of Matteo and the title of the event, An Evening with Matteo Lane, at the Athenaeum Center in Chicago.

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bergsbites @bergsbites.bsky.social · Mar 20

New from Alan Frew (many of you may remember him from Glass Tiger).

"Canada’s Song"

A must listen! 🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦

Free to Be Strong and Free

YouTube video by Alan Frew

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Margaret Maccio @margaretmaccio.bsky.social · Mar 13

Canadian Kit Kats are 100% better than the ones in the US

Margaret Maccio @margaretmaccio.bsky.social · Feb 13

Back in Chicago after a visit with family in NJ

View from airplane arriving in Chicago. Lake Michigan is on the left with small patches of ice, there are taller buildings along the lakefront including the Sears tower in the distance, and part of the wing is visible on the right.

Margaret Maccio @margaretmaccio.bsky.social · Jan 20

We made a trek to catch the Bob Ross exhibit at the Dunn Museum in Libertyville before it closes tomorrow. What a pleasant and cheerful show! Especially interesting to see multiple video clips alongside paintings he created for the episode (he always made 3.) Bob Ross was an American treasure.

A man and a woman stand near the entrance of the “Bob Ross: Art For Everyone” exhibition. There are multiple landscape paintings of mountains, lakes, and happy little trees along the blue and white walls.

Two Bob Ross paintings are displayed under his famous quote, “We don’t make mistakes. We have happy little accidents.” The painting on the left is a dark, moody blue with a large oak tree in the middle, and the painting on the right shows ocean waves crashing near a cliff under a cloudy orange and yellow sunset.

A video screen shows an episode of Bob Ross’s “Joy of Painting”, accompanied by the three paintings he created for that show. The farthest left is the demo painting he used as reference off camera, the middle is the one he painted during the episode, and the one on the right was painted afterwards for his book.

A Bob Ross painting is displayed on an easel, framed by a giant, old fashioned TV set. A curly wig and a painters palette with brushes rest on the shelf of the easel.

Margaret Maccio @margaretmaccio.bsky.social · Dec 7

Major holiday happiness with our new ornaments from Superdawg.

A two Christmas ornaments on a car dashboard. One is a red box modeled after the packaging for a Chicago hot dog and the other after the mid century drive-in building for Superdawg, a beloved Chicago restaurant.

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Margaret Maccio @margaretmaccio.bsky.social · Dec 6

Nostalgic sister trip to the One of a Kind Show Chicago today. Still a novelty to visit as shoppers rather than exhibitors. We enjoyed seeing so much art and creativity but almost all of our purchases were in the gourmet section 🧑‍🍳.

Margaret Maccio @margaretmaccio.bsky.social · Nov 30

Small Business Saturday shopping spree with my sister in Lincoln Square, Chicago.

A person with a dog is crossing the street under a large green sign that says Lincoln Square, with neighborhood shops in the background

Four Christmas carolers in Victorian dress sing on a small stage in front of a large Christmas tree

Margaret Maccio @margaretmaccio.bsky.social · Nov 22

Christkindlmarket time in Chicago. Festive way to kick off the season.

#christmasinchicago #christmasmarket #christkindlmarketchicago

A vendor sells candied nuts in a wood-framed kiosk on damp evening in an outdoor plaza in downtown Chicago

A pair of ceramic mugs, decorated with Christmas market scenes and shaped like boots, on a wet table at a Christmas market

Rows of colorfully-painted nesting dolls

Glass ornaments, some shaped like icicles and others that are round, are grouped by color and shape

Margaret Maccio @margaretmaccio.bsky.social · Nov 17

If you see this, please repost with a favorite photo of the sky that you’ve taken recently.
Mitchell Park Domes Horticulture Conservatory in Milwaukee back on a sunnier day.

Fluffy white clouds in a bright blue sky over 3 glass domes at Mitchell Park Domes Horticulture Conservatory in Milwaukee.