Saturday, April 20, 2013

Another Frugal Gallery Night



I think I outdid myself for this Gallery night compared to my last Gallery Night post. We started with a free wine tasting at Waterford Wine on Brady Street. Then to Dean Jensen, always our first stop. I park creatively (illegally) to save money, since I'm only there 15 minutes or so. Then to the Grohmann Museum at MSOE for a great exhibit on Bridge photos, plus they always have great food-mostly cheese and crackers and fruit and veggies and sweets. Then to the Marshall Building. The Portrait Society Gallery had the "Eggs Benedict" pope portrait made out of condoms-we met and talked to the artist. On the 3rd floor Mike Brenner was giving out free beer samples-he's preparing to open his new brewery, possibly in Bay View. Then to the ACLU exhibit, the Overpass Light Brigade-had great sarma and some kind of veggie balls.Then went to a free wine tasting at Vino 100 (more creative parking)-the owner of Starry night was there. Next, our dentist had some photographs that her husband made, but, more importantly, turkey and roast beef sandwiches. Last stop was Artworks  which my niece Nikki introduced us to. They had purple door ice cream and some cold pizza, since we were there too late. :( Lastly we stopped at the Pfister. The new artist in residence premiered and they had free food in the ballroom. No money spent the whole night, discounting the driving costs and Roger bought some wine, but that's his money. :)

Monday, April 8, 2013

My Rewards Card

For some reason I didn't have a credit card with any rewards. Both Becky and my friend Liz had one so finally went to Chase on Good Friday and applied for one. I just started using it, so will see how handy it is. I like getting something for nothing. :) We went to Chicago this weekend and ate at a restaurant called Urbanbelly-great Asian food and BYOB!

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Journey Into Minimalism

I just found this article. I'll have to sort out what I can use in my life. I'm currently vacationing in San Francisco-mixing wanton spending and frugalness. We're staying for free with a friend, but spent $500 on planefare! We rented a car using Relay Rides-a car sharing site. Spending way too much on dinners, but are taking public transportation. The New Year reminds me I should get back on track with my physical and fiscal fitness! :)