July 21, 2008

Advanced English class starts tonight!

Is your English really good, but not really, really good? 🙂 This is a very nice opportunity to learn in a small class setting. Two students enrolled so far. Both of them are young professionals, working in Chicago. One is from Spain and the other from Brazil. The schedule is Monday and Wednesday, 6:45 pm-8:45 […]

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July 16, 2008

Update on Arabic Classes in July

We are starting two sessions for beginners NEXT week: Saturdays (7/19), 1-3 pm, for 10 weeks AND an evening class (7/24), meeting on Tuesday and Thursday, 6-8 pm, for 5 weeks. Ahmad , from Jordan, will be teaching the Saturday group. Donald Giyo, from Iraq, will be instructing the evening class. DON’T FORGET that we […]

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July 11, 2008

Beautiful energy. . .

After spending a couple of months with us, Vaida’s last English lesson with Catherine was today. :’-( It is so hard to say good-bye to someone with such a beautiful energy and positive attitude. When she came in at 11 am, the sun was shining and the sky had this perfect blue color. By the […]

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July 10, 2008

See you soon!

Stephanie started our entries with what we all have in common: A LOVE FOR FOOD!American, French, Chinese, Italian, Middle Eastern, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Russian, African. . . You name it! I had a slice of Eloise’s cheesecake and it was DEEEELICIOUS! Believe it or not, as I am writing these lines, Ed, un gran amigo […]

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July 7, 2008

Eloise’s “pure folie” cheesecake

Hello Folks ! Ready for a French cooking lesson?While Eloise and I were in Chicago (“I” = Eloise’s Aunt Stephanie), we decided that she should learn how to cook a real cheesecake. So we had a cooking lesson. The only problem that we faced is that there is no food processor at home so we […]

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