Aaaah, Sunday. Can we please start every day off with some Blackberry Bliss Cakes from m.henry?

And then mom and I took a trip to the Chicago Botanical Gardens:

(Note these poor trees, tethered down to ensure their unruly branches retain that graceful, low Japanese style. Not unlike the arboretum version of foot binding.)

And then some Shrek the Musical — review to come tomorrow. A post-show snap while waiting for the Red Line at Lake: