Random Connections in the Universe

Sometimes I am amazed by how seemingly random events can have interesting effects on one's life. For instance, I married a man who responded to a personal I posted on the Internet. This man would have grown up in Poland and I would never have met him if his grandmother hadn't come to Chicago -- and then had a stroke -- while he was young (his dad came to see to his mother and decided he wanted to move the family here).

Sometimes random events happen that aren't so profound, but you get something very cool out of. My most recent one was inspired by my Furz Scarf. John and I were having breakfast (well, very late brunch at 2 pm) last Sunday at a wonderful little restaurant we found out about not too long ago called Flo -- breakfast and lunch food with a Mexican kick. And I was talking about knitting. Out of the blue, the guy next to us starts asking about my scarf -- like, would I be willing to make them for his store Poster Plus -- where he's a buyer!

While I passed on this opportunity for myself (I have a full time job that keeps me busy more than full time, even though I think knitting for profit would be awesome), we did have a great time talking and I learned about a great website that features very cool Chicago stores (we also shared tips about good Chicago breakfast places).

The website is UrbanStyle.com -- they actually host for a wide variety of interesting stores. But one place that is definitely worth checking out is .

I haven't had a chance to check out their actual real world store yet, but they make custom crafted handbags designed by the people who order them! You can go in, pick a design and then the fabrics and other good things that go with them. Apparently they have design consultants to help. The things on their website look very cool if you can't run down to N. Halsted and make something on your own.

And it's things like this that make me sooooo happy that we moved back into the city. I can't imagine this happening to me in Addison, IL!