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So, Mum was visiting this weekend (it's a miracle I got RFM done) and we had a pretty good time -- we went to an AMAZING pastry-making demo at the French Pastry School, had brunch on the terrace at Terzo Piano, and I took her to see Hogs Killing A Snake and inadvertently flirted with someone in front of her (it was a whole big thing to do with how I know maybe more nerdy things about the Art Institute than I should).

But the best, most awesome takeaway from the weekend was The Cab Light, which my mother discovered while making small talk with the doorman.

It turns out that my building has a cab light mounted on it. I didn't know cab lights existed; I'd seen yellow lights mounted on buildings before, sometimes even flashing, but I thought they were some kind of emergency signal. Apparently they are used to summon cabs without having to go outside. I wish I had known this in the PREVIOUS EIGHT YEARS I HAVE LIVED IN CHICAGO, not to mention the TWO YEARS I have lived in a building that actually has a cab light on it.

I need to apologize to a couple of people I made wait in the cold while I tried to hail a cab without one. D:

So between the Cab Light and learning about how to age egg whites, I've had a very educational time of things. Also Mum bought me a box of cookies from Trader Joe's, but I paid that back by introducing her to the heat-and-eat samosas they sell in the freezer case.

Also to apple mustard, which she put on the samosas.

Mum: this mustard is amazing, where did you get it?
Me: I made it!
Mum: what’s in it?
Me: Apples, it’s apple mustard.
Mum: Apple mustard. *pause* blame the Internet?
Me: *laughing*
Mum: DONT TELL THE INTERNET I SAID THAT