At Lunch Today 11/26/13

Christkindlmarket Chicago is open for business, no doubt to capitalize on the tree-lighting ceremony later today. This year's collectors' mug is something different--a mini-stein, rather than a boot (as the market has used for much of the last decade) or a standard mug. The design is well in line with what has come before, though. and the Winter Queen who usually appears somewhere in said design never fails to remind me of my late friend, Kaytee, who was, as I recall, quite a fan of the holiday.