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Here come ol’ flattop
… as one of my not-so-favorite Beatles songs starts. But hey, even a lesser Beatles song is still better than much of what passes for music these days. (Question for the audience: When, exactly, did I...
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Roll call
I’ll be honest: When I first saw Rolls ‘n Bowls restaurant while jogging a long time ago, I was rather dumb. A bowling alley that serves sandwiches on rolls? (Go ahead, laugh. I can wait.) It took The...
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A Whole New World
A Whole New World That’s the song that unexpectedly emerged from the recesses of my overpacked brain as I arrived at Midway Airport just a few hours ago. (Nice try, would-be robbers, but The Boy is...
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5-sentence review: The on-the-go edition
WordPress, how I’ve missed you. I’m so sorry that life has been even more incredibly hectic than usual lately and that I haven’t given you the attention you deserve. Let this post be the start of my...
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The stupid skyline I call home
Looking toward the East at the Sears Tower and its buddies … is not the same one that Too Much Joy sang about, but it’s still worthy of noticing every now and then. I took this shot from a bridge over...
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What a weekend!
Who has time to blog when you’re having as much fun as I did this past weekend? (Even when that weekend is rainy and cool. Yes, it’s June and the radiators are clanging away. Ridiculousness.) Tennis...
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I can breathe again
… amid the haze of sleepiness, stress, and general ho-hums that life can sometimes settle into. (But not the haze of heat. It is June, the radiators have been coming on, and last night I drank hot...
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And a fun time was had by all
… especially the guy sitting to my left last night, who went home with a trivia-prize T-shirt, a new acquaintance, and a smile. (If you guessed that that guy is The Boy, you’re right! I have no...
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A fine night for a feast
After a weather forecast so dire yesterday that my company sent us home early (but failed to deliver on the golf ball–sized hail), it was nice to wake up today to brilliantly sunny skies and...
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This was not the weekend you were looking for
They get an A for effort (and creativity). Sorry that there’s no link to the video of that classic Alec Guinness line from Star Wars (Thanks, 20th Century Fox.) But there are good door prizes to be...
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Too gone for too long
Amirite, Randy Travis? (Man, he’s looking old. Except for his teeth.) So sorry for the extended absence. Life has been cranked up to warp speed, with pretty much no time to pick up the clutter around...
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Baby you’re a firework
I promise, that’s the only time this blog will reference Katy Perry. (But, I mean, it’s the 4th of July, you know? She kind of owns that holiday now, music-wise.) With The Boy out of town, I was...
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Another bugaboo confronted
This weekend was full of fun adventures, from having a lovely cup of tea in a cute little park (with The Vagabond) to a walking tour (also with The Vagabond) that revealed what the campus of St....
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5-sentence review: The no-accounting-for-taste edition
Time for another overdue yet brief summary of where life has taken me (with and without The Boy) in Chicago over the last few weeks: Thai Grill (Edgewater, with The Boy after a long flight and a short...
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5-sentence review: The pearly porch brewing tales in Provence edition
… because sometimes it’s a little difficult to find a common thread connecting my adventures in Chicagoland, you know? (Also, no photos with this post because the ones I could find were all bitmap,...
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What can you make out of this?
No, I wasn’t watching Airplane again, scout’s honor. Although I’m always up for it. (That scene is one of the many reasons why it’s tied for my all-time favorite movie.) Instead, I’m talking about the...
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I don’t always drink high-end tea or coffee
… but when I do, I prefer Julius Meinl.” That’s what I imagine The Most Interesting Man in the World would say if he were in Chicago. And laying off the sauce for a bit. Longtime readers of this blog...
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I went to a garden party
… but not with Rick Nelson. This one featured all sorts of cool birds from the Northern Illinois Raptor Center. The raptors had already visited Millennium Park’s Lurie Garden twice this summer, on days...
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In the garden of eatin’
I know, two garden-related posts in two days. But this one doesn’t really involve a garden garden. Rather, it’s set at the Bakery Garden Cafe, just past the Chicago River that’s the western boundary to...
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In the garage
… just like Weezer. (Yes, I know that’s a fan-made video, but it’s adorable. Much more fun than watching a Youtube of the band playing it live.) Technically, The Boy and I weren’t in a garage last...
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