July 12th, 2008
We rented Harold and Maude the other night. It ranks up there as one of my all-time favorite movies. I don’t know how many times I’ve seen it — it’s a lot — but it has been a number of years since I last saw it. Not only is Ruth Gordon just fabulous (Bud Cort [...]
July 10th, 2008
Earlier this spring we decided to try CSA: Community Supported Agriculture. We’re now in our fourth week of Veggie Nirvana. Every Wednesday we receive 3/4 bushel of organic produce from the farm we support.
As a shareholder we received a cookbook, The Real Dirt on Vegetables by the farmer/owner of Angelic Organics, John Peterson. Besides [...]
June 10th, 2008
The Chicago Blues Fest took place over the weekend in Grant Park, a free event which is scheduled every year over the first weekend in June. If you ever plan a visit to Chicago, Blues Fest weekend would be a rockin’ good time.
Unfortunately we weren’t able to make it downtown to see the likes of [...]
February 21st, 2008
My rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle over the past week has taken its toll on me and left me with a chest cold. At least Illinois is now totally smoke-free in public buildings or this cough probably would have been worse. So since I’m working at home today, my plan was to finally bring you photos [...]
February 19th, 2008
We accomplished a fair amount of little things over the weekend. We temporarily stashed most of our books on the attic staircase during the woodwork and plaster work phase, and even though they were covered with newspaper and plastic, the books were filthy. So I cleaned them off and put them back in place in [...]
February 16th, 2008
I don’t know if this weekend and the beginning of next week can be surpassed, at least not anytime soon. Not only is our dining table being delivered, but our roman shades are being installed in the living room and dining room. AND to top it all off, there’s this:
Oh yes, friends, it’s Wilco for [...]
November 15th, 2007
The basement wall unit still needs to be better organized, but the albums and CDs are in place next to the stereo for your listening pleasure. Although Pete and I have similar tastes in music, they varied enough where we didn’t have any duplicate albums. Rolling Stones, Cream, Hendrix? Those would be Pete’s, while The [...]