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Running late for the weekend wrap-up. Maybe because I have spent time riding my new bicycle!
Saturday was shopping day for the apartment and the pantry. With the special ability Angus has for knocking over glasses it was time to find some replacement wine glasses. As it happened Bed Bath & Beyond had a suitable style [...]
It was nearly non-stop from boarding the plane in Tampa on Friday 2:00PM till stepping back off the plane Sunday at just before midnight.
Arriving at O’Hare was fun and the ride on the CTA gave a chance to sink into Chicago in getting ready for the weekend. Stepping off the CTA at the Red Line [...]
Traveling to Chicago this weekend for food fun and shopping.
The trip began with an episode of Top Chef and the concept of molecular gastronomy, the science of cooking. Alinea is the top restaurant in the US with a molecular gastronomy focus. Dinner tonight begins at 9:00 PM.
Saturday should be filled with exploring the Magnificent [...]
Wow its Tuesday and I’m actually getting the weekend wrap-up out the door.
Friday a new camera arrived, Canon EOS Digital Rebel!!!! whoo!!!! it has been nearly 5 years since I’ve had a digital SLR.. I’ve already taken several hundred photos with it… but have yet to download any. I also converted my photos from iPhoto [...]
I have accepted a position in New York City and will be moving to Brooklyn later this week! (You should picture me dancing about bubbling with excitement as you hear those words) For those of you that hadn't heard it is a recent development... less than a week since the offer. So there has been a frantic pace of apartment hunting with this Clinton Hill duplex the front runner: I am also tempted by high rise living.. something about a corner apartment on the 40 somethingith floor of a mid-town building..... So I'm furiously packing and trying to remember ...
Over the US Thanksgiving Day weekend I finally had the opportunity to catch up on Lost. I've made it through seasons 4 & 5 and am now working on season 1, with 2-3 to follow. Present Theories: Jacob is the father trying to raise his child. A loose parallel of Christian and Jack. The Island is a prison: Jacob and "friend" are in the prison. Jacob is a warden whos "powers" can escape the island. I've come up with a list of questions for which I'd like to find answers: How is Jin hopping thorough time in Season 4 with the other Island persons but ...
I finally made my way to Tampa Bay's water's edge to catch a sunrise. I liked it more than the sunsets... There felt more of an activity about at least with the birds and the dolphins. Pelicans and seagulls were swooping about and the dolphins were friskily feeding. Aside from a lone tug boat heading out to the Gulf of Mexico there was little human activity seen on the water. I had also forgotten how long it takes for the sun to cross the horizon once the eastern sky begins to lighten. I was ...
