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Some Things Take Time

February 16, 2011
Some Things Take Time

You know what? I’ve been thinking a lot lately. This may come as a surprise to some of you, but it’s true. Mainly, I’ve been ruminating about this wee ol’ life-changing event that’s coming along rather quickly, and all the eensy-teensy pieces that have to fall into place over the next few weeks. When I’m not running all of the possible iterations of how things are going to shape up over the next few months in my mind, I’m reminiscing about life in Chicago, staring at the skyline as I’m taking the bus into work, and cramming in all of those “Chicago lasts” into the early 2011 months. Chris and I had our last “last” together this past weekend, and thus began Phase 2 of this feat. We crammed a lot of great restaurant visits into the last two weeks, including Schwa (finally!), Topolobampo (again, finally!) and a regular,...

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Big Star at Home

July 6, 2010
Big Star at Home

Long weekends are such a tease. Just long enough to relax just a little bit, but they’re over right when you really start getting used to it. Long or not really though, I’ll take what I can get, and will only complain a little along the way. As it turns out, these “long weekends” are just long enough to get a few things accomplished. They’re long enough to get your hands on a really cheap starter bike that you broke in immediately by riding it 8 miles home (meanwhile, breaking in the tailbone as well). They’re just long enough to eat a good (ultra-cheap) dinner with friends, and to make it to Ribfest to sweat a bit in the sweltering hot sun and watch the Hubs regretfully inhale a deep-fried Milky Way. This particular long weekend was just long enough to squeeze in a trip to Grant Park for...

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The Gut Buster

Eating good, healthy food is an admirable goal. It’s a really good goal. Sometimes though, it’s just. so. dang. hard. Ya feel me? Exhibit...

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