Kat was in the madrigal singers at Wheeling High School. We went to the last of her dinners in the school cafeteria. They used to be at Chevy Chase Golf Club, which is a beautiful place for a madrigal dinner, as it looks just like a castle. The cafeteria is a little less overwhelming.
The kids [...]
Pulled up, early, couldn’t find the valet. Called, went around the block. He came right out.
Early, went in for a drink. Cool place. High ceilings, huge window areas over the bar. Cool light sculpture over a performance area. Had a good IPA, Bette a wine. Chellie came, the bartender ignored her, so we went to [...]
Drove down to the Chicago Theatre on Sunday. Traffic not too bad inbound, horrible outbound. Lucky.
We paid top dollar ($50.50 ea) for these seats on the main floor, about 15 rows back to the left. We could see Ira at his desk perfectly.
Mike Birbiglia told a good story. Several movies, one with David Rakoff [...]
Bette and I were out delivering Grace to her new digs in Wheaton, and saw an interesting restaurant on a corner in downtown Wheaton. We went back and went in.
The place was packed – most of the tables were pushed together in the center for a big birthday party – but a gentleman on the [...]
Saturday
On Saturday we went to the Twins game. The spring training park is in Ft Myers at the home of the Miracles, Hammond Stadium, and Sam had obtained tickets. We headed over early sans Bette who was still feeling sick. We parked on the ball fields ringing the stadium, and crawled over the tailgaters who [...]