Category Archives: Dining
Mixteca
Stephanie is off to Los Angeles, so we had a going away dinner at Mixteca, and she invited Chrissi at our request. Arrived Weds Evening, lightly occupied. We had some standard Margaritas, Bette had a weird green top shelf drink … Continue reading
Herban Fare
This is a small place in the old karaoke bar a block off of the Woodstock square. Not as much vegetarian stuff as I would expect from the name, but good. Went with three people. Small tables, close — just … Continue reading
College Tour 2009 – Dubuque IA
Kelly goes to Clarke College for PT. We wanted the campus tour, so we walked down Clarke St. for two blocks and saw several dorms, all named after nuns, and a bigger building. That was it. No quad, bookstore, anything. … Continue reading
Wine Review – Oak Leaf Cab; Dominio de la Peseta 2002 Crianza
So on our trip to Iowa, we did our pilgrimage to Walmart, and found their $3 answer to “two-buck Chuck” – Oak Leaf Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon. It has no vintage. I couldn’t resist. I drank this. Its color is very … Continue reading
Catch Thirty-Five
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 … Continue reading
This American Life – Live
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 … Continue reading
Mai Thai
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 … Continue reading
Sanibel Spring Break 2009 – Saturday & Sunday
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 … Continue reading
Sanibel Spring Break 2009 – Friday
Friday Arrived on time. Waited a bit at the Enterprise counter, got our car, a Toyota Camry. I kind of liked it, Bette found it hard to back up – bad visibility. It had a little storage area in the … Continue reading
LunaR Brewing Company
While on a mission in Glen Ellyn, we popped over to Villa Park for an impromptu pre-Saint-Patty-Party with Bette’s cousins, one of which has a boyfriend, Charlie, the proprietor of the Lunar Brewing Company, a small neighborhood bar and microbrewery. … Continue reading