Category Archives: Postcards
Chicago Day 2013
No traffic. What is wrong? Off to The Antique Lady for selling some pictures. Not good enough, no pedigree. We ended up donating them. Lunch at the Little Market Brasserie in the Talbott hotel. The last time, it was a … Continue reading
Second City Weekend
Some buds at work (props to Eddie, John and Danny, all whom since have left the company…) gave me a birthday gift card for The Second City, Chicago’s influential comedy-improv troupe. I booked the tickets along with a Dinner+Show package, … Continue reading
Touch of Thai in Dixon
See my Yelp Review of Touch of Thai Good food and inexpensive. Recommended. 221 W. First St. Dixon, IL 61021
Saturday – Pigeon Point
Finally made it to the Pigeon Point Lighthouse. Sam’s Chowder House
Dinner and Theater in St Charles
Bette’s friend/colleague Shannon Mayhall was appearing in a small theater, Steel Beam Theater, in St Charles, IL. We invited Karen and Nick and headed down to St Charles to meet them. The theater area is on a courtyard off of … Continue reading
Laura’s 50th at Pinstripes
Our old neighbor had her 50th birthday party last night at Pinstripes, a trendy bowling alley/restaurant/bocce court in a new mall in South Barrington. We had round banquet tables set up along the bocce courts in a back room with … Continue reading
LA Burritos, circa 1985
Back in the dark ages, circa 1985 or so, I worked for Richard Spielman Precision Electronics, on the north side of Chicago. The owner, Richard Spielman, was a great guy, an atheist, an entrepreneur, and a foodie before his time, … Continue reading
Twins vs Seattle
On our trip to Minneapolis, Sam got some free (to us – $62 to the season ticket holder) tickets for the Twins vs Seattle at the new Target Field. We were to go Saturday night. Of course, his plant melted … Continue reading
On My Boyfriends’ Bicycles
Our friend Shannon Mayhall appeared in a play reading. What is a play reading? The playwright wants to see it performed, see where we laugh and don’t laugh, before everything is locked in stone. So we trucked down to Elgin … Continue reading
“The Dining Room”
We saw this play before at the Woodstock Stage Left Cafe, and it was really good. Bette saw that it was here again and she jumped. It was in the parish hall of the First Congregational Church in Huntley, with … Continue reading