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BJ's Brewhouse

For dinner, needed something light. Found BJ’s Brewery website, I had seen it in the Marriott list, and considered it. It is a chain, so I was not real hopeful. Tonite, it was raining, don’t want to go far. They have “PIRANHA® PALE ALE CHILI”. Sold.

So I drive the 0.1 mile, and go in. The [...]

Sunday in Northern CA - Dinner

After I pointed out and he passed a bunch of places to eat on the way back from Point Reyes, Art said he had a place in mind, good Chinese. Fine. He is Filipino, and knows Chinese.

So we head down the 101 to Millbrae, and exit into an ethnic wonderland. Chinese shops, produce vendors, [...]

CR-V Mileage

Our 2009 CR-V with AWD has gotten 31 mpg on the trip to work, but much less on the way home. I suspect the trip to work is downhill.

There are two Trip displays, A and B, with independent average mpg displays. Trip A is the one I reset to check short trips. Trip B I [...]

Holiday 2009 - Sara Jean at Schubas

Our Sarah’s High School friend Sara Jean performed with Tom Schraeder and His Ego on Dec 28th at Schuba’s Tavern in Chicago. She had done this before last year and I had asked her to tell us when she would be preforming again. She Facebooked me and since both Bette and I were on vacation [...]

Welcome Sara

Our latest addition to the Chwalisz family of bloggers:

Our Other Sara(h) blogs about life, love and adventure on the Continent.

Browns Lake 2009

Spent another long weekend at Browns Lake, Burlington WI. Arrived Friday afternoon, unloaded, hung out and opened up the boat.

Headed out to Charcoal Grill, on the Fox River in town. We decided to sit outside, and it was warm, not too, low breeze, and sundown. Perfect. With the river a few feet away.

Charcoal [...]

Kitty Hawk NC ca 1993

I found an old receipt while going thru some boxes from Seamark Foods in Kitty Hawk, NC dated Friday 6 Aug 1993. at 4:19PM.

Celery, (case?) Miller High Life, Snapple, IBC Root Beer, 2 bags of ice. $18.76.

This was on my and Bette’s first trip to OB with the Resing clan. The beach house is [...]

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. Hey, whatever works.

Her rental house is across the street, and the house next door [...]

College Tour 2009 – Grinnell IA

So here’s the route:

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We set out with the new Honda CR-V Friday afternoon. Traffic was a little funky in Rockford at the I39 on-ramp, and I-80 was trashed at the IL state line as usual, but for the most part, the trip was uneventful. Lots of water at [...]

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 a good IPA, Bette a wine. Chellie came, the bartender ignored her, so we went to [...]