Jun
20
Chicago Day 2013
June 20, 2013 | Leave a Comment
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 different place. Got to sit outside in the lovely weather. Chellie had the chopped salad, […]
Sep
3
Second City Weekend
September 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment
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, including a prix-fixe dinner at Bistrot Margot on Wells. We set off Sunday morning, stopping […]
Dec
27
Touch of Thai in Dixon
December 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment
See my Yelp Review of Touch of Thai Good food and inexpensive. Recommended. 221 W. First St. Dixon, IL 61021
Sep
10
Saturday – Pigeon Point
September 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Finally made it to the Pigeon Point Lighthouse. Sam’s Chowder House
Jul
17
Dinner and Theater in St Charles
July 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment
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 First Street off of North Ave., right along the Fox River, and was already jumping […]
Nov
7
Laura’s 50th at Pinstripes
November 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment
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 gas heaters overhead. The food was excellent, starting with crostini with mozzarella & tomato appetizers […]
Aug
16
LA Burritos, circa 1985
August 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment
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, as trips to restaurants were part of our all-night construction binges. (He has also disappeared […]
Jul
31
Twins vs Seattle
July 31, 2010 | 1 Comment
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 down the day before and he needed to go in Saturday to relieve the chief […]
Jul
10
On My Boyfriends’ Bicycles
July 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment
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 to eat our fave Shanghai Restaurant in downtown area a block from Hemmens. Good dinner, […]
Mar
26
“The Dining Room”
March 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment
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 an old beat-up dining room table. The players came in and out of the kitchen […]