A trip to Chicago for two nights instead of one. Valentines Day was a Saturday this year, kicking off the weekend. The followng Tuesday was Mardi Gras, the last day of carnival, and Election Day, and Lunar New year, the start of a couple of weeks of festivities for those who celebrate. Tuesday was also … [Read more…]
…about two weeks to the last time I wrote. January 25th, the weekend Alex Pretti got shot, when we were out in Denver. Here’s our last Sunday morning walk that trip, down the boulevard with lots of really big houses. And on the train pulling into the airport, Monday morning. Monday night when I got … [Read more…]
We spent last Friday, Halloween, in Chicago. We went down for a double-header, Chicago Symphony in the afternoon, and David Byrne at night. And now it’s only Wednesday, but it feels like it’s already Friday. Maybe because of the time change Saturday night. Maybe because Jasper came on Monday this week, so that I could … [Read more…]
So yea, our last trip to Chicago, Friday & Saturday, we went and saw a couple of shows at the Art Institute, Gustave Caillebotte and and Elizabeth Catlett. We also got to walk around in Humboldt Park where John & Megan live and liked it a lot. We took the Bloomingdale bike path to the … [Read more…]
Since the 15th, so that means like two weeks plus of no blog posts. I am going to see if I can remember what I did in all that time. I definitely don’t have enough pictures. We flew back to Madison from Denver on the 18th. Since we got a direct flight out of Madison … [Read more…]
Yeesh, as I write this Sunday morning at 8:13am, it’s already 80° outside with 77% humidity. Yesterday we tried to go to Summerfest and wimped out, mostly on account of me, we left at a little after 5:00 having been there since 3:00, when the band we were really there to see, Japanese Breakfast, didn’t … [Read more…]
June 12: Now edited with additional mishaps I forgot – and revised with a more optimistic ending! All minor, but when there’s a lot of them, especially when we’re living during the Trump administration, where every new headline is ….. it’s hard to stay optimistic. Anyways when I got back from Duluth last Sunday, I … [Read more…]
I haven’t told you about what we’ve been up to since we got back from Denver and there’s been a bit, 2 trips to Chicago, Valentine’s Day, the spring primary election, Jasper coming over, and of course, the return to baking, now that I’m out of the cast. Saturday (Feb 22) was my mom’s and … [Read more…]
We’re about to walk over to UW Hospital to get my cast taken off. Yay! With a little confusion about how it’s all supposed to work. Judging from the app, I’m supposed to go to orthopedics, then to x-ray to get x-rayed, I think in the cast, then to see the Physicians Assistant. Everything’s 30 … [Read more…]
Chicago, that is. We went to the second city to see some culture imported from New York City: Wynton Marsalis’ Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, a jazz big band with 15 permanent members. We got tickets for both Friday and Saturday. Friday was origins of bebop, featuring works by Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, and Mary … [Read more…]