… just a little different. We went to see a show as we’ve often done before but at a bar we’d never been to before, Hungry Brain. Kind of a cool place with little tables and some red leather booths and a nice stage. For the first set, they played excerpts of several classical pieces, … [Read more…]
Somehow we didn’t get around to doing a lot of things we usually do at Christmas. We never brought down the lite brite tree. and 2017 We didn’t have lights on the front porch, so here’re some animated ones. We went to Al & Emma & Jasper’s on Christmas day for Chinese take out for … [Read more…]
This time we went to see Robyn Hitchcock, plus we lucked into a nice dinner. And a recipe for May. We left at a leisurely pace on Friday morning. The train was delayed but we didn’t mind too much except the bagel place where we thought we’d get breakfast/lunch closes at 2:00. We dropped our … [Read more…]
My over-scheduled existence is supposed to be easing up slightly … I think it actually is, but I still feel pretty busy. And tired. But I do feel like I have a little more time to get organized so let’s do it – a catching up post to list all the activities since last we … [Read more…]
And other events. In Chicago, I’m starting Earth Day off with a cup of coffee brewed in a hotel Keurig machine, a.k.a. probably the most polluting way to make coffee. We came down to see a Chicago symphony concert and have dinner with John & Megan, and I did just toss the paper symphony ticket … [Read more…]
Last Friday we were supposed to leave for 2 nights and 3 days in Chicago. But the weather was sounding scary – wet snow – and Thursday night we chickened out and decided to leave Saturday morning instead. Which brought a feeling of great relief and then of course the snow didn’t amount to much. … [Read more…]
I’ve been feeling like I’m taking too long between posts so I’m forgetting all my pithy insights on whatever it is I thought I’d write about. I’m also discouraging myself from taking so many pictures of things since I feel like they’re all starting to look like earlier pictures I already took. See Saturday brekkie … [Read more…]
Neither Punxsutawney Phil nor Jimmy the Groundhog saw their shadows today, so they’re predicting an early spring. But we haven’t even really had winter yet. Remember it was 50° and misty and rainy on Christmas Eve and Christmas, and we did have a few bits of snow here and there. Then we had the big … [Read more…]
Tuesday began the transition from cookie season to holiday season. It was the first day in weeks when I didn’t eat a single cookie … well, except for 2 pieces of the layered white chocolate peppermint bark. But that can almost be considered a refresher rather than a cookie. Instead I ate too much of … [Read more…]
This is a real catch up one – it’s Wednesday actually editing and adding on Thursday, and I haven’t posted since Monday a week ago. I think the key elements of my life the past 10 days are babies, kittens and human. Also the Friends of UW-Libraries book sale, one of my volunteer gigs, and … [Read more…]