Chicago

So I spent a couple of days in Chicago with Rick. It was great, the town is nice, the weather is cool and comfortable and the area that his bachelor pad is in is all around liveable. The bachelor pad itself is kind of generic. For those of you who lived up in Boston back when I did... it's basically that "If you lived here, you'd be ...

Weather Report

... 13 - New York, New York: 57 ( morning)/ 46 (night) November 14 - New York, New York: 59 (morning)/ 50 (night) CHANCE OF RAIN DURING THE DAY AND NIGHT November 16 - Chicago, Illinois: 43(morning)/ 28 (night) CHANCE OF RAIN AND/OR SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON November 18 - Englewood, Colorado: 50 (morning)/ 26 (night) Upcoming Forecasts: West Hollywood, CA San Francisco, CA Be sure ...

Westchester VeteRUN 10K Race Report

... 6th. I can totally see why this race gets voted one of the best of the year by the Chicago Area Runners Association. It's well organized. It's a nice course. And, it's a great way ... Date: 11/08/09 Up/Downhill: [+134/-134] Time: 08:58 AM Difficulty: 2.1 / 5.0   Weather: Partly Cloudy with Haze   62 F temp; 72% humidity   62 F heat index; winds SE 6 ...

A Message From Ellen (From her newsletter) It's fall. The weather's getting cooler, the leaves are changing, and in our studio it's been raining money. And the forecast says it's not ...? My cover issue of O Magazine hits the newsstands! Don't miss it. Last week I drove all the way to Chicago to appear on Oprah's show, and today I'll show you everything that happened on my way there. Then, JOHN ...

Netbooking It

... cuteness of a laptop small enough to cuddle wears off." Also, while I'm being questionably sane, the Chicago Tribune is running some ads lately that have made me, once again, want to go back to ..., like, investigating how they plan to keep the ice from melting at the city ice rinks when the weather randomly decides to be 70 degrees, and my articles would be something like "Yeah guys, they use ...

my first solo cross country

... feeling so good about flying lately. I feel like that song in Chicago, where Roxy is suddenly in a world full of YES. A lot ... want the thought in your head early. Anyhow back to yesterday... the weather was incredible. Barely 8 knots of wind lined up almost perfectly with .... But since "apocalypse" isn't a factor in determining VFR weather minimums, I was off. I flew 30 minutes out to Pratt, landed...

Bits of bliss: Food trip! The ultimate taste test 3.0

... see above photo). Chocolate-covered bacon. Bacon and potato chowder, clam chowder. Happy cream puffs. Chicago-style popcorn. There are other yummy food items that I wasn't able to taste since at... bread? Yum. ♥ ♥ ♥ Wagyu beef from Dulcelli(?) -- Tender, tasty, meaty goodness. The weather cooperated. Yay! :) Getting ready to answer the survey. Eating in front of The Last Supper mural....

Wicked, and other musicals

... family used to get season tickets to. We'd sit out on blankets and bring cokes and enjoy the weather. I saw Footloose, Once Upon a Mattress, Brigadoon, Annie Get Your Gun. And did I see 1776 there?... a buffet). On that list: Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, and Chicago. Looking over the list I mostly think of musicals I love but haven't seen. Like, if I'...

Fic: Stand By Your Man (2/3)

... after the crash. Most people either moved into Chicago or out to the country. This is like......! Earlier today in the crime ridden streets of Chicago Illinois, notorious bank robber John Dillinger escaped federal ... days. Taking him out of here in this weather could prove too much for a battered body ... of Forrest Huntington, who was working with the Chicago Police in an effort to catch the Dillinger ...

Fated chapter 1

... your job.” Jon laughed slightly. “She’s old and she misses me. I have to fix something in Chicago anyway so, I thought why not?” “Right,” Brendon said. “Maybe you should visit your own folks too,” ... can talk to. Lucille, she can barely keep up in a conversation as soon as the topic leaves the weather. The only thing she knows how to do is brush her hair, and maybe operate that phone of hers and...