November 2nd, 2004. A great day in American politics because the scene pictured above unfolded.
Well, more like it was a great day because Barack Obama was elected to the U.S. Senate, which allowed for the thrill of being in the front row for his victory speech. We even still have a few pieces of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Chicago’
daily photo: confetti time
daily photo: who’s walking who?
we were dog sitting for a few days this weekend and enjoyed taking quita for some walks. or it may be that we enjoyed letting quita take us for a walk.
Daily Photo: Say It With Concrete
Venture Statuary: for the person who has everything, say it with concrete
That might just be the best slogan ever.
delicious dinner
Not that it’s a contest or anything, but the epod user in Seattle has two posts that inspired this one: here’s what we had for dinner tonight. Super tasty and delicious! (click the photo to get a description of the meal)
October Baseball
It turns out that the baseball (regular) season ended yesterday, although for Cubs fans it was over 4 months ago. And the official offseason started with a couple big bangs, with the Cubs annoucning first that Andy McPhail was resigning as the Cubs’ president, and then today, making it official that Dusty Baker would not [...]
Two Months in the Life
Two months ago, rIAm and I were preparing to head to Toronto. rIAm went first by air, I went a couple days later by car. But two months ago today, we were finishing rIAm’s packing, figuring out what I still needed to do here, and otherwise enjoying our last hours together in Chicago as “single” [...]
The last days of our engagement
j. and I made pasta e broccoli last night for dinner and I commented to him as he served me a steaming hot portion in our beautiful white pasta bowls, “This is the last time we’ll be making this dish together as an unmarried couple.” And after I said it, I felt both a [...]
Great weekend
What a wonderful weekend.
rIAm and I had a “date” Friday night, where we cooked up some delicious wild Alaskan salmon, accompanied by fresh-from-the-farmer’s-market asparagus, bulb onions, and mushrooms, along with a tasty wild/basmati/brown rice mixture from Trader Joe’s. The rice and asparagus were done indoors, the rest on the grill, and everything was super yummy. [...]
