Entries from August 27th, 2005

Crack House, East Ukrainian Village, Chicago
Looks like they’re finally gutting out the crack house.
See also:
» Crack House No More?
» A Slice of East Ukrainian Village
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Completely unrelated – I’ll be out of town for the long weekend, starting today. See you next week!
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Tags:Chicago·construction·east ukrainian village·the crack house


Boat on a Crane, River North, Chicago
I don’t know why this boat was on this crane, but it was like that for several days last week on the Dearborn St. bridge.
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Tags:boat·bridge·Chicago·crane·dearborn·river north
August 28th, 2005 · 1 Comment

Pistachio-Crusted Chicken, Cafe 28, North Center, Chicago
I’d only been to Cafe 28 for brunch so last night we tried it out for dinner. The brunch there is really great, but we kept hearing that the dinner was just as good. We weren’t disappointed. It was awesome. I had pistachio-crusted chicken with sauteed swiss char, asparagus and garlic mash. And a side of maduro (sweet plantains), always!
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Tags:asparagus·cafe 28·Chicago·chicken·dallas·maduro·mashed potato·north center·pistachio·plantain·swiss char


A couple weeks ago I went to Jewel and they were having a sale – buy 1 get 1 free chicken breasts at $5.49/pound. I don’t know how much per pound is a good deal on chicken, but I know what buy 1, get 1 free means, so I picked up a couple packages. When I got home, I had a pack of the same chicken in the freezer from a previous purchase, but I noticed that then the chicken was only $3.99/pound
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Tags:Chicago·chicken·jewel·Shopping