Entries from April 15th, 2009

Nut Cups: $1.00

April 19th, 2009 · 6 Comments

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Logan Square, Chicago

We’ve seen the ice cream truck come by on our street a fair amount already this “spring” on nicer days. Many times there’s also an old fashioned push cart with bells that goes down our street as well. If the truck or cart just goes by it’s not that bad.. but when they sit in front of the house, like they were when I took this photo, the loud ice cream truck music will drive you insane. Not to mention that you can’t hear the TV or anything. I wonder how much it will go by in the summer. There is a fire hydrant in front of our place, so I wonder if they’ll make it a regular stop.

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Look What I Saw Today

April 18th, 2009 · No Comments

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Logan Square, Chicago

Flowers! Pretty!

It was so nice out today – 71 degrees right now – that I walked all around the neighborhood. I got my hair cut, stopped into a vintage store, got some cheese at the wine store, dropped a book off at the book exchange, stopped into a local artist’s store, ran into an ex-coworker who was walking his dog, and cleaned up our patio. All the windows are open and I have the ceiling fan on. Listening to the sounds of the neighborhood – kids laughing, the el train going by, birds chirping. I’m going to try to fit a quick nap in before Danny and Caroline come over to grill on the deck.

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The Dark Lantern by Gerri Brightwell

April 18th, 2009 · No Comments


finished 04.18.09

I bought this book on our drunk outing to Borders and I shouldn’t have. I started the book and thought it would be good but then just read and read and read, waiting for something to happen.. .and I guess it was happening all along, but it didn’t really draw me in. The last 1/4 of the book was good, but it took a long time to get there. I only finished it to finish it.

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Lunch at Topolobampo

April 17th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Sopa Azteca :: Topolobampo, River North, Chicago
Sopa Azteca :: Topolobampo, River North, Chicago

Vegetable enchilada :: Topolobampo, River North, Chicago
Vegetable enchilada :: Topolobampo, River North, Chicago

Crepa with cinnamon-pine nut ice cream & cajeta :: Topolobampo, River North, Chicago
Crepa with cinnamon-pine nut ice cream & cajeta :: Topolobampo, River North, Chicago

Last month. Lunch. Topolobampo. Olivia. Restaurant Week. Great lunch.

imageWe weren’t expecting it, but Olivia and I were served a complimentary, generous portion of guacamole with chips. Next, we each had the sopa azteca. According to The Trib, the guac y sopa are Michelle & Barack’s favorites at Topolo. For a main course I had the vegetable enchilada with roasted tomatillo sauce and Olivia had the pork loin in mole poblano (her photo here). We shared and both were excellent. Dessert was a crepa with cinnamon-pine nut ice cream and cajeta. Oh, and the soda fresca of the day was raspberry-blood orange so we each tried that. It was nice and refreshing.

I’d been to Topolo with Dallas for dinner once, but it was years ago. I was glad to go back. I can now say that both dinner and lunch are great… you should go. I love Rick Bayless.

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Twitter Suspension

April 15th, 2009 · 21 Comments

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Awesome. With no warning or reason, Twitter just decided to suspend my account this morning. I have an email in to customer support, but no reply so far. As far as I can tell, and by any stretch of the imagination, I have not violated any of their terms of service. What’s up, Twitter?

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