September 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment
On Friday, Danny called and invited us over to John’s house* for a dinner party. Danny wanted some guinea pigs to test cook on and we’re always game for that. Jess and I had plans to hang out, so we went to the Whistler for a few pre-party cocktails and then headed over to John’s. Danny made truffled deviled eggs, cold corn soup, bacon saffron risotto with chorizo-stuffed dates, sour cream and chive potatoes, and steak. It was all so delicious. And John.. maybe it was the years he spent in San Francisco, so close to wine country, but he’s become quite the wine connoisseur. He poured us bottle after bottle and before we knew it, it was 3 am and there were about a dozen empty bottles on the table. So much fun. I’ll show up any time these guys want to serve us!
* John recently moved back to Chicago from San Francisco. It’s so nice to have him back. I didn’t really see him that much in California, even when I was traveling there often for work. In an awesome turn of luck, his tenants were ready to move out, so he’s right back in his old apartment. Just like the olden days!
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The band played Happy Birthday for someone :: Wrigley Field, Wrigleyville, Chicago
Brian and Jill invited us to go to the Cubs game on Monday night. Dallas is travelling for work, so I brought Paul Baker with me. I say vs. Astros “again” because I have seen the Cubs play the Astros at least 3 times (1, 2, 3) and even saw the Mets vs. Astros when I lived in NY. The first Cubs game I ever went to was against the Astros. Kind of strange, I think, since I don’t even go to that many Cubs games each season. This was my first game this season. I had fun. I hadn’t seen Paul Baker for a while. And I hadn’t seen Jill and Brian since we found out they were expecting and now Jill is about 7 months along. She looks great! Kind of bummed I’m going to miss her baby shower this weekend. The Cubs won in the 13th inning, we all sang the song, then went home and went to bed.
Oh, and outside the stadium. Do I even need to say anything about this? Some of these shirts are so offensive, and not just because they are slamming the Packers. Who buys these?
Wrigleyville, Chicago
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Guthrie’s, Wrigleyville, Chicago
When I first moved to Chicago 5 years ago a lot of our friends were on a soccer team that was sponsored by Guthrie’s Tavern. The games were held on Saturday mornings and we’d spend all day after the games at Guthrie’s. Well, the team broke up and that habit got kind of old anyway… I’ve not spent a lot of time at Guthrie’s since then.
A couple weeks ago, Limey was guest bartending at Guthrie’s to raise money for a charity Ed is involved with, the Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund. All tips were going to the benefit and the place was packed. I’m sure the scholarship fund made a lot of money that night! Dallas and I went, just for a little while, and we ended up playing our old Guthrie’s card game, Asshole, with Jen and Chad. We played at our favorite round highboy table, just past the bar. We realized while playing that we never figured out the location of the map on the table in all the years we’ve sat at it. That night someone whipped out their iPhone and ended years of mystery: Prague.
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