Archive for March, 2008

Chicago – My Kind of Town

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

I love Chicago. It’s my favorite “big city” to go for business or for pleasure. It you are smart and can plan ahead, you can often get a flight to Chicago for $69 each way, and you are there in under 2 hours.

There’s so much to do and see – and hundreds of good places to eat all kinds of food, especially steaks and chops. One of my favorite restaurants in Chicago is the Chicago Chop House. It is a classic Chicago bar and restaurant. Anything on the menu is guaranteed to be great, and the wine list is spectacular.

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Easter Eggs

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

This is an early Easter but I’m ready for it.

Easter always means spring is here, there are baby ducks and baby chicks and Easter eggs and lots of candy.

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All the fun of family and good food without the stress of having to buy everyone presents. What’s not to like?

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My grandparents used to host an Easter egg hunt at their house for all the grandchildren and cousins. It was always a couple dozen kids running around the yard with baskets and a house full of grown ups eating ham and potato salad and singing rowdy English songs all afternoon. Great fun, great memories.

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The Flu Bug

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

I sure wish there was a spray can of flu bug repellent.

We have had that pesky flu and probably his brothers and cousins in our house pretty much since Christmas. We are sick for a few days, then feeling better for a few days then sick for a couple days then better for a few days then sick.

I’m so sick of sick.

This last bug was the worst. Must have been the Queen Bug. I was so sick a couple nights ago that all I could do the entire night was lie in bed and sob. I didn’t eat anything bet a few bites of cold cereal for almost 4 days, and had no energy – could not even walk up the stairs from the basement laundry room without being lightheaded and totally exhausted on those last couple of steps. I’m just now able to eat a regular meal and am starting to get some energy back. Actually did 3 loads of laundry. Well, washed it anyways.

Let’s hope this is the end of the flu in these parts. Please.

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Cropper Crush

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Steve Cropper is a musician’s musician. He’s had a little bit of face recognition type of celebrity gigs, but mostly he works behind the scenes. He is probably the second most infamously accomplished musician, with Paul Shaeffer being the #1 in that category. I love them both for the way they remind me of my father, but I have had a serious crush on Steve Cropper for probably. . . oh, 40 years, give or take.

The most notorious role Steve played was guitar player in the Blues Brothers movies as part of The Blues Brothers Band. He was SOOO ’70′s in that too long hair and too long beard – almost a ZZ Top wannabe thing going on. But he got his big break much much earlier than that when he was writing music and playing with Booker T and the MGs.

Remember “Green Onions?” Steve Cropper.

Remember “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay?” Written by Steve for Otis.

Steve Cropper in Wiki

Official Steve Cropper Website

Love that guy and I totally freak out every time I see him – it is SOOO hard to keep my cool and not run up to him gushing like a stupid groupie. But my crush on Steve continues to be a secret from him – unless he starts reading my blog!

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