I’ve long been a fan of Coca-Cola. That’s pretty well-known in my immediate circles, and, many years ago, by the people who used to frequent the alt.food.cocacola Usenet group. By now, most of us know that in 1985 Coca-Cola changed the formula of their flagship product and the backlash against “New Coke” resulted in the …
Chef’s Fest 2008
We attended this year’s Chef’s Fest at Arlington International Racecourse. You can hear all about it on our Discover Woodfield! podcast. Here’s Emma with Sonic the Hedgehog, who was visiting from GameWorks in Schaumburg.
Prescription with Rock on the Side
Has anyone else noticed that the music in Walgreens is a little more, uh, hip than it used to be? Okay, I’ll admit that by “hip” I mean “the sort of thing they may play on your ‘classic rock ‘ station’s ‘Deep Cuts’ segment.” Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve heard Pink Floyd’s “Learning …
Spring Arrives…
Spring is finally on its way. This weather this past weekend was beautiful and we were able to clear up the remaining leaves and other garden debris from the yard. And this little guy is pushing his way through the ground…
Valley Voices
I just finished re-reading Valley Voices by John Russell Ghrist. This is a 1996 history of radio stations that were based throughout the suburbs of Chicago, with a primary focus of the towns in the Fox River Valley. There are all kinds of interesting tidbits in the book, including the histories of Chicago stations WGN, …