As I write this, the snack-cake eating world is in a panic over the demise of Hostess, the company that makes, among other things, Twinkies. There have been runs on the products, and people all over Facebook and Twitter are lamenting their downfall. (I’ve been more of a Ho-Ho kind of guy, but I left …
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…has been disconnected. For the first time in my life, I do not have a home phone number. Last week, we decided to drop our landline telephone service. We did an informal-yet-enlightening analysis of our home phone usage, and here’s what led to our decision: Of all the inbound calls we get in a week (according to caller …
A couple shots of the legendary cheeseburger spot in Chicago, the Billy Goat Tavern on Lower Michigan Avenue. Happy New Year!
There are three new fundraising opportunities for Arlington Heights’ Metropolis Performing Arts Centre and its School of Performing Arts. Please consider participating in one (or more) of these events! 1. On Thursday, November 10, Jimmy John’s in Downtown Arlington Heights (19 S Dunton Ave) will donate 20% of all sales between 2:00-9:00 pm to the …
Bittersweet news: Urban Harvest, a gourmet food shop in downtown Arlington Heights, is closing this week. (Details can be found in this article from the Daily Herald.) There are three businesses (and their owners) in downtown Arlington Heights that figured prominently in both my establishment as a newly-single person and in Lisa’s and my courtship. …
Shot with my camera phone on August 14 from the stable area at Arlington Park.
As expected, the former Q101 (WKQX) changed formats this past weekend to become “FM News 101.1” (WWWN). There was a lot of lead-up to this change, beginning with rumors in June that the classic-alternative rock station was up for sale, leading through the announcement of an air staff with rather impressive credentials. Time Out Chicago‘s …
This blurb appeared in our local paper on August 28, 2008: • Someone took a change machine from Randhurst Mall, 999 N. Elmhurst Road, between 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. July 30. The machine, which changes dollar bills for quarters, contained $340 in cash. It was worth $850. While this wasn’t exactly a Danny Ocean-level …
I mentioned in an earlier posting that I was at an event in Tokyo. The invitation I received from the sponsor said it was a “Business Casual Event.” I asked one of my traveling companions (who works for the company sponsoring the event) to verify this for me. “Business casual, for certain,” is what he …
I had some time to spare at lunchtime today, so I decided to check out the State Street Marshall Field’s Macy’s store. (You may remember my thoughts on the name change, which I covered in this blog entry last year.) My verdict after spending about an hour in the store: it’s the same store it’s …