I take my MacBook Pro pretty much everywhere. And by that I mean it comes with me to the office every day as well as the occasional trip to a WiFi spot, and it contains most of my important data, photos, music, etc. The mobility is great, but I’ve grown increasingly concerned about the fact …
Valentine’s Day Goodness
This was the dessert I prepared on Sunday: Chocolate-Buttermilk Bundt Cake with Arctic White Icing, fresh whipped cream with vanilla sugar, and fresh red raspberries. All of this followed my semi-legendary Chicken Parmesan. You can see why I only go crazy making this particular dinner once a year. Tonight, I came home to see that …
Discovered Cover: “Love Song” by ONJ
This is a new discovery for me: Olivia Newton-John’s 1971 cover of “Love Song.” For the longest time I was only familiar with Elton John’s version, which appeared on his Tumbleweed Connection album from the previous year. In later years I became familiar with the version recorded by Lesley Duncan, the person who wrote the …
Yeah. January in Arlington Heights.
Desktops of the Week
I know it’s kind of a 1990s thing to do, but I recently started collecting desktop wallpapers from Usenet. In a 21st-century twist, I started storing them on my Dropbox folder so they’re available on any computer I happen to use. From time to time I’ll post some of the cooler ones here.
The Rob Petrie “Milk Cake”
I’m re-posting this because it’s the time of year when a little comfort food can be appreciated, plus I whipped up one of these cakes for Lisa and Emma tonight. Here’s a link to the Hulu page for this episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show— the scene described below starts at 9:00. In the …
The Number You Have Reached…
…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 …
Happy New Year!
A couple shots of the legendary cheeseburger spot in Chicago, the Billy Goat Tavern on Lower Michigan Avenue. Happy New Year!
Christmas Tree – Harmony Park
This tree is standing in Arlington Heights’ Harmony Park as I write this. On Christmas Eve, Lisa and I were leaving our Melancholy Tavern and we came across a mother-and-son team near the tree, and we offered to take their picture. It turns out they had donated the tree to the village– they planted it …
Christmas in Chicago
We spent a couple days in downtown Chicago, going “off the grid” and spending some quality holiday time together. Here are some shots of State Street, Marina City, and the Wrigley Building that were taken late on Monday night. I especially like the Christmas lights on the balconies at Marina City. Hope you’re all enjoying …