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The Hideout 15th Anniversary
This weekend I went to the 15th anniversary for the Hideout. It was amazing being there. I love that club and the view is amazing as noted by the picture. Made me really miss living in the city. Two...
View ArticleLagunitas: Chicago addition
I've never heard of a small brewery doing this before, but Lagunitas, one of my favorite beer makers, is starting a brewery in Chicago in addition to their California location. But other breweries are...
View ArticleReading
I used to inhale books. I used to consume them with such a passion; nose stuck halfway through one, while a stack, ten high, teetered next to me. I kept paperbacks in my back pocket and hardcovers in...
View ArticleGarlic Soup
Recipe books are hardly page turners. You skim, you browse, you find something interesting and note it for later cooking, but you almost never read one. The Whole Beast: Nose to Tail Eating is the...
View ArticleBiker
Against all odds, I've become a bike person. All the times I've cursed bikers, muttering obscenities as they pass me. I openly scoffed every time I saw someone walk into a store with there pant leg...
View ArticleIt happened . . .
it finally happened. Turning out if my drive way my handle bars twisted off. I'm just happy I wasn't more on the way to work.
View ArticleBroken Bike Back
After a week of walking everywhere I gathered what is left of my pride and sheepishly brought my bike next door. Handle bars in hand, head down, I walked up to the son. He took one look and, eyes wide,...
View ArticleSkins: An Embarrassing Admission
I've been watching Skins. It's hard to admit to watching an angsty British teen serial but there it is. For anyone who hasn't seen it, Skins is set in some sort of alternate dimension where everything...
View ArticleDues
My chosen fields always seem to require me to prove myself; to pay my dues. I start at the bottom, work my way up and hopefully gain respect and position. I must work the shit hours, get paid almost...
View ArticleScars
I have burn marks all up and down my arms from shoving things into hot ovens and handling hot pots. I have knife nicks on each thumb and a few fingers. My hands are calloused and beat up. I call them...
View ArticleCulture Starved
To truly live one more day, we really only need a few things. Then there are the things we need to thrive. They are slightly less important, but only slightly.I have been starving. Nothing life...
View ArticleTeenage Wasteland
Some places just work better with specific songs. It just feels right to listen to Led Zeplen or Queen in the kitchen. It's like the walls vibrate better with the early punk sounds. I feel connected to...
View ArticleHemlock Grove
I like supporting Netflix. It sounds funny to say that a huge company like that is the struggling little guy, but compared to HBO and the like, it's not a bad descriptor. So I've been trying to watch...
View ArticleDumplings for Davis
So often I see food used for evil. It's usually a fun evil, like gluttony or making dick jokes, but generally evil none the less. It is refreshing to see the opposite. And to have the opportunity to...
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