So John and I have birthdays that are two days apart.  Our friend Owen is a couple of days before me.  And our friend Charles, visiting from the east coast, has a birthday sandwiched between me and John.  So on Saturday we celebrated ( Read more... )

So last week was Yet Another Lollapalooza music festival, and John and I both had birthdays.


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So my last full week at work has been pretty busy.  I'm closing out files and preparing "exit memos" so people know exactly how much stuff I haven't done yet on my active files. [laughs]  I had to go to Minneapolis for hearings all day yesterday, so that took a big chunk out of time I was going to spend closing out work ( Read more... )

Last night I was out at the Sofo Tap celebrating Earl's 50th Birthday.


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It has been some time since my last post.  Things just got busy, and then things just got quiet.

The big news last weekend was my trip to Pittsburgh.  My good friend Gene turned 40 back in April, but he wanted to have his closest friends see his home town and where he came from.  So he planned a trip this summer and a bunch of us flew out there for ( Read more... )

Last weekend, we threw a surprise birthday pool party for my good friend Todd.  He turned 40.  There was cake!


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I'm trying to catch up on posts and such and make sure I don't let Livejournal go completely by the wayside.

One thing I didn't touch on in my last post about Lollapalooza was that it was my birthday last Wednesday. Happy 39th to me!

I have to say, the older I get, the more content I become.  I recently read an article that stated when one was young ( Read more... )

I may be a year older, but I refuse to become a year wiser!


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Although it was a little early, John and I celebrated our birthdays (just a few days apart) this last weekend since he was in town.

On Saturday night I took John out to one of my favorite restaurants in Chicago, North Pond.  They have a number of dinner options, but after some consideration we decided to try out the five-course seasonal tasting menu ( Read more... )

It was a fun weekend.

Friday
On Friday, Tom (unpetitours) was in town from Seattle, visiting Sean (dawdle) and to see a show at the Aragon, I think, on Saturday. We got dinner at a lovely place called bobNGrill, where I had deep fried mac 'n cheese eggrolls, and an Angus burger with bacon, white American cheese, brown gravy and a fried egg on top.  IT WAS A PARTY  ( Read more... )