yum!
last night, i had dinner out at a neat little belgian restaurant in chicago called The Hopleaf with childthursday and her lovely partner. we had a fun time, good beer, great mussels, and awesome conversation. i really like sitting down with smart people and talking about IDEAS. i spend most of my damn day at these trade shows talking about things, or people, or (at best) current events. so, ladies, thanks!
i have very nearly shaken the cold that grabbed me right before the weekend. i offer all the thanks in my heart to the Halls corporation for their Cool Breezers cough drops, without which i would not be able to speak at all right now. i spent the weekend out at my dad's lakehouse a few hours east of Dallas and made a big pot of gumbo. i have to think that the gumbo went a long way toward helping me beat the cold, too. there's something magical about a muddy roux that will certainly fix what ails ya. that, and a little time spent in a boat flailing the water with monofilament line and something shiny. it's good for your soul. :)
also, i offer thanks to Wabash Avenue, in general for failing to drop any bodies on me as i waited for the convention shuttle bus the past two days. i'm still a little tense about that, not just on Wabash, but on any street with an El track, really.
i have very nearly shaken the cold that grabbed me right before the weekend. i offer all the thanks in my heart to the Halls corporation for their Cool Breezers cough drops, without which i would not be able to speak at all right now. i spent the weekend out at my dad's lakehouse a few hours east of Dallas and made a big pot of gumbo. i have to think that the gumbo went a long way toward helping me beat the cold, too. there's something magical about a muddy roux that will certainly fix what ails ya. that, and a little time spent in a boat flailing the water with monofilament line and something shiny. it's good for your soul. :)
also, i offer thanks to Wabash Avenue, in general for failing to drop any bodies on me as i waited for the convention shuttle bus the past two days. i'm still a little tense about that, not just on Wabash, but on any street with an El track, really.