We spent part of last weekend in Madison visiting Craig and Megan. In addition to a couple of great dining spots (The Old Fashioned and Sunprint Cafe), we also saw a Wisconsin Badgers hockey game, visited the Farmer’s Market and the Henry Vilas Zoo. It was a blast– enjoy the photos!
Ogilvie Center
Rush hour, a week or two ago.
Halloween Cupcakes
…because you can’t have too much sugar in your viewing diet. This was my Saturday afternoon project– I was working on these while Lisa was making her White Chicken Chili. Yeah, we ate pretty well that night. I’m still working on my cupcake-frosting technique. I’ll get there one of these days.
Kodak Retina IIa Visits a Family Tradition
As Lisa and I were preparing to head to Frankfort, IN for her family’s annual Apple Butter Festival, I ran across my dad’s Kodak Retina IIa camera and a roll of expired (probably purchased in 2003) Fuji 400 ASA color film. I tossed them in my bag, figuring if there were ever an event that …
Buckingham Fountain
It was a beautiful Fall day today– warmer than usual, and the skies were completely cloudless. Having worked in the city for most of the last 20-some years, I often don’t walk any further east than the financial district and my office. And then once in a while I remember what the city has to …
Farewell, Urban Harvest
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. …
Fall View
Fall is almost upon us. We had a great summer, and we’re ready for the cooler weather which will bring us more fires in the firepit, Lisa’s molasses cookies, and the ever-popular Apple Butter Daze in Indiana.
Granny’s Backyard
We spent part of the long holiday weekend at Lisa’s grandmother’s new house in Akron. The new house is wonderful, and fortunately much of the original landscaping is still intact. This shot is of the farthest-back portion of the yard, taken in the late afternoon.
Life Imitates Wine Box
Clark.
Simple Instructions
Apparently, several of my neighbors in Arlington Heights don’t understand how the “Kiss n Ride” at the Metra station is supposed to work. You see, there are these very neatly-marked parking spots where you pull in and, as the cute little graphic on the sign indicates, the person who’s commuting gets out of the passenger …