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Monthly Archives: January 2014
Hell In A Market Basket
This past Sunday my son Nick and I made a quick dash to Superdawg- the legendary drive-in at Milwaukee and Devon. It was snowy, windy and cold but who cares? The car hop was great and the Superburgers, Superdawgs, incredible … Continue reading
Posted in pop culture
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Klara’s Riddle
Do you like riddles? I do. I like codes and puzzles and anagrams and acrostics- any kind of brain teaser. And one day, my housekeeper, Klara, told me a good one. Here it is… Klara is Polish. She was … Continue reading
Posted in History, Memoir
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Cover Girl
First a quick Superbowl Shout Out: Congratulations to John Elway, Peyton Manning and my adopted home team of the Denver Broncos on their victory over the New England Patriots on Sunday. Yeah! I wore orange all last Sunday. (It’s the … Continue reading
Posted in History, hobbies, Memoir, Movies, pop culture, Stamp collecting
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Cumberbitch
Tonight season three of PBS’s Sherlock has its American debut. If you missed seasons one and two, this is a post-modern retelling of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s masterworks about the Great Detective. Brilliantly written by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss … Continue reading
Posted in pop culture, Television
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Special Delivery
Last week, it was colder here in Chicago than it was in Siberia. (You know it’s cold when Lincoln Park Zoo keeps their polar bear, Anana, inside.) And as the temperature plummeted to a nippy eight below zero, my thoughts … Continue reading
Posted in food, Memoir, pop culture
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GK
In case you don’t know, that nice guy smiling in the picture above is my brother Kenny. He’s sitting with his two granddaughters. Eliza is the spunky brunette with the peanut and Susannah is the natural blonde swigging the Diet … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, pop culture
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Sister Wives
It occurs to me that nowadays, if a man is rich enough, he doesn’t have to be a Mormon to have plural wives. Splitting hairs (and heirs) on the technicalities, if any guy can afford the divorce attorneys, alimony and … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, pop culture
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Andy
I have been re-reading Scott Elledge’s great biography of the even-greater E.B. “Andy” White. White, as I’m sure you know, wrote for “The New Yorker” and “Harper’s” magazines. He was also a dedicated farmer and livestock keeper, an avid sailor, … Continue reading
Posted in books, Dogs, Memoir, Tributes
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For The Record
Author’s Note: This post is dedicated to my friend Rickey Freeman. BIG vinyl collector. In the immortal words of Duke Ellington, “I love you madly.” Happy 2014, everyone. This new year I’m all about Spotify. You know, the mobile app … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Music, pop culture, Tributes
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