we were lucky to get tickets to a ben folds concert on campus, which was part of his midwest campus tour. the music was great, and it was amazing watching ben folds at the piano; he plays around with the strings to make different sounds and plays really hard, even breaking a piano string in read more
today was apparently “presidents day”, so it seemed somewhat appropriate to think back to our roadtrip through mount rushmore, south dakota, on our way to chicago from vancouver. hard to believe that was a year and a half ago. for anyone interested, the memorial features (from left to right) washington, jefferson, roosevelt, and lincoln. we read more
tonight we attended the annual “the Big Game” party held at church, featuring the unbeaten new england patriots playing against the underdog new york giants. apparently referring to “the Big Game” by the Game’s actual name in association with a certain party is a copyright no-no. as usual, there were homemade corndogs and cincinnati-style chili read more
i came across this blog which is entirely devoted to hyde park. take a look if you want to know more about our hood! its reflections on the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of living in hyde park seem pretty accurate in most places. this is a photo of the downtown skyline from read more
hello i am the little man on ms. sherwin’s tokidoki bag. mr. joe brought me from hong kong. do you like me?
our local grocery store is closing. we’ve had a love-hate relationship with it; the Hyde Park Co-op Market, aka the Co-op, had served Hyde Park for over 70 years and at one point had three stores. we’ve relied on it for all our meats and non-produce goods, while fresh produce was always too expensive (luckily read more
merry christmas everyone! here we are in front of the Macy’s centennial tree. we also love our own first christmas tree and all our new ornaments, including some which were knit by joe’s mom.
yesterday we spent christmas eve in downtown and went to the art institute. here’s mom in front of “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte” by George Seurat, and “The Red Armchair” by Pablo Picasso. then we went to Macy’s where the Martha Stewart inspired decorations were out as well as their Nutcracker window displays.
last night we hung out with our fellow vancouverite-in-chicago friend mike. after a tasty italian dinner outside of lincoln square, we watched “i am legend” at a small theatre close by. we liked will smith, but i wouldn’t recommend the movie unless you are ready for some attacking zombie action…which i wasn’t. at least our read more
the advent season is well under way. we came across this little scene while babysitting for friends. For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6