I'm back!
First, the obligatory Asher shot, taken at my parents' house in Springfield, IL:
Here's a quick rundown of my incredibly tame (because, what can you do with a 5-month-old?) trip:
Springfield
Four gripping days in the town that raised me
Best music experience: Hurdling down Veteran's Parkway in a rented Chevy Impala (Florida plates to make me feel that much more geriatric), listening to the local classic rock station tick off the greats, one after another - Steve Miller, Journey, Bad Company, Rush (Steve Miller, Journey, Bad Company, Rush, ad nauseum)
Best signage: "Our ice cream is finger-Lincoln good!"
Best additions to the area: Friar Tuck's liquor store, with selection worthy of a big city; Cafe Brio, a Mexican/Carribean restaurant with the best Ahi I've had since leaving the West Coast two years ago. Starkey and Micah, take note. Everyone else, I know you don't give a shit.
New Lincoln Museum - Disney dreck or compelling exhibit: Leaning toward compelling exhibit, but not immune to the arguments against lowest-common-demoninator history lessons.
Chicago
A quick stop-over
New Experience: I actually paid for parking in a downtown garage.
New Perspective: At the Art Institute, Sarah got me to see Monet's haystacks from a new - and much more interesting - perspective.
New Epiphany: Louis XIV looks like the dude from REO Speedwagon.
New Baby: Saul Bazer, son of college friends Mark and Gina. I forgot that all newborns look like those Somalian refugees you see on television who can be fed for a month for the price of a cup of coffee.
Milwaukee
Jason and Tamara's wedding
Biggest Surprise: The architecture of the art museum is really friggin' cool.
Number of times people mentioned having babies in the wedding speeches: 11
Number of times Tamara's father used the word interregnum in the course of his MC duties: 2
Number of consecutive nightime hours that Asher was sleeping by the end of the trip: 3 (down from his normal 12)
First, the obligatory Asher shot, taken at my parents' house in Springfield, IL:
Here's a quick rundown of my incredibly tame (because, what can you do with a 5-month-old?) trip:
Springfield
Four gripping days in the town that raised me
Best music experience: Hurdling down Veteran's Parkway in a rented Chevy Impala (Florida plates to make me feel that much more geriatric), listening to the local classic rock station tick off the greats, one after another - Steve Miller, Journey, Bad Company, Rush (Steve Miller, Journey, Bad Company, Rush, ad nauseum)
Best signage: "Our ice cream is finger-Lincoln good!"
Best additions to the area: Friar Tuck's liquor store, with selection worthy of a big city; Cafe Brio, a Mexican/Carribean restaurant with the best Ahi I've had since leaving the West Coast two years ago. Starkey and Micah, take note. Everyone else, I know you don't give a shit.
New Lincoln Museum - Disney dreck or compelling exhibit: Leaning toward compelling exhibit, but not immune to the arguments against lowest-common-demoninator history lessons.
Chicago
A quick stop-over
New Experience: I actually paid for parking in a downtown garage.
New Perspective: At the Art Institute, Sarah got me to see Monet's haystacks from a new - and much more interesting - perspective.
New Epiphany: Louis XIV looks like the dude from REO Speedwagon.
New Baby: Saul Bazer, son of college friends Mark and Gina. I forgot that all newborns look like those Somalian refugees you see on television who can be fed for a month for the price of a cup of coffee.
Milwaukee
Jason and Tamara's wedding
Biggest Surprise: The architecture of the art museum is really friggin' cool.
Number of times people mentioned having babies in the wedding speeches: 11
Number of times Tamara's father used the word interregnum in the course of his MC duties: 2
Number of consecutive nightime hours that Asher was sleeping by the end of the trip: 3 (down from his normal 12)
posted by isaacjosephson at 12:30 PM
2 Comments:
the question is, does Cafe Brio have vegetarian options, or do I have to find another date to take there...
Micah has one question, I have two...
(1) What was Sarah's new perspective on the haystacks?
(2)Did you never think that Matt Timms looked like Louis the XIV (back when his hair did that)? [Matt, if you're reading this, it's a complement, I swear.]
-cp
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