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Category Archives: Entertainment
What I’ve been up to, Part 2
The weekend after I returned from New Orleans, it was finally time to celebrate the big 4-0. Since Brian also turned 40 a few weeks before me, we decided to just do a combo party so we could do something … Continue reading
Party on the roof
As I mentioned yesterday, after my long run on Saturday, Brian and I went to a combined bachelor/bachelorette party for friends who are getting married next month. The party was in Wrigleyville which, for you folks not from the Chicago … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, escape, pictures, Uncategorized, weekend getaway
Tagged Cubs, cubs rooftop, Wrigley Field, Wrigleyville
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Weekend on the water
This past weekend we were invited to the lake house owned by our neighbors across the street. We were their guests a few years ago and haven’t made it back until now. But after a fun-packed weekend with lots of … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, escape, pictures, Rving, traveling, weekend getaway
Tagged boating, jet skiing, Michigan
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We came, we saw, we got dirty
Vacation has officially begun. And it got off to a dirty start! Yesterday Cheryl and I and her cousin-in-law Stacey did the Dirty Girl Mud Run and Oh my goodness, did we get dirty! But it was so much fun. … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, exercise, Fitness, health, Uncategorized
Tagged Dirty Girl Mud Run, Mud obstacle races, running
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Officially pushing 40
I had a birthday last weekend. The last one of my 30’s. And with the typing of that sentence, my heart rate went up. How did I get to the “officially pushing 40” stage? I feel like I’m still 25. … Continue reading
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Tagged Cadillac Palace Theatre Chicago, South Pacific
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Cirque du Soleil Love
Before attending my first Cirque du Soleil show nearly 15 years ago, a friend who had seen the show before described it to me as like being in the middle of a dream. Everything is so surreal, the colors are … Continue reading
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Tagged Cirque Du Soleil, Cirque du Soleil Beatles, Cirque du Soleil Love, Las Vegas
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Vegas with a view
I left Chitown Saturday afternoon to head to Sin City. I wasn’t particularly looking forward to this trip since A) it was for business (my day job), not pleasure B) It’s a nearly week-long trip. I have a maximum three-day … Continue reading Continue reading
Cousins night out
For the past several years, my brother and I and our two cousins Lisa and Dave try to get together for a cousin’s night out. The four of us grew up as close as siblings so I miss them a … Continue reading
Super Princess Day
A few weeks ago I was walking to the train after work with my work BFF, Emily, when a bus drove by with an ad for the Disney on Ice show. I mentioned that I had thought of stealing a … Continue reading