Well, I am sitting here at a quarter to midnight mildly cursing the weather reporters. All day on the news we were warned that tonight we were going to have crazy weather. So crazy that if you were smart, you should just stay in tonight. Rain, hail, thunderstorms, and flash flooding. Well nothing of the kind. Its a little foggy, and that is about it. I don't know why I let the weather forecast keep me from making plans, so I stayed in and fell asleep in the early evening...
Not long ago, just as the April weather became tolerable, my birthday appeared on the horizon. With that I went for a walk on the beach with my new friend Jennifer.
Brring Brring!
When is the last time you saw one of these things? Cummon...
I've been to this beach before, but I never noticed this structure. I am not even sure what this is, but this tower reminds me of the film, The House on Haunted Hill. I wonder what kind of sinister activity goes on here. hmm....
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I had a get-together for my birthday, at a local pub, but was so caught up in the activities that I hardly took any photos. Friends from many circles showed up, and it was a great time. I did manage to take one photo, when there were only several of us left and we traveled to a late-night bar for a final drink. By then things were pretty mellow, and the excitement was mainly the light show flashing on the ceiling.
Its 3am, do you know where your beer is?
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..at the Hopleaf in Chicago. http://www.hopleaf.com/
This is an excellent restaurant/bar and if you have an interest in trying some exotic imported European ales, you must go. The food is amazing. I had the Steak Frites dinner, which is an organic steak with their special fries. If you just want to pop in for a try, then just have an ale with an order of frites. The mayo sauce that you dip the fries in is... ahh, a taste of Heaven..
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Well.. at least I got to hang out and chill, and finish this blog entry. On my laptop I am listening to an mp3 of Kettel vs Secede - Panoptica 5, which has some brilliant music clips on it.
It is available here on this page:
http://www.panoptic.be/panoptica/index2.htmlhere is the direct link:
http://www.panoptic.be/panoptica/photos/kettel-vs-secede-panoptica5-live-excerpts.mp3Time for some more sleep now...
