I had a great day on Saturday; I spent about six hours in the city with Mags, who lives in Boston and has never visited Chicago before! Let’s do the math: Me + 6 hours + a blog friend + showing off my favorite spots in Chicago = A BLAST! Mags is a kindred spirit: she is an explorer, and was happy to be busy for just about every free moment she had in the Windy City. I love that: if you’re going to travel, why not experience as much as you can?? You can sleep when you get home. Anyway, I’ll tell you about my time with her, and…
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Hanukkah Fun, Minus One
A few months ago, Julesie bought the boys tickets to see “Young Frankenstein: The Musical” for Hanukkah, and Jim and I bought tickets for ourselves so we could tag along. Yesterday was the day, and the plan was to go to the city for the musical and then head back to our house for latkes and blintzes and more Hanukkah fun. The best laid plans… Unfortunately, Julesie came down with a little case of food poisoning, and couldn’t go. It was a huge bummer, not only because this was her gift to the boys, but because we love us a little Fab Five Fun. Did I mention what a big…
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Bat Mitzvah Snapshots
I did a post after Yom Kippur a couple of months ago that contained a couple of mental snapshots from the day. Today, the person who stood up on the bimah and gave the announcements and guidelines for today’s service mentioned that, except for the official photographer who the family hired to capture the day, those who were there for worship services were not allowed to use cameras (of course I knew that already), but should instead capture memories of the service mentally, for keeps. Naturally I’ve done this all along, but it suddenly occurred to me that when I don’t have a camera, I really am good at taking…
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What Do You Wear To a 75th Anniversary Party?
Apparently, the Galaxy Dress. As a part of the exhibit “Fast Forward: Inventing the Future” and in honor of the Museum of Science and Industry’s 75th Anniversary, designers from CuteCircuit came up with this attention-getting creation, which is the world’s largest, wearable LED display. I hope to get to the city to see it in person very soon, but for now, a video will have to suffice for all of us: I wonder how long it will be before someone on MTV’s “My Super Sweet 16” begs her Mommy and Daddy to get her a dress like this.
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Indy Flight
Let’s say you’ve got a kid between the ages of 8 and 17. And let’s say that the kid really wants to fly a plane. Scratch that. Let’s say that you have a kid who may not know he wants to fly a plane, but if you were to offer him the chance to fly a plane, he would nearly jump out of his skin (from excitement) at the thought of doing it. Let’s say that you take him to the local airport where there happens to be a Young Eagles program, and let’s go ahead and say that once he meets the volunteer pilot who is nice enough to…