Oh, hi there. Welcome to Part 2 of Melisa’s Excellent Adventure. What? You didn’t read Part 1? Well, slow down Mister. You’ve got to do that first. Click here. Okay, now you’re caught up. On to Part 2… After the CAF River Cruise, I headed across the Michigan Avenue bridge to the Tribune Tower. I was on my way to the McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum. As I approached the building, I saw something that caught my eye. The outside walls of the building were dotted with elements of different shapes and colors. Now, I have passed this building countless times on countless trips downtown over the years and never noticed…
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Chicago…My Kind of Town (Part 1)
If you follow me on Twitter (you DID know that I’m on Twitter, right? It’s just a hop, skip, and a jump from where your eyes are right now. Look at the left-hand column of this page. NO: Your other left! Ah, there it is.), you had an inkling yesterday that I was in the city. I have so much to share that I’m going to have to split it up into 3 posts! And by the way, I really want to put mass quantities of hyperlinks into these posts so you can do some more reading, but I’m not going to because it takes lots of time to type…
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Blog Nosh Magazine Launches…and I’m On Board!
I am very excited to announce that one of my favorite posts–and yours as well, I think–will be featured on Blog Nosh Magazine, a new online–well,–magazine that takes the best blog posts from the archives (You know, the ones you thought nobody would ever read again?) and puts them back out there for new exposure. My post will be up on the Entertainment “channel” tomorrow. I’m not even going to tell you which one it is, which will effectively force all of you to check out this new site! (insert evil cackle here) Many, many thanks to Soapbox Mom, who is an Entertainment Channel editor with Blog Nosh. She and…
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Happy Day, Daddios!
Just a really quick post today, because Jim’s ideal Father’s Day would not have me sitting here at the computer for an hour… I wanted to wish a Happy, Happy Father’s Day to Jim (Of course) and my Dad (Of course), and to all of the Dads out there…hope you have a great day! If you’re reading this and need an activity for today, go read two of the funniest Dads I’ve never actually met in person (but check in with them daily!), Nukedad* and Joeprah. Happy Father’s Day, guys! *FYI: Nukedad’s post today is actually not funny, but quite serious and beautiful. I wanted to let you know that…
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Yes, We Wanna See You Do The Shimmy Again
As some of you may remember, Tina Turner (with Mr. Mister opening) was my second concert ever, in 1985. December 17, 1985 to be exact (Thanks, Wikipedia!). I went with my parents and sister, and boy was it a fabulous show! Tina was even better than anybody thought she would be, if that was even possible, and it made for a memory I carry with me even today. I remember my Dad marveling at Tim Capello, her sax player, and calling him “Conan the Barbarian”. (He was BUILT! Yikes!) I found out from my sister last night that it wasn’t just my Dad saying that…apparently he’s known by Conan. Cool:…