No, it's not World War II Victory Day, merely a "holiday" to honor our loved ones. Although I'm sure opinions differ on this day, I hope your day is filled with love. Samantha and I celebrated our Valentine's Day Observed on Saturday with a fancy dinner, as part of our...
Trip to Chicago last weekend. The St. Olaf Choir gave a tour concert at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, on Friday, so Samantha and I used it as an excuse to make another weekend trip to the windy city. My uncle John and aunt Marti were wonderfully hospitable as usual.
The choir was excellent, although perhaps not as tear-jerking as they have been for me in the past. They did some familiar numbers (O Day Full of Grace, A Boy and a Girl, My Soul's Been Anchored) as well as some new ones (a Keith Hampton arranged tune called True Light, a new Charles Forsberg composition). I saw a few old choir buddies who are in the area. Fun reunions.
Saturday Samantha and I poked around downtown. We stopped at the Art Institute (echoes of Ferris Bueller!) and the Field Museum briefly. Our visit to the downtown library was thwarted by early closing hours. Seriously, who closes a library at 5 pm? Sigh. We made our way out to Evanston and had the aforementioned fancy dinner at Pete Miller's, a cool steakhouse. I had ribs. 'Nuff said.
Now I am back in Bloomington, where the weather is lukewarm and wet. Sigh. I am tired of Indiana winter. In other news:
- It is Lent now. Sinden.org has changed colors appropriately. I have decided to give up spontaneous desserts for Lent. Those iced sugar cookies at Sugar & Spice are killing me. Also, no more Cresent Donut, no more vending machine snacks, and no more running out to the Encore Cafe or Puccini's for cheesecake.
- I saw Million Dollar Baby last Sunday. Definitely a punch in the gut. I'm down for the count. Unforgiven is next on our AFI list, so I'll be getting the double dose of Clint Eastwood...
- Spring Break is only a month away. Ooh, ooh, time to start planning... Beantown, here we come!
- This isn't really news, but it deserves its own bullet point, I think. If you live in Bloomington and haven't been to Tortilla Flat for dinner on a Tuesday, you owe it to yourself to go. The tacos are really cheap and so, so good. Never has there been such a taco deal since Twilight Tacos at the Tacoasis in Northfield. That's tough to beat, but I can safely say Torilla Flat has done it.
- Things have been very quiet on the Storyhill front lately. This could be a good sign, though, because a long silence is sometimes broken by something awesome. Like a new album. In related news, my silly Storyhill site shows up 18th on Google if you search "storyhill". And 7th if you search "storyhill lyrics". Yes I am a nerd.
- This site is totally valid. See the graphic on the left-hand side. Don't you wish you were valid?
Talking about tacos is making me hungry. Time for lunch, I think. Peace!