Author Archives: robchristopher

D’oh! This morning I realized that they’ve been double-deducting my transit card from my paycheck: instead of charging me once a month, they’ve been charging me twice a month! And of course it’s only taken me, umm, five months to … Continue reading →

My birthday dinner last night at the House of Wah Sun was pretty darn fun. Our waitress was a dear, despite (or perhaps because of) the fact that we were a group of giggling, semi-loud inebriates. Great tiki-style drinks, especially … Continue reading →

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Ray Bradbury!

I’ve been trying to figure out a fun way to sum up the vacation but I don’t think I can do it. Anyway, it was really pretty nice. Saugatuck was sort of dull, but since my goal was to do … Continue reading →

In a little while we’ll be on the road to Saugatuck. We picked up the rental car yesterday without any problems. It’s so weird how exotic it feels to have a car and be driving it around Chicago. I reserved … Continue reading →

My week-long vacation begins in just over an hour, and boy am I thrilled. Andy and I will start things off right with a free concert of Mahler at Millennium Park this evening. There’ll be a nice bottle of chilled … Continue reading →

Only six weeks later than when it should have occurred, I’m finally having my performance review here at work in half an hour. Wish me luck. I gotta give ’em hell.

Anyone up for the 7:30 show of Killer of Sheep tomorrow night at the Music Box?

I created this last night for  sumsinnow and it went over well, so I’m posting it here. If you like minty things it’ll be right up your alley. GREEN CHIMNEY juice of 1 lime2 oz. light rum3/4 oz. white creme … Continue reading →

Bergman 101