Jury Service

Oprah set the tone. I did my duty, spent the day in the waiting room--sprung at 4:30 pm.

Cubs v. Brewers, Home Run Fest

Lee Grand Slam, Alou homers, need I saw more?

The fabulous PT Visits

Purple was the color. Club Bon Appetit was the theme.

Comings and Goings

My sister M and husband A in town with their kids. Good food, good fun. Ms. S off to Boulder for JS's memorial service.

England

A great week in England with B and J and the kids. And a trip to Sway to see Ms. S's Uncle and family.

Vermont Trip

A long weekend trip for Ms. C and Mr. I's wedding. All the family was there. And Piglet too.

Work trip to LA

Nice trip to LA for work with the Dean, did some good work, had some fun. Saw the Mr. K and family.

Cubs v. Astros, Clements v. Clemens

Houston scored all of its runs on solo homers, two by Craig Biggio and the game-winner by Carlos Beltran in the ninth. Roger Clemens, seeking his 11th win, had to settle for a no-decision.

Ms. S in Wisconsin

Ms. S went to Wisconsin--to see sister and family's new location in River Falls. Summer camp home of the Kansas City Chiefs.

Bill Irwin at Steppenwolf

A great show, though not what we expected. Very informal, very theatre-crowd-ish.

Alunni Weekend and Cyrano

It was Alumni Weekend at U of Chicago. As part of the festivities, I saw a production of Cyrano at MCA coproduced by the Court and Redmoon.

So, pretty fun to hang out at an alumni weekend after going to my Yale reunion. Much more low key, though, and more academic. Better use of Bagpipes, though...

Cubs Lose 5 in Row

To celebrate the end of the the 5 game losing streak, and to test the ability of this blog to add photos, yes, it's true...he's everywhere.

Priceless.







Bartman Saves the Day

Catch Up

OK, so I've been a pretty dismal blogger. (Hey, I've been studying the dismal science, what do you expect.) So, you see pretty minimal entries for April and May. At least they are in. I've been inspired by an article on obsessive blogging in the NYTimes, which basically points out that never has so much been written and read by so few.

And, did I ever write about our adaptation of Il Fine Del Mondo? NOOOOOO. But I will now. Substitute Jenny-O turkey breast cutlets for veal. Substitute Canadian bacon for the prosciutto. And, OK, we took a package of pregrated mozzarella cheese. Have we totally dumbed this down enough to qualify for a recipe in Bon Appetite? Still, pretty tasty, if I had just browned the turkey a bit less. And relatively healthy. Back on the Cosa Nostra trail!!!

Yale Reunion & NYC

Went to my 25th Reunion at Y. University. Pretty amusing. Ms. R and her charming son, Ms. O-E, Ms. H, Mr K. in from LA, among others. Lots of people who looked familiar. Lots of fun. Mr. T and I shared the fact that we couldn't survive rooming with Mr. K.
Before the reunion, I came to NYC for work, and caught a performance of the NYC ballet.

Roni Horn at AIC

New Roni Horn exhibition at the AIC. Amazing. Installation of pictures of the Thames river throughout the permanent collection. This is one to come to Chicago to see.