hp's blog Vox 2008-05-16T15:52:56Z hp http://hp.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c2251c3baa549d/tags/chicago/ Food, music and a lot of other stuff too... It's like a heat wave... tag:vox.com,2008-05-16:asset-6a00c2251c3baa549d00fad6885a690004 2008-05-16T13:05:49Z 2008-05-16T15:52:56Z hp http://hp.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

...burning in my heart pie

This is about as hot as it ever gets in Seattle, even mid-summer. I had planned some pie-baking over the weekend, but did it last night because I sure as heck won't fire up the oven when it's in the mid-80s. We've had some lovely fresh local rh...

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Who me? Lyric, from across the river O.M.G. From the outside Look straight up from the inside

The weather thankfully was not nearly so frightful as my last trip. In fact, less snow on the ground meant more vegetation was exposed... and more deer were around in our first stop - my Dad's wife Carol's house. The deer are not so shy. But then ...

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Hvorostovsky

Ten more minutes and really... I'll start packing. We leave tomorrow for Chicago--a mix of personal (family) and business. We are also going to catch (the dreamy) Dmitri Hvorostovsky in the role of Eugine Onegin at Lyric Opera. But enough goofi...

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]]> The continuing hell that is Chicago's weather this winter... tag:vox.com,2008-02-25:asset-6a00c2251c3baa549d00f48cdea15c0002 2008-02-25T22:31:12Z 2008-02-26T04:04:49Z hp http://hp.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Radar

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY. A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW HAS BEGUN ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL START CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS EV...

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]]> Chicagoist tag:vox.com,2008-02-23:asset-6a00c2251c3baa549d00f48cde096b0003 2008-02-23T23:09:47Z 2008-02-23T23:46:41Z hp http://hp.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Bert Weinman Ford with Linn Burton (Commercial, 1982)

A few days after I got back from Chicago last week, I checked recommended feeds from my GoogleReader. Oddly enough, near the top was the Chicagoist blog. Now, I live and work in Seattle, but was born and raised in the Chicago area. Google didn't r...

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]]> Sweet home Chicago tag:vox.com,2008-02-14:asset-6a00c2251c3baa549d00e398dc67d30004 2008-02-14T02:59:19Z 2008-02-16T00:04:32Z hp http://hp.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

ORD 02/12/2008 United's "Easy Updates" De-ice1 De-ice2 Carol's Patio

I arrived to sub-zero temps (-2, -25 wind chill) Sunday night and departed Tuesday in the midst of a classic lake-effect snow storm. They originally listed my flight as on-time. Ha! There were a few revisions on the flight departure time: 10...

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]]> Where I (weather whimp) am headed today... tag:vox.com,2008-02-10:asset-6a00c2251c3baa549d00e398db3b640005 2008-02-10T15:16:51Z 2008-02-10T15:16:51Z hp http://hp.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Damn.

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Taking Care of Business...Everyday Forecast

I've been working hard and long but it's OK. My current client provides portfolio management software to financial planners. They've got a great system and we're making it better. The papers on my desk are bits and pieces of the current user inte...

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Bear Down, Chicago Bears sung by Lyric Opera's Bryan Griffin

A comment on YouTube on this video: Only in Chicago does the opera come out and support the football team. We were at the Lyric on Saturday night for Fledermaus and for the bows, the entire cast came out waving Bears banners, wearing Bears sca...

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