Date archive for February, 2009

  • “We’ve replaced the fine Doug Zell Intelligentsia normally serves with James Liu, let’s watch…”

    2/27/09 • (15)

    Ten days ago, when I lamented the over-the-top response of Chicagoist and some of their readers to my Gapers Block piece on how Intelligentsia Coffee alienated me as a customer, I never thought Intelligentsia’s own staff would jump on the bandwagon.

  • CrackBook Ho

    2/26/09 • (8)

    I’ve persisted in owning no fewer than 11 Macs in 12 years. When Macs work, they work–so well, in fact, that we tend to forget when they don’t. Even when, as in my case, they don’t work a lot of the time.

  • 25 Other Things

    2/24/09 • (3)

    Recently on Facebook I was tagged with that overly persistent 25 Things meme. What could I write about myself that I haven’t already shared on the blog? About 25 other things, as it turns out.

  • My New Chicago Journal Byline

    2/19/09 • (5)

    Earlier this year, the longtime local weekly, asked if I’d be interested in contributing to the paper. Beginning this week, I’m doing just that.

  • Deanna Grows in Her Garden City

    2/18/09 • (0)

    ‘Once you’ve lived somewhere long enough, its landscape begins to change with you. Its landmarks–at one time foreign, empty, meaningless–begin to sprout hints of growth as you plant memories like seeds. Soon, a living breathing history of your time there begins to reveal itself.’

  • “The job of the haters is to hate.”

    2/17/09 • (12)

    Imagine my surprise when two days after posting a shout out to Chicagoist for what had become a positive relationship again, on Monday Chicagoist scribe Chuck Sudo penned a personal attack on me and my blog over the Intelligentsia post I wrote for Gapers Block.

  • BREAKING NEWS: CTA May Cease Operating in 2010

    2/16/09 • (13)

    The Chicago Tribune’s John Hilkevitch reports today that due to the failing economy, the Chicago Transit Authority is now facing a budget crisis so huge that the agency my simply cease operating in 2010 without emergency state funding. So why isn’t this front-page news?

  • Belated Blogroll Valentine

    2/16/09 • (6)

    I thought the wake of Valentine’s Day would be a good time to tell you why I love some of the fine sites that I include in my blogroll.

  • Food Beat: Unaffordable Intelligentsia; Sugar Bliss Misery

    2/14/09 • (0)

    Good lord, sometimes I should just eat in. The latest from my Gapers Block: Drive-Thru foodie byline? Two downtown establishments: one I used to love, one I doubt I ever will, but both giving me agida in the same week.

  • CTA Mum on New Polk Street Red Line Entrance

    2/10/09 • (10)

    Yesterday, the Chicago Transit Authority opened the long-heralded Polk Street entrance to the Harrison Street Red Line ‘L’ station months ahead of schedule. If you didn’t know that, you’re not alone. Most people probably still have no clue the entrance is open.