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[chicago]

Chicago-how do you bike on those roads??? Doesn't look like there's alot of room.

My knowledge of Chicago comes from watching ER (that's when it's actually on!!!)

haha... that's the city... i live in the suburbs... 25 miles southwest. i commute to work via the train and then walk 2 miles to my job.

there's lots of room out here in the burbs... and further south and west and north and northwest. one cannot bike effectively in the city... unless you're on a fixed gear and are a bike messenger

[Xrayted]

Happy Birthday Kitsune!!!!!!

Wanna go camping?

[chicago]

where's the snow!!??? a coworker was just in Chicago and said it snowed 6"

it did not snow 6"!!... we had a few inches the other day, but certainly not six.

it's cold today though... but i'm off work... and in my p.j's... having tasty coffee. as soon as i get my lazy butt up... i'm going to go put the border on my latest quilt and bring it in for quilting

[Xrayted]

Happy Belated Birthday Allez Girl!!!!

I hope yesterday was a good one.

[chicago]

It does look like a shotgun, especially with the square thicker section at the bottom.

it really does look like a shotgun from a different angle. i will take that angle next week when i go to work. i think it's ugly... and he's building another skyscraper in 2012 or something in our city... ugggh...

[chicago]

It does look like a shotgun, especially with the square thicker section at the bottom.

CC- people has been bicycling on crowded city streets for over a hundred years. Those Chicago streets look like a piece of cake compared to cycling in say Shanghai:





A balmy 25F degrees this morning....

I like the cigarette in this guy's mouth... classic!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I like the cigarette in this guy's mouth... classic!

It's the working man's Cliff Shot.

[Pax]

Happy Birfday Kit!!!!!!!

[crazycanuck]

We're off to Rottnest for my first open water swim event Pictures to come

If you can send some good vibes etc, i'd love it

[Pax]

Good vibes on their way CC, enjoy your swim!

[LBTC]

Thank you all for the wonderful positive thoughts and the beautiful butterflies! They must be working - it looks like we have a plan. DH will have to take courses, there will be some investment, and we think he can work, or at the very least collect EI, until he starts making money at it - hopefully within just a few months.

The next little while will be tough, so, if you can spare them and think of it, your random good thoughts and butterflies will be greatly appreciated.

CC - sending you special amphibious butterflies to keep you fast, and keep the stingers away. You'll have a great swim!

Kit - have a fabulous birthday and a great weekend!

We had snow and then freezing rain today. I guess it is winter.

This week we saw Metallica - great seats, big show, big stage, big flames, good sound, huge crowd. It was quite good. Then we saw Nine Inch Nails - smaller venue, amazing light show (curtains of LEDs that did soooooooooooooooo many things), great sound. It was fantastic! And I got to see my friend that I haven't seen in 3 years! That was sooooo wonderful! And she's got a franchise business called Kix4Chix - a ladies only kickboxing business. I used to go to the classes before we moved and it was so fabulous. I sure hope that DH or I can find someone who wants to invest and start one locally. I really want to start taking those classes again!

And she's interested in selling products that my company has. I'll be talking to my boss about that next week, and am hoping we can get her carrying our programmed stainless steel water bottles. She's really pumped about it.

Life really is good. Everyone, have a great weekend!

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[salsabike]

CC, didn't you once tell me about the Australian movie "The Black Balloon", about a family with an autistic son? There's a review of it in the NY Times online today because it's opening in NYC.

Good morning, all. I do in fact have a cold. So be it. Punishment for not drinking the Drambuie when I had the chance,

[Zen]

It's never too late (or too early) for Drambuie

[salsabike]

Just for your entertainment, a couple of NY pics. The first one shows the back of my coat against the architecture of the Guggenheim Museum. For some reason, I found that juxtaposition entertaining. As you know, I am easily amused. The second is Chris' $20 picture of NYC at night. $20 because that's how much they charged to let people go up to the building's viewpoint. He asked me if I wanted to come along and I said something like "I'm not paying $40 to those people for one $%($%^U# lousy aerial view picture", so I stayed on the ground and watched the ice skaters at Rockefeller Plaza. It IS a good picture, though. The third is a picture of an especially gorgeous bowl at the Museum of Art and Design.

[salsabike]

PS CNN posted Chris' NYC skyline pic yesterday on its travel page.