Its been about a week now since the acceptance speech in Grant Park. This was definitely one of the most monumentous things that I have ever partaken in. It was certainly special to see such a segregated city come together and rejoice. We were all at the center of the world for a brief evening. […]
Fridays are typically the days that I am most worked from work. I usually come straight home and unwind. This week, Josh gave me a call and I invited me to attend critical mass. I road my bike over there to check it out and decided to partake. There were hundreds of bikers gathered in […]
For the past two months, on every Wednesday, I have left work a little early and ventured up to Lincoln Park for some serious coed softball games. We never won, but it was a lot of fun. The team consists of some Google and DoublelClicker blokes. 16 inch softball, http://www.16inchsoftballhof.com/history.asp, has been […]
Last weekend, I participated in my first bachelor party ever. Billy Zanoni, a good friend and old roommate from Utah, is from Chicago and all his local boys took part. We rented 3 fishing boats and cruised out on Lake Michigan. We were all dressed as Mike Ditkas (some with fake mustaches […]
We spent the night at Holleb Acres on Saturday night. It is a unique family vacation compound with over 8 households on it. The Holleb family was homesteaders at this Lake Michigan bluff. It is always tough to get a kid from Boulder to represent where they are really from. There are plenty of Boulder […]
The first music venue for the spring was had last night. I went to a show at Chicago’s Metro (If ARod was a Cub, he could tag the front of the theater with deep balls outta Wrigley Field). The Tokyo Police Club was the name of the band and they were actually pretty […]
The first game of the season had similar weather to what it is like in the Chicago fall. At a certain point during the game, I could see my breath. It was cold. To celebrate Mr. Schirmang’s 28th birthday we held Old Style beer for the entire tenure of the cubs victory […]
The first wedding of the season was not too far away. No flights necessary. The boys that resided on Summit Grove Ave in Bryn Mawr, Pa. for our senior year of college (although Riebe had another senior year), all made it to town for Dan Ryan’s wedding. It was great to see […]
You know my philosophy, I love doing things that can’t be done in a setting outside of urban. A few weeks ago, we were able to attend an amateur boxing night in a middle school gym. The evening was a showcase of 10 fights. Fighters were as small as 5′5′’ to probably a […]
Last year, I spent St Patrick’s Day skiing at Park City. This year, we took the urban approach and got a little more cultured. The day became an event when one of Ryan and I’s good friends from Studying abroad at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand made an appearance. Bryan […]