Greetings from Pittsburgh, PA |
I'm sitting at the Pittsburgh airport waiting for my flight back to Chicago. As I enjoy some spinach and artichoke dip from the Irish Pub Grille Restaurant at Concourse C, I thought I'd share so...
Posted by James VanOsdol on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:25:00 PST |
Greetings from Pittsburgh, PA |
I'm sitting at the Pittsburgh airport waiting for my flight back to Chicago. As I enjoy some spinach and artichoke dip from the Irish Pub Grille Restaurant at Concourse C, I thought I'd share so...
Posted by James VanOsdol on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:25:00 PST |
Old Man-itis and music today |
Last week, an old friend baited me into a conversation about "why music sucks today." "There isn’t anything good out there anymore," he insisted, "not like in the 90s." It’s a case o...
Posted by James VanOsdol on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:14:00 PST |
Outback where I belong |
I had the need for steak--a man’s dinner--over the weekend. The need came to me at the the start of dinner rush, so I knew my odds of getting in anywhere were slim. I figured the easiest and qui...
Posted by James VanOsdol on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:11:00 PST |
Capsule reviews of things Ive seen, read, and heard |
Some things I’ve indulged in recently:Hell’s KitchenThere was a time when I swore...SWORE...that I’d never follow a reality TV show. I used to turn my nose at the Hell’s Kitche...
Posted by James VanOsdol on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:16:00 PST |
Flight of Ick-arus |
A bird s*** on my head today.It wasn’t until after lunch that I noticed. I scratched the top of my head and felt a thick, crusty patch. I immediately assumed that I’d done something horr...
Posted by James VanOsdol on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:52:00 PST |
Worst band ever |
I’ve listened to a lot of music in my lifetime. For every transcendent, life-affirming, artist I’ve heard, I’ve heard thousands of truly awful, shouldn’t be allowed to buy an ...
Posted by James VanOsdol on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:32:00 PST |
"Chicago Rocked" |
Time for a long-overdue update on the book I've been working on since 2005.As of late last year, I parted ways with Lake Claremont Press, and the book's publishing date was accordingly postponed. I m...
Posted by James VanOsdol on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:33:00 PST |
Mondays |
I had the kind of gluttonous dinner tonight that leaves you with a bloated, but happily sated, feeling. I went with friends to McCormick & Schmick's on Wacker, where we treated the menu like an adver...
Posted by James VanOsdol on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:11:00 PST |
Chicago’s Red Light District |
I came home on Monday to a letter from the City of Chicago. The giant, bold red, masthead spelled out the reason for the correspondence--it was a Red Light Violation notice. My car was tagged by...
Posted by James VanOsdol on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:44:00 PST |
