One night at dinner a few months ago, my mother in-law coaxed a new friend at Belmont Village to stick around for the evening's entertainment by bursting into song. "What good is sitting alone in your room, come hear the music play. Life is a cabaret old chum, come to the cabaret." Grandma Mary Jane [...]
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Enchanted April
Meteorologists use scientific phrases like rising dew points and a waning gibbous to describe the spectacular weekend we finally enjoyed here in the Midwest. But I prefer a more whimsical approach. After 25 straight cold, grey days, I like to think we finally earned ourselves an Enchanted April, which is not coincidentally the name of the [...]
Turkey, travels, tripe and a talented troupe
This weekend we celebrated Small Business Saturday and Fat Turkey Sunday with kind people, memorable food and a new appreciation for the letters R and E. Our story begins just north of Chicago in a small family owned Mexican restaurant we chose to kick back, have a nice meal and kill a little time before [...]