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Commuteguru

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:47:56 -0600

So tonight I decided to give the Trailguru a spin on the commute home. 3.97 miles, 46 minute walk from Tribune Tower to the home offices of parshall.net (you'd think that would burn more than 357 calories, wouldn't you?). And contrary to what you might believe from looking at the map, i was NOT drunk. something tells me those skyscrapers in the loop play a little havoc on the tracker. commute (Walking) | Chicago, IL, USA

Trailguru

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:26:53 -0600

The Trailguru may be one of my favorite apps on the iPhone. Wish I would have discovered this before I went to NY & Boston... graue mill walk (Walking) | Oak Brook, IL 60523, USA

New York, NY

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:25:55 -0600

Four days, three nights in the city so nice they had to name it twice. It was a spectacle to see that's for sure, and now I can say I was there, but to be honest not sure if I'll ever go back (maybe to see the new Yankee Stadium and Letterman since he was on hiatus). Four days of Full Tourist Mode... a ton of walking around Manhattan, from Broadway/Times Square down to Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan back up through Central Park and around museums like the Guggenheim, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and MoMa. And closed the trip out with a Harbor Lights boat tour. And who would have thought that two hours before game time wouldn't have been enough to get into Monument Park (they shut the line down by the time I got over to that side of the park).

Shipped up to Boston

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:20:39 -0600

Through my alumni association I hooked up a ticket to see my Sox take on their Sox at Fenway in Boston on Labor Day weekend. Sure, their Sox walloped mine, but it was great to see Fenway and the city of Boston for the first time. Kinda wish I could have spent another day or two there, but I gotta save up to see my Sox take on the Yankees in a couple weeks...

Rage Against the Lolla

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:04:26 -0600

So for a good part of Saturday I was going through some Lollapalooza withdrawl, but not enough to actually go buy a ticket. But as the afternoon sun started to set, I got the itch to jump on my bike and go ride on down to Grant Park to see what I could hear and perhaps catch a listen of Rage Against the Machine's set.

Where's Parshall?

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:48:13 -0600

If you've ever played Where's Waldo, this game is for you. Check it out.

cheers!

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:57:02 -0600

Found me some Sioux City Sarsaparilla at CostPlus World Market.

STRANGER: D'ya have a good sarsaparilla? We recognize the voice of The Stranger whose narration opened the movie. BARTENDER: Sioux City Sarsaparilla. The Stranger nods. THE STRANGER: Yeah, that's a good one. -- From The Big Lebowski.

go fly a kite

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:02:08 -0600

so leaving work on friday afternoon, i crossed the chicago river over the michigan avenue bridge--as i'm often want to do when communting to and from work. but never, in the almost eleven years of working at the chicago tribune, have i ever encountered anyone flying a kite off the side of the bridge before. until today.

welcome back, foley

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:38:24 -0600

at long last pat foley back in the booth for the hawks. (2:02... BANNERMANNNN did it again!)

high water (redux)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:27:13 -0600

Much like what happened last August, parents have some water issues in their backyard. only this one seems a bit worse, and it may get more so.

i miss luna...

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:35:29 -0600

and here's ten minutes why:

wild kingdom?

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:01:01 -0600

ok, so it's not on the level of a coyote in quiznos or a cougar in southport, but for some reason i had two separate close encounters with non-human kind today.

jessica alba kicked my ass in a staring contest

Wed, 21 May 2008 07:45:12 -0600

heard about this video on Dahl this morning... so i had to check it out. I only made it to the 1:33 mark, and i completely blame the LASIK for losing.

new skin

Sat, 17 May 2008 22:27:02 -0600

as i listen to the rain outside my window tapping gently on my balcony, i decided to tear down parshall.net and build it up again. this time, we've gone grayscale with a new logo. it's not all done yet, but then again, will it ever be? cheers.

city so nice they named it twice

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:11:33 -0600

skipping a spring training vacation in arizona this year and going to see the white sox play in the bronx in september (yes, i'm planning ahead). it's the final season of the current yankee stadium and i figured it would be cool to see that old ballpark before they tear it down. plus, i've never been to new york city before, so i'm lookin' forward to it. hopefully while i'm there also catch letterman (or stewart, or colbert, or all three depending how long i spend there). and probably a whole lot of other stuff as i tend to get into full tourist mode when i take trips like this. but if anyone knows of a good place to stay in NYC that doesn't equal a full months mortgage payment, let me know.