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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
The in-between time
I'm done with law school exams (hooray!), graduation has come and gone (it was well-photographed), and my bar exam course doesn't start until next week. I love and hate the free time that I have between one intense thing ending and another intense thing beginning. Any running coach will tell you that you need to walk a cool down lap after a sprint, but there's no real cool down lap availalble after law school. I went from intense study to...having completely free days while most of my friends were at work.
I have no shortage of things that I want and need to do during this week, and one of them will be a nice little vacation with Josh, but I just have to say it's weird.
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Monday, May 12, 2008
Sitting shiva
The mother of two of J's friends passed away last week. I wasn't able to attend the funeral, but I did go pay a shiva call with him after the funeral. Obviously a very sad event, but I think the shiva ritual is a nice tradition.
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Rhubarb season
One food that I love that has remained seasonal, perhaps due to its lack of popularity, is rhubarb. If someone bothers to cultivate it in warmer climates, my local grocers are unaware of it, because I've never seen it sold here any time besides May or June. Grocery store cashiers have asked me what it was (it does kind of look like bright pinkish green celery), and some of my friends have never tasted it.
I've had bad luck finding it at stores in the past, but a certain grocery store in my new neighborhood yielded a satisfying haul earlier today. I bought a little over five pounds, enough for one pan of rhubarb crisp and three freezer bags full of chopped rhubarb to use later. Out of respect for other rhubarb lovers, I didn't want to clean the store out in one trip, but I could have. I might go back tomorrow for the rest.
Our neighborhood farmer's market starts up June 1st, so I'll be looking for a local grower.
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Monday, May 05, 2008
Eating in my neighborhood
The boy and I live about a mile apart in the Logan Square area, and because we're either 1) lazy, or 2) neighborhood-centric (that sounds better doesn't it?) we end up going out to places not far from home. Prior to moving to Logan Square my west side of the city experience was limited to Wicker Park and Bucktown, but there is so much more out here. Here are a few good picks.
Treat
First lured in by comparisons to Lula and their BYOB policy, we've returned because of their interesting food. Their menu changes seasonally, and the winter menu had several good Indian-inspired dishes. The peppercorn ice cream we had for dessert on our first visit is still haunting me. Delicious, no, weird, no, delicious!
Hachi's Kitchen
Pretty great sushi, particularly the spicy white tuna crunch and the rainbow maki. The crazy maki was a cool idea (look, it's really huge and has a ton of stuff in it and it falls apart when you take a bite!), but it was awkward to eat. Nice atmosphere.
Rustik
With its ski lodge-like decor and comfort food themed menu this place was great for dinner on a cold winter's night. It's new to the neighborhood, so I'm going to try to support it, but I'm hoping they lighten up the menu a little for the summer.
Fonda del Mar
A nice Mexican seafood restaurant. I've had fantastic salmon and tilapia there. The patio out back is supposed to be cool, but we haven't been there since the weather warmed up.
Lula
Yes, everyone *loves* Lula, and the wait can be long, but it is pretty amazing. Interesting flavors, seasonal and local focus, good stuff. I'm definitely going to take advantage of my exam-studying schedule to head over for a leisurely and delicious lunch.
Kuma's Korner
Okay, this is more of a bar than a restaurant, but they've got this fantastic make-your-own mac & cheese that I think makes it worth the trip. And meat-eating Josh says that the burgers are great too.
Small Bar
Okay, this really is just a bar, but I love their tater tots. And their jukebox. And their beer. Josh prefers the Division location because he's friends with one of the bartenders, but I like the one here on Albany.
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Thursday, April 24, 2008
Last day of law school
Is today! More on finishing law school later, but here's my first law school blog post. Oh Eliina of three years ago, large amounts of reading was just the beginning.
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Monday, April 21, 2008
Evacuated
Security guards walked into my Wills & Trusts class earlier this evening and announced that the building was being evacuated. Eighty laptops snapped shut, and we walked down the 9 flights of stairs to street level. Cops had blocked off Jackson from State eastward, and Dearborn was also closed. The Barnes & Noble next door was still open, but there were firetrucks and police cars surrounding the Dirksen Federal Building. The Jackson blue line CTA stop was closed, and no one was giving out any answers.
NBC5 helped me out. DePaul? Bomb threat. Dirksen Building? Suspicious object.
What a week for things going wrong.
Update: No bombs found.
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Saturday, April 19, 2008
Further garden updates
Tomatoes are up! The Broad Ripple was the first out of the gates yesterday, but since yesterday afternoon, at least one sprout from all six varieties has come up. Tara is having similar success. Since our goal is to end up with one tomato plant of each variety in the garden, I think we're going to have a lot to choose from.
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