Day 171 - Cow and Firemen

Day 171 - Cow and Firemen, originally uploaded by Mikey Brick.

Feb 18, 2012. After a side trip to Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, we returned to our hotel to discover four or five firetrucks and several firefighters on the roof. It was sort of scary, but couldn't have been nearly as bad as a friend of mine finding the same situation at his smoldering apartment on the Fourth of July. In this case, there had apparently been a fire in the chimney of the large fireplace in the lobby, which was quickly taken care of with minimal inconvenience to the patrons of the Chalet Landhaus. The cows did not appear to be alarmed.

Day 170 - Pink Hairs

Day 170 - Pink Hairs, originally uploaded by Mikey Brick.

Feb 17, 2012.  Friday, four of us made a trip to Wisconsin to visit our friend Holly and her family, and celebrate our friend Christine's birthday. This is Holly's niece, who we were also very pleased to see. We had a fun weekend, punctuated by karaoke and cows. Now I'm looking forward to some vegetables.

Day 169 - Skates

Day 169 - Skates, originally uploaded by Mikey Brick.

Feb 16, 2012. Eating a mushroom stuffed slice for lunch, I saw these two traversing the intersection through the window of the pizzeria. While I like the photo on its own, I can't get past the fact that it was taken in mid-February in Chicago, and that clothing was appropriate.

Day 168 - Paper Box

Feb 15, 2012.  Walking around Lincoln Park on my lunch break, I noticed a body in the Red Eye box.  The faceless, self-shot appearance made me wonder if the woman in the photo had put it in the box, and if this is the only one.  If yes, was it a dare, exhibitionism, or a method of empowerment and pride?  Was it just a need for nude art to be publicly available?  On the other hand, did someone else place it, whether for sinister reasons or just to stick a naked lady up in public?

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Day 167 - Valentine's Dessert

Day 167 - Valentine's Dessert, originally uploaded by Mikey Brick.

Feb 14, 2012.  Shereen and I had a Valentine's dinner at Blind Faith Café in Evanston. First choice was Green Zebra, but they were already booked up. This is one of our two delicious desserts, a Kahlua custard with strawberry chips and a garnish of rose petals. Mmmm.

Day 166 - Happy Valentine's Day

Day 166 - Happy Valentine's Day, originally uploaded by Mikey Brick.

Feb 13, 2012.  Here is the just the cake to celebrate St. Valentine's Day with, at Alliance Bakery on Division Street in Chicago. Unless you're squeamish, that is.

Day 165 - Room E

Day 165 - Room E, originally uploaded by Mikey Brick.

Sunday practice for Jai Alai again took place at Music Garage, this time in Room E, which is really nice. This is the drum kit I ended up with this time. Whoever used it before me has no idea how to tune a snare.