1. I miss the eggmaster, Ernie. I was feeling kind of proud of my eggs. They weren't overdone. They were fluffy. But I didn't season them perfectly like Ernie does, and I used garlic oil (I can have garlic oil, just not garlic itself) which wasn't a great idea for the morning, and I got pepper in my eye. Oh eggmaster, please come home.
2. Ok, ok, I know this is why I never have a penny to my name, but for Christ's sake....an Uncle Mistletoe teapot, complete with an Uncle Mistletoe creamer and Aunt Holly sugar? What the hell was I SUPPOSED to do? The really brilliant thing about it all? His WINGS are the handle for the creamer. You hold him by his wings and the cream comes out of his little mistletoe decorated black top hat. His WINGS. I just can't get over the brilliance of that.
His WINGS.
3. Every time I'm in Edgewater I take a picture of this frame shop, with the Old Style sign to the right of it. It's quintessential Chicago to me. I love it so much. It's kitty corner from the Ann Sather we ate at. The day I go there and these signs are gone I will weep.
4. I'm just posting this picture again because I like it so much. Van, Jack, and Phil. All being very Van, Jack, and Phil.
5. Van and Karin's wall of lyrics.
6. Who's gonna sing that gospel song
And get the worlds all wrong
7. Staying at the spa....
Onward.