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Tuesday I went to Chicago. Well, first I went way out to Crystal Lake to buy whisky. Then I drove into the city to buy more whisky. I had hoped to buy the whisky, then spend the afternoon in the city doing whatever I felt like doing in the city, but by the time I had picked up all the whisky, I only had two hours left, which included driving to where I needed to be.
First I walked over to a nearby bridge. Then I decided to kill the remaining time by visiting a cemetery. Unfortunately, Graceland was the only one open past 5:00. It is nice, but I had hoped to see a new one. On my way there, I passed Delilahs, a whisky bar, so I stopped there for a wee dram or two. Then Graceland. I had about half an hour there, and reached my destination just in time.
I picked up a friend after work, and we went to a Persian place for dinner. Good food, but I don't think I even ate half of it! Was stuffed, so we went for a walk afterwards, got a little bit lost.
I had bought the whisky for our next big tasting. The theme is The Women Master Distillers of Scotch Whisky. I was happy that I was able to get all the whisky on Tuesday because (aside from saving me another trip), I was meeting with the other whisky masters on Wednesday night, to work on the tasting. We tasted all the whiskies and wrote tasting notes. That was a late night (unlike the previous).
The previous weekend, I had intended to grill hot dogs for the gaming guys, but the grill wasn't working. Thursday night I got a new canister of gas, but it didn't help. So Friday night I went to the hardware store to buy a new grill. I found the one I wanted, but it wouldn't fit in the trunk of our car, so I asked for one that was yet unassembled. The guy said they assemble and deliver for free, but I needed it the next day, which was a Saturday. They couldn't do that, so he went to find one still in the box. There were none, so I bought the display model. Since they didn't have to assemble it, they said they could deliver it the next day, a Saturday.
It arrived about half an hour before our company was to arrive. They were late, which gave me time to do the initial set-up before cooking on it. We invited some photographer friends for dinner. We've known them for a while, but had never gotten together outside of the group, so that was nice. They hung out for the evening and we shared some food and drink.
Earlier in the day I went out to Waukesha for the Highland Games. I didn't stick around too long, just to kinda see what was going on, and hang out with a friend in his booth, and then work the club's booth. I could have stayed longer, but we had to be back for our guests.
That same afternoon, our new expensive photo printer arrived. We set it up on Sunday, but still haven't really tried getting a real print out of it. I think the ink cartridges that were included were only enough to do set-up.
Sunday night was gaming, back out in Waukesha. Today, the holiday, I mowed the lawn, then we went out for drinks at the Art*Bar. I had a piece hanging there last month. This month, some friend's of Cindy's were there.
This coming week won't be quite so busy.
Photo from Graceland on Tuesday:
You can see the whole set here: link at Mourning Souls
First I walked over to a nearby bridge. Then I decided to kill the remaining time by visiting a cemetery. Unfortunately, Graceland was the only one open past 5:00. It is nice, but I had hoped to see a new one. On my way there, I passed Delilahs, a whisky bar, so I stopped there for a wee dram or two. Then Graceland. I had about half an hour there, and reached my destination just in time.
I picked up a friend after work, and we went to a Persian place for dinner. Good food, but I don't think I even ate half of it! Was stuffed, so we went for a walk afterwards, got a little bit lost.
I had bought the whisky for our next big tasting. The theme is The Women Master Distillers of Scotch Whisky. I was happy that I was able to get all the whisky on Tuesday because (aside from saving me another trip), I was meeting with the other whisky masters on Wednesday night, to work on the tasting. We tasted all the whiskies and wrote tasting notes. That was a late night (unlike the previous).
The previous weekend, I had intended to grill hot dogs for the gaming guys, but the grill wasn't working. Thursday night I got a new canister of gas, but it didn't help. So Friday night I went to the hardware store to buy a new grill. I found the one I wanted, but it wouldn't fit in the trunk of our car, so I asked for one that was yet unassembled. The guy said they assemble and deliver for free, but I needed it the next day, which was a Saturday. They couldn't do that, so he went to find one still in the box. There were none, so I bought the display model. Since they didn't have to assemble it, they said they could deliver it the next day, a Saturday.
It arrived about half an hour before our company was to arrive. They were late, which gave me time to do the initial set-up before cooking on it. We invited some photographer friends for dinner. We've known them for a while, but had never gotten together outside of the group, so that was nice. They hung out for the evening and we shared some food and drink.
Earlier in the day I went out to Waukesha for the Highland Games. I didn't stick around too long, just to kinda see what was going on, and hang out with a friend in his booth, and then work the club's booth. I could have stayed longer, but we had to be back for our guests.
That same afternoon, our new expensive photo printer arrived. We set it up on Sunday, but still haven't really tried getting a real print out of it. I think the ink cartridges that were included were only enough to do set-up.
Sunday night was gaming, back out in Waukesha. Today, the holiday, I mowed the lawn, then we went out for drinks at the Art*Bar. I had a piece hanging there last month. This month, some friend's of Cindy's were there.
This coming week won't be quite so busy.
Photo from Graceland on Tuesday:
You can see the whole set here: link at Mourning Souls
