Bear weather? I guess cold doesn’t really bother rams, at least ones from Los Angeles. As the kids text, IYKYK. I never really understood how the phrase “bear weather” applies to an NFL team handling cold weather, anyway. Aside from polar bears, most bears sleep through a good portion of the winter. “Some… Continue Reading
Saturday night’s alright for fighting? Hah! Like I’ve ever been in a fight on a Saturday night. Also, it’s tough for me to picture Elton John fighting on a Saturday night – particularly back in 1973 when the song was released, given the shoes he wore. I spent my most recent Saturday afternoon and night… Continue Reading
There aren’t any bears living along Little Bear Ridge Road, the new play by Samuel Hunter running at the Steppenwolf through Aug. 4. I was disappointed. Bears are having their pop culture moment. Of course, here in Chicago, the Bears are basically the Taylor Swift of sports. There’s The Bear on Hulu. I haven’t… Continue Reading
It’s festival time! Pretty much every weekend in September out where I live is filled with a festival. I like to think it’s because suburbanites are big Dylan Thomas fans, which is to say, like he said, “Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” Which basically… Continue Reading
So another summer’s pretty much passed faster than a meal from Taco Bell does. Turns out, it went quicker than Aaron Rodgers lasted as the New York Jets quarterback, too. I marked the occasion with what pretty much was the busiest weekend of the season for me. Friday, I went to Ravinia with Best Fest… Continue Reading
For Bloomsday, Best Fest Buddy Tom and I broke out the kilts last Friday to hit the Chicago Scots Scottish Festival and Highland Games in Itasca. Bloomsday is a very Irish lit kind of day. But marking the June 16 in 1904 that James Joyce set Ulysses at a Scottish fest, you say? It’s… Continue Reading
By Super Bowl Sunday, after nine dreary days, we’re finally supposed to see the sun again. For your health’s sake get outside during the day, and sprinkle some Vitamin D on your nachos before gametime. Be thankful there’s not a blizzard like in 2015. That Super Bowl Sunday I braved the storm, walking from Best… Continue Reading
What was the name of the Green Bay Packer running back that Chicago Bear George Connor creamed in Wrigley Field on a cold and grey Sunday in November of 1955? Connor broke up the Packers flying wedge on a kickoff return and knocked that Packer into next week. They called it the “hit heard round… Continue Reading
Attending the American Beer Classic Saturday at Soldier Field was like being part of some ultimate drinking game. For $60 (in advance), each entrant was given a booklet holding brief descriptions of the 110 craft brewers from around the country who had booths set up there, with 90 on the actual grass field and… Continue Reading