Springtime BBQ Savemore-ing Maple Syrup Superdawg Roller Derby!

SPRINGTIME IN CHICAGO! I decided to take a walk through Wicker Park the other day to get some groceries and took some pics. Here’s the Blue Line heading downtown.


Looking southeast down Milwaukee Ave.


Looking northwest up Milwaukee Ave. toward the Coyote Building


BBQ IS BACK!!! The weather held up long enough to grill last week. A bit cool. If we grill tomorrow, it’d probably be about the same.


SME and Karli hangin’ out!


Mike Nummerdor


Cliff


Nick


Nick, Cliff, Matt, and Matt all inside enjoying rock and roll while the girls try to watch Top Chef: Chicago


Here’s Marisa! She came in from New York City to hang out with Megan and I this weekend.


So, we brought Marisa to the SaveMore! This little sign is the only way to tell that this is a bar from the outside. My favorite is "Sunday 11am - ?"


Marisa and Megan


Jason and Marisa sharing a shot of "Fuck You Up" as featured in Wassup Magazine


Do you like maple syrup? Well, you should have come to the Maple Syrup Festival!


What’s a maple syrup festival without pancakes! Here’s the pancake stand on a bright Sunday morning.


Here’s a couple of buckets collecting sap. Plastic milk jugs have replaced those Vermont wooden buckets, I guess...


Here’s how they make maple syrup. For every 40 gallons of sap, you get 1 gallon of syrup. So, they have to burn off 39 gallons of water. Or at least something like that.


Follow the yellow hay road...


Look at the wild herd of children frolicking in the woods.


Here be a couple more


Not quite sure what this is. Some kind of rock under a little shelter out in the middle of the woods. That’s... Um... Pretty... Interesting...


Here’s a fox at the visitor center. Look at how amazing evolution is! His fur blends in to the walls and provide him the perfect camoflauge (sp?) for eatting babies.


The goose is loose!


We brought Marisa out to the deer preserve to see those deer we saw a couple weeks back. THERE ARE SO MANY DEER!!!


Here’s Marisa trying to ride one of the deer.


SUPERDAWG! Yet another sign of spring. If you’re in Chicago, you should stop at Superdawg located at 6363 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL 60646


Inside that little box is a good Chicago Dog surrounded in very delicious fries!


Me taking a picture of Marisa taking a picture of her hot dog


The girls and I went to the Fleetwood Roller Rink at Harlem and Archer in Summit to see a ROLLER DERBY! The Chicago Outfit Roller Derby hosted "The Graveyards vs. The Gate Keepers." Good times!


I have to apologize for the low quality of these photos. As this picture illustrates, the lighting isn’t ideal. It’s colored flouescent lights for the most part. It only looks this nice without a flash. It’s dark with a flash. So...


Cool pic of a derby girl, but an unfortunate side effect of losing the flash...












Chicago’s Derby Little Secret... You can also check out their myspace page at: http://www.myspace.com/ChicagoOutfitRollerDerby

xoxo,

Mike

I Like Britney Better Now Than Before...

Here's another installment of my going ons...


Here's Harvey Sid Fisher. You don't know Harvey Sid Fisher? Then I suggest going to YouTube or http://astrologysongs.com/. I highly, highly suggest listening to the songs about Leo the Lion and Aries...


Harvey brings out the ladies!


"This is a duet. Not of a love song. But, couples fighting. I made a whole album of this...


This is how I imagine I will get old. Sad, but true...


HAPPY BIRTHDAY NICK!!! Murder House celebrates Nick's 23rd. Here he is drinking out of his skull and spine beer bong b-day gift.


I am happy to report that all of my co-workers showed up to work on time the next day, unlike the last time. People cannot get fired from going to my house anymore...


The mug Tyler is drinking out of says "Muskegon: The Bowling Capital of the World." That was true at one time. Now, the world headquarters of Brunswick is in Chicago and the manufacturing is heading to Tijuana or something. Oh sweet Muskegon, you shall cling to your other claim to fame "Muskegon: Beer Tent Capital of the World." Funny how those are actually related...


Dance party in the Murder House kitchen.


Now that we've had Superdawg, I think it will be a weekly trip for hot dogs. It brings me back to a simpler time in America. The 1950s and 60s. When all we had to worry about was race wars and a nuclear holocaust. Those were the days...


I tried to photograph Murder House's new large flat screen TV, but captured somethings way more strange...


German Fest thing down at Federal Plaza at 9pm on a Wednesday after a late meeting at work. $5 brats and classic rock have never had it so good...


Calder's Flamingo at Federal Plaza.

That about sums things up for now...

COME TO NICK’S BIRTHDAY PARTY TONIGHT! (or pic of Labor Day Drunken Irish Actor Car Thiefs)

Hope to see everyone at Nick's B-day tonight at my apartment!

Mi Terra in Little Village for Amanda's B-day.

 B-DAY GIRL!  The Mariachi Band I like this pic because it is red for some reason... Mexican food and mariachi music!



Amanda, Brent, and Karli at Mi Terra.

After picking up Paul Bourdon from the train station and getting some drinks with Ronan and Cormac, Megan's car was broken into. All they stole was Paul's old cell phone maybe worth $3 on the street. There was a Lexus parked behind us with nicer stuff too. Must have been a crack head...
SUPERDAWG! If you haven't been here for a hot dog, then you've never had a real hot dog!
Labor Day festivities at the Murder House
Katie showing off some athletic ability.
Matt nailing the birdie. Team Nick & Karli.

Frances would appreciate this. I found our old screen at a jewelry store near my work. Probably was the most valuable thing in Cherry House.
My next album cover.
Wednesday Night BBQ never looked so exciting....
Waiting for the play Sive to begin. Ronan's parents are in the show and traveled from Sligo, Ireland to put it on. Very Irish. I understood about half of what was said. I think I got it though. It was very good.
Play action!

Having a few Guinness' after the show with the crew.
This guy is professional Gaelic Football player in Ireland and an actor in the show. He's holding a trophy, which is the equivalent of the Stanley Cup in hockey. They used it for the raffle...
Why is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar giving martial arts classes near my house? Anyway, see you all tonight at NICK NUMMERDOR'S BIRTHDAY BASH!