MMMmmmm.... Exotic Chinese Meat.....

BBQ last week. Here’s SME with Tennessee


Cliff waiting for his brats to cook.


Karli. I didn’t use a fish eye lense. The door is just that warped...


Mike. I hear he’s sick. So, wish him well.


Nothing is better than Shrimp, Fish & Shrimp that was once lost and now found...


A typical Chicago corner.


Megan and I were working on our bikes and my neighbor, Junior, decided to come out and work on his bike as well.


Junior smiling


Junior giving the Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson look


Megan all gussied up for biking around town. It was, by far, the healthiest day of my life.


The Boat House in Humboldt Park. Be sure to look for it in the upcoming movie Humboldt Park.


Megan looking over the vast expanse of the park


Checker board in Wicker Park where we ate our all-natural sandwiches. I told you it was the healthiest day of my life.


People enjoying Wicker Park on a warm sunny day


Megan in the park


Me and my Choppers.


Looking good


Megan looking for new and trendy ways to wear a helmet. Look for hipsters and other trendy folk to be doing this soon!


Nice graffiti


Lincoln Park at the conservatory looking south


A Sun Bear at the Lincoln Park Zoo


Some kind of reindeer


The Lion was pretty active that day.


This is the place I’ll go the next time I need my "Foreing" car fixed


Brent, Angela, and Evan hosted the BBQ at their place last night. Angela just got back from China a little bit ago. It sounds like an interesting place. She could tell you a lot more about it than I can. So, go ask her...


MMMMmmmm.... Grilled meat....


Angela brought back lots of exotic meat from China. No one was quite sure what it was since it was all written in Chinese. But, some guesses included: chicken liver, turkey knuckles, spicy tofu, and chicken feet...


Some girl at the world’s coldest fire. For some reason, this fire gave off absolutely no heat. Cliff actually put his hand halfway into the flame and still said "It’s still not hot!"

That’s about it. Bubba (Brandon) (Fellow Muskegon Exile living in Chicago) is having an improv show tonight at Second City. If you are interested in going, give me a call by 3pm so I can try to get some tickets. The show starts at 10:30pm. My number is 773.241.4599

xoxo,

Mike

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