Sunday, September 17, 2006

Insomnia...

Looks like I'm going through a biennial bout with insomnia.

I've been home for almost a week now. I have two Chicago updates in me, so there should be more posting this week.

In the meantime, here are a couple of photos I took this weekend. I've been meaning to walk the neighborhood and photograph different things (our corner's fire hydrant for one). When I saw the first sky, behind the power lines on our corner, it reminded me of something else. Not sure if it's an existing style, but I dig pictures where the foreground is disconnected from the background (like here, manmade/natural, silhouette/color).

Check it out:
September 16

September 17

Not much, I know. Just experimenting...

Tuesday, September 05, 2006

"What A Pleasant Surprise!"

Well, we're up to Chicago from Pekin, where the wedding was. And their marketing slogan rings true - it was a pleasant surprise.

It took a little prodding, but we made it to "The World's Greatest Sundial," right across from the paddle-boats - on the lagoon in the background here:
Pekin

I paddled a boat as well.

Also, so far we've seen The Shake at The Captain's Wheel. Everything, the venue (small midwestern town's hotel bar), the act (extremely crowd-pleasin' cover band), and the cover ($3) were all in perfect sync. Did I mention The Captain's Wheel was our hotel's bar?
Aaargh, 'tis true!
Shake

What else have we done? O yeah! "The Friendliest Casino on the Water" - the Par-a-dice (sic). So I lost at Blackjack... a good time was had by all. Haven't found the nearest casino to Chicago. Yet!
Gamble...Gamble...
Gamble...Gamble!!!

More on the Chicago adventure later, but I'm not sure how it can top Pekin. What a Pleasant Surprise!