• Food, Glorious Food

    Carnivorous Feeding Frenzy de Brazil

    Oh well, another week or so goes by, how the hell did that happen? We’re working off a bit of a meat hangover here at Chez Geeque, because we met some good friends for dinner at the nearby Texas de Brazil in Schaumburg and ate a large quantity of delicious slow-roasted meat. We groaned contentedly when offered dessert, came home, watched Stargate: Universe and Numb3rs, and fell into bed. This morning we both moved very, very slowly and tonight for dinner – vegetarian! But it was a wonderful meal, and the setting and serving style lent a great sense of…

  • Hot Off The Presses

    Group Homes in Illinois

    Some disturbing facts in this article about an unlicensed adult group home. Meanwhile, the waiting list for a bed in a state-licensed home is 18,000 names long. Parents decry care at Deicke Home in Lombard for disabled adults — chicagotribune.com Disabled care advocates say the Deicke case provides an inside look at the risks of Illinois’ problematic and woefully underfunded adult-care system, where countless small, unlicensed homes provide much-needed housing but offer little relief to worried families. “They exist because the system in Illinois is inadequate and broken,” said Zena Naiditch, president and chief executive of Equip For Equality, a…

  • SABRE2th Tigress: Book 'em, Dano.

    Business Class vs. Coach Class

    It’s a tug-of-war between the “bean counters” and the “been counted (unworthy of an upgrade)”. If you’re not on your company’s VIP list, good luck with getting business class to Singapore… Cheaper business airfares still a tough sell in today’s economy – USATODAY.com Trying to lure business travelers back into more expensive seats, airlines have slashed business-class fares to foreign cities. Many business-class airfares to Europe this fall are 33% to 66% cheaper than a year ago, an analysis by FareCompare.com finds. While the cheaper fares are more attractive to cost-conscious companies, they are still a tough sell in this…

  • Health And Fitness - Mini-Posts

    Workout Diary: 02OCT09 Slow, Steady Progress

    It’s been more than a month, still working out 3-4X per week and still not eating/drinking sugary stuff. Feel great, should do weights more, but losing a steady 2 pounds per week. Weigh in on Thursdays: started at 236 (YES, I KNOW, ugh) and now at 228. Average 3o-40 mins aerobic per day. Next target acquired: below 220. PS the iPhone Public Radio app is a big help.

  • SABRE2th Tigress: Book 'em, Dano. - Traveling Along, We're Adventurers

    British Airways Means Business New York – London City

    BA started business-class-only flights from JFK to London City Airport yesterday. Inflight Internet access, full-recline seats, aimed at a niche market of go-bag executives. As in “It’s called a go bag because I keep it in the trunk of my car (NCIS)” Club World London City – British Airways Club World London City is our Business Class only service, with just 32 seats on board, flying between London City and New York JFK. Your entire journey has been designed to minimise airport travel time and check-in times whilst maximizing your productivity on board with OnAir capability allowing you to send…

  • Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    A Roguish Ghost Story

    Palin pops the literary pooper Nov. 17th, but a ghostly midwife will probably fade into the background. 400 pages in 4 months? Really? Sarah Palin finishes 400-page memoir, 'Going Rogue,' to be released Nov. 17 — chicagotribune.com Palin, 45, spent weeks in San Diego shortly after leaving office and worked on the manuscript with collaborator Lynn Vincent, a person close to her said. She was joined in San Diego by her family and her top aide, Meghan Stapleton, then spent several days in New York working around the clock with editors at Harper, said the person, who wasn’t authorized to…