Look "Who" Landed on Our Front Porch
There's two of them! Video under the cover of night of our front porch visitors here:
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Babe's First Homecoming
The Illini stomped the Hoosiers and everyone (and I really mean EVERYONE!) had a great time in Champaign today. The Babe broke out her Fighting Illini Cheerleader outfit and even spent a little bit of time in a campus bar. I have to work quickly before those ND Domers corrupt her too much. Not to mention her Wash U Mother!
100 Years of Homecoming at the University of Illinois
Did you know that the idea of Homecoming started in Champaign at the University of Illinois ? This weekend marks the 100th anniversary of the first collegiate Homecoming....anywhere! Pretty neat. Nat and I are hoping to go tomorrow, but if it rains like it is planned, we might scrap our plans. Nothing sounds nicer than sitting in Memorial Stadium watching my Illini followed by a romp around campus, unless said visit is with a 10 month old and it is raining cats and dogs. Our original plans were to head down next weekend for Varsity "I" weekend - where a bunch of the ex-athletes gather and they let us onto the field for pre-game - but with Halloween being the same day, it is tough to rally a crowd and slip out of town. Here's hoping for the best tomorrow and no rain! Doesn't look promising .
Time to Start Carving
The Babe has made her choice(s) from Sonny Acres in West Chicago. Time to get busy carving the owls. Last year we did two of them and I wouldn't expect to do less this fall.
A Three Hour Tour
Never really got my sea legs during the 3+ hour tour, but I did get to see "The Rock". Pretty neat stuff.
Top Food Trends in Chicago According to Google
One of my preferred part of my day job is finding and pointing out trends using data from the company. With the end of the year coming, these inevitably end up being used in "list" format. You know...Top 10 XXX of 2010, etc. For Chicago, the List Season got off to an early start with the Sun-Times running the top 10 food/drink trends. You can see them in the photo above (on the right side) that I took with my phone or in the lists below. Guacamole tops pizza? That's crazy talk. Fastest Rising Food and Drink Search Terms in Chicago Food 1. Chicken 2. Zucchini bread 3. Guacamole 4. Pizza 5. Bruschetta 6. Cake 7. Wings 8. Pie 9. Pasta 10. Cookies Non-alcoholic beverages 1. Acai 2. Frappe 3. Macchiato 4. Smoothie 5. Tea 6. Pepsi 7. Coke 8. Kombucha 9. Frappuccino 10. Pomegranate
Halloween Came Early
Over the weekend, we went to a kid-packed Halloween party. Of course, Nat made sure the Babe had a costume so she wouldn't be left out of the fun. Pink Ladybugs might now be my favorite kind! Plenty more photos from the upcoming Halloween festivities I'm certain will be posted in all the appropriate places around the web. If you know where to look, you won't be able to miss them soon!