According to Wikitravel:
… Read the restThe Basilica of the Annunciation is built above the sunken grotto which according to the Roman Catholic faith was the home of the Virgin Mary and the place where she received the Annunciation (the announcement of the imminent birth of Jesus).
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I was living in McKinley Park, and several things that were visibly coming together were nevertheless still dim in the distance. I wasn’t working on Urbantasm much at all. I was temping at NMFF via Advanced Resources and had started to germ that, if I’d proposed to my girlfriend, and if she’d say yes, we’d need to come up with a plan for life, since neither of us had really built much career-objective positions.
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In the last week, I have noticed a sudden multitude of singing birds. At first I thought that they were exclusive to the Magic Hedge on Lake Michigan, but then yesterday I noticed them on my walk to the El.
I have noticed that tree branches are suddenly heavy with buds, so much so that they hang lower than before.
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– Reading about adolescent suicide and General Motors during the 1980s.
– Frequent stops at “Luck’s Food” which is my new favorite Vietnamiese eatery on Argyle.
– Tuesday Funk, naturally.
– RPGs with the scavhunt kids.
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– Intensely reading Les Misèrables; feeling all “shook up” by it. The unabridged version.
– I went to the Art Institute to see the East and Southeast Asian Art, as well as Ancient and Roman Art.
Diary: January, 2009. Read More »
I’m going to clip along a little bit faster here, because I want to get back to the present and write about the moment again.
For New Years we drove down to Ohio, where we celebrated 2009’s birth with dad J and some delightfully bitter IPA at the Weasel Boy Microbrewery in Zanesville.
… Read the restDiary: What Has Happened: New Years 2009. Read More »
Christmas 2008.
So this is the post where I start to catch up on everything that was missed during the month-and-a-half when I was hardly posting at all.
… Read the restDiary: What Has Happened: Christmas 2008. Read More »
This is almost recent history, so I’m somewhat surprised that I don’t remember the details of this month better than I do.
This was my second year of college. I remember in ’97 it was my first time home and my family and friends made a big deal about my return.
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I was five, and I believe this was about a month before I officially became obsessed with dinosaurs. This far back, I remember events (like Christmas) and otherwise unfixable moments… I won’t know for sure exactly what month or even what year I’m remembering.
… Read the restI say it all the time: 9/04 – 9/05 was a great year! One of the best. So here is the December installment.
This was in many ways a kind of sedate month; Chicago was cold that winter and so far exceedingly wet.
… Read the restDiary: December 2004. Read More »