Ravinia Tickets have Arrived!

Our Gershwin tickets have arrived! Here are the deets:

Gershwin Gala
July 15, 7p
Lawn Seats
$11
This year's Women's Board Gala Benefit Evening will be a Gershwin Gala to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the composer's Ravinia concert of 1936, when people actually climbed trees to get a glimpse of him while he performed his Rhapsody in Blue. That work, which will be part of this year's Gala concert, demonstrates the fusion Gershwin was trying to create between jazz and classical symphonic forms. The program will also include selections from Porgy and Bess, which had its world premiere less than a year before Gershwin's Ravinia debut. Who could ask for anything more?

I'll distribute tix at Neha's bday dinner, please have cash for me then, thanks! :)

Remodeling: 99.9% Done!

Pictures now available! When you scroll down the page, there are links to other pages that have more before, during and after picts.

King Tut: Urban Tribe Consensus Part II

Alright, survey is updated with the dates provided by Michelle, once we all input, I'll show the results and we can buy tickets. :)

Click here to take survey

King Tut Available Evening Dates

There is nothing available for any friday in June, July, August or September for an evening time other than a Tut at Twilight tour on September 1st. Tut at Twilight is $50, includes audio guide and promises reduced crowds. I'm attaching a list of the 20 Tut at Twilight dates as well as extended hours days at the museum when the last show is at 7pm. There are only about three or four Fridays from here until December.

Extended Hours
Spend a summer evening at the Field! Enjoy the King Tut exhibition and explore our permanent collections into the evening with special extended hours. On the following dates, the last entry time into the Museum and the King Tut exhibition will be 7:00p.m. (the entire Museum will close at 9:00p.m.):
Saturday June 3
Sunday June 11
Friday June 16
Sunday June 18 (Father’s Day)
Friday June 30

Tut at Twilight
The Museum offers 20 connoisseur viewing nights during the run of the exhibition whereby visitors can enjoy extended hours and reduced crowds. Tickets are $50 per person, and include an audio tour.

Tut at Twilight Premium Viewing Nights:

	Friday, May 26, 2006
	Saturday, May 27, 2006
	Sunday, May 28, 2006
	Monday, May 29, 2006 (Memorial Day)
	Saturday, July 1, 2006 (4th of July Weekend)
	Sunday, July 2, 2006 (4th of July Weekend)
	Tuesday, August 1, 2006
	Tuesday, August 8, 2006
	Tuesday, August 15, 2006
	Tuesday, August 22, 2006
	Tuesday, August 29, 2006
	Friday, September 1, 2006 (Labor Day Weekend)
	Saturday, September 2, 2006 (Labor Day Weekend)
	Sunday, September 3, 2006 (Labor Day Weekend)
	Monday, September 4, 2006
	Friday, November 24, 2006 (Thanksgiving weekend)
	Tuesday, December 26, 2006 (Final Week!)
	Wednesday, December 27, 2006 (Final Week!)
	Thursday, December 28, 2006 (Final Week!)
	Friday, December 29, 2006 (Final Week!)

Advance tickets for both viewing experiences are highly recommended.

King Tut: Urban Tribe Consensus

Discovered a neat little tool at work that will make planning way easier! Just indicate which dates are available, and this online survey tool will calculate result. :)

Click here to take survey

Now that's a spread!

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Originally uploaded by carolyn8.

What a picnic:

Starters
Potato salad
Seven layer dip
Watermelon
Sweet potato salad w/ lime juice and cumin
Corn pudding
Spinach salad
Salmon salad
chips
veggies and dip

Grilled
Cheddar brats
Beer brats
Nathan's hot dogs
Hamburgers

Whoops, we prepared but forgot to grill:
Bananas w/ brown sugar and cinnamon

And whoops, no more bottles by the lake. $150 tickets for two boys, and a warning to stay away from stray dogs for Ruth.

Kite Flying

Chicago - Foster Beach - Kite Flying
Originally uploaded by brady frequent traveler and eater.

Is That A Baby Driving the Motorcycle?!

Is That A Baby Driving the Motorcycle?!
Originally uploaded by brady frequent traveler and eater.

Not photoshopped!

What do you mean???

Michelle, what do you mean I didn't invite you to Cuba? You were there!!!

Manish and Neha were in Cuba With Us

Proof! Manish and Neha were in Cuba with us as well. They weren't cold like we were though, but that was because they were eating pizza. Neha's making a face because Manish ate too much pizza and let one squeak out...

Elephant, Monkey, Camera, Food, Brady (with no hat), and Eva

Dave and I went to Cuba

Last weekend, Dave and I were sitting around on our one-year anniversary wondering what we could do to celebrate. It was a very special moment, and we wanted to reward ourselves. So we decided to go to Cuba. Here's a picture to prove it. I think this weekend we're going to Rome.

Brady by the Roman Amphitheatre

Brady by the Roman Amphitheatre
Originally uploaded by Diva Eva.

Last weekend, Eva and I went to Rome!

Hanoi - Tamarind Cafe - Mango Sticky Rice

Hanoi - Tamarind Cafe - Mango Sticky Rice
Originally uploaded by brady frequent traveler and eater.

I've been suffering food porn withdrawals....so I peeked at Brady's flickr blog again....

Eva Smiling At Breakfast

Hoi An - Life Resort - Eva Smiling At Breakfast
Originally uploaded by brady frequent traveler and eater.

Well, no monkey or elephant, but Eva eating noodles!

Where in America?

Brady Walks Around
Originally uploaded by Diva Eva.

Where is Brady? East Coast? West Coast? Midwest?

Brady on Deck

Brady on Deck
Originally uploaded by Diva Eva.

More photographic proof that Eva and I left the country. Try to find this scene in the Chicago area!

Napoleon Dynamite, Jr.

I am still, still, still...laughing my patootie off! :)

Dave in Great Pain

Pict of Dave crossing the finish line at the Lake Geneva 5k. It was a toughie, as the course was essentially two hills. Up one, down one, up one, down one, turn around, repeat. Up one, down one, up one, down one. It hurt.

Our next run is the Run for the Zoo on June 4. Zero hills, should be fun. :)



No picts of me, I was running too fast. ;) Actually Dave won this one, though as he sprinted, he was pummeling me with his backswing. I'll get him on the next one. :)

Eva On A Saigon Street Corner

Saigon - Rex Hotel - Eva On The Street Corner
Originally uploaded by brady frequent traveler and eater.

Eva is standing across the street from the historic Rex Hotel. More proof we actually were in Vietnam.

Elmhurst leads nation in sex???

May 19, 2006 - You might call suburban Elmhurst a "bedroom community" and a new service from Google would seem to back that up.

According to Google Trends, Elmhurst led the country last month in the number of searches for news stories about sex.

Elmhurst Mayor Thomas Marcucci joked that the town doesn't have gentlemen's clubs or similar businesses, so maybe that's why people go online.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=consumer&id=4189039

CHICAGO'S ROAD TO CHINA

Mayor Daley's second day in China

On the other side of the world it is hot and sunny, as Chicago Mayor Richard Daley completes day two of his visit to Beijing. The mayor spent most of this day sharing meals with Chicago business people already in China, trying to encourage Chinese businesses to come to Chicago....

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=special_coverage&id=4176028

Evolution of Dance

Alright, so the first three minutes are pretty funny...he takes us through the twist, dicso, etc...but it gets HILARIOUS when you start getting into the 80s and 90s. I think my favorite move was "Ride the Pony" followed closely by the worm. Awesome! Click picture to see clip.

Non Food Vietnam Picture

Hanoi - Temple of Literature - Water Puppets 3
Originally uploaded by brady frequent traveler and eater.

Hanoi - Bun Bo Nam Bo - Restaurant Operations

Hanoi - Bun Bo Nam Bo - Restaurant Operations
Originally uploaded by brady frequent traveler and eater.

Brady's food porn is evolving. Here we see a picture of food in production. In all its naked glory...

$5 off Dean and Deluca

Alright guys, one of these days, it would be nice to have this blog reside on our own domain. I've already purchased urban-tribe-chicago.com, but before I start paying for hosting, it would be nice if we started taking notice of the advertisements in the right column. If you purchase from those featured merchants, we'll start earning commission, all of which will go toward hosting fees.

I'll rotate out the merchants on a regular basis. :)

Disney plays with Pooh

Disney plays with Pooh
Originally uploaded by Lone Primate.

Jellyfish Pooh!?

Remodeling: Granite Counters?

05-15-06_1213.jpg
Originally uploaded by carolyn8.

Is that a granite counter/breakfast bar overlooking my living room?? Hmmm...I wonder...

Behind the Scene Footage

Brady Takes Picture of My Plate of Dessert and Fruit
Originally uploaded by Diva Eva.

I have posted some pictures from our Vietnam trip on Flickr. What a great trip! Not so many food pictures. But I do have some "behind the scene" pictures of Brady taking pictures of food.

Frango Mint Pie, The Walnut Room, Marshall Field's

Frango Mint Pie, The Walnut Room, Marshall Field's
Originally uploaded by crispyteriyaki.

This is what Neha and Manish ate today at the Walnut Room, after watching Spamalot. Spamalot is great!

Urban Tribe

Interesting article
about fatherly influences in career... very interesting...

Chopstix tax may be hard to swallow

Whatever...

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In a move that has cheered environmentalists but worried restaurant owners, China has slapped a 5 percent tax on the chopsticks over concerns of deforestation.

The move is hitting hard at the Japanese, who consume a tremendous 25 billion sets of wooden chopsticks a year -- about 200 pairs per person. Some 97 percent of them come from China.
Chinese chopstick exporters have responded to the tax increase and a rise in other costs by slapping a 30 percent hike on chopstick prices -- with a planned additional 20 percent increase pending.

The price hike has sent Japanese restaurants scrambling to find alternative sources for chopsticks, called "waribashi" in Japanese.

"We're not in an emergency situation yet, but there has been some impact," said Ichiro Fukuoka, director of Japan Chopsticks Import Association...

Click for Story

TipVision

If you want to know what I've been working on for the last few weeks go to the following link:

http://www.tipvision.com/6abc/

Then go down to the tipvision player and click on the categories. Basically I had one week to find the experts, set up the interviews and find the subjects for these and another 30 segments. Then another week to shoot, and this last week to edit....this is just a test site on our own website...the official thing launches June 1st. Eventually, there will be a free player for blogs like ours to add the player with just one tip a day provided by us. Happy viewing!

Tribe Dines: Adventures at the Nordstrom Food Court

Brady

Potbelly's turkey sandwich. After all the exotic Asian food, Mr. Ho opts for Chicago local.

Michelle

Chinese fast food. Five dollah. Michelle wants a little Chinese for lunch.

Manish

"Udon. No beef, no chicken. No fishcake."
"Just fishcake?"
"No meat."
"Okay. Just chicken."
"No meat!"

Carolyn

I love dragon rolls. :)