left the house around 8:30, went to drop seth at my folks' house. onto the highway, di and i stopped to get coffee at the skokie swift terminal on dempster, then went to TBM to pick up stock.
down the highway to the pulaski park fieldhouse, for the renegade craft fair.
we were some of the first people to load into the third gym, where our both was right by the door. after an initially rough stop, we set up our prints, and settled in for a long day behind the table.
we both did fine. intercontinental was probably my big seller. long day, lots of seeing people i supposedly know but have no idea who they are. i ate too much from the tasty cake booth. saw russ & kelly, met their 7 week old, jackson calder horvath. jackson and i hung for a while.
things would down more or less at 6pm, though the fair went until 8pm. we stayed until 7:45, then went back to pick up seth. i split some oak for my parents' fireplace.
home in the sleet.
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Friday, December 7, 2007
friday
out to TBM, picked up ink & paper. stopped by 'robert's office supplies', new favorite office supply store, in downtown skokie. from there to sonnenzimmer, to pick up ink remainders from sound opinions reprint. to screwball. delivered ink, paper, got steve started on printing posters for "animals & objects in & out of water" show.
from screwball towards ispace. stopped at the art store, stopped at the bank, finally made it to ispace at 1:45.
tacked down some fly-away corners of prints on the walls. mary arrived at 3:30. we stuffed envelopes with the booklet for the show. i sent one to phil ponce, richard daley, sarah krep, and ken carls. weird.
cut out at 4:45, north on lake shore drive. stopped at comix revolution to drop pff booklets, bought 'the golden compass' for di.
stopped at turin, dropped off books, bought a new derailleur and seat post clamp for the surly.
got a chai. came home, ran seth in the yard. seth, in snow, with no collar or jacket... he looks SO happy running.
we're going to see the golden compass 9:50 show tonight.
from screwball towards ispace. stopped at the art store, stopped at the bank, finally made it to ispace at 1:45.
tacked down some fly-away corners of prints on the walls. mary arrived at 3:30. we stuffed envelopes with the booklet for the show. i sent one to phil ponce, richard daley, sarah krep, and ken carls. weird.
cut out at 4:45, north on lake shore drive. stopped at comix revolution to drop pff booklets, bought 'the golden compass' for di.
stopped at turin, dropped off books, bought a new derailleur and seat post clamp for the surly.
got a chai. came home, ran seth in the yard. seth, in snow, with no collar or jacket... he looks SO happy running.
we're going to see the golden compass 9:50 show tonight.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
monday & tuesday
monday, woke around 10, called richard to pick us up from jody's. poor richard (bad cold) took us to the gallery, where we both signed a number of prints ordered from people who couldn't make the opening. around noon, the reporter from the manchester evening news came by for an interview, as well as a photographer. that went fine, she 'got it' and was easy to talk to. as soon as that interview ended, howard and andrew from 'blue planet' arrived to take us and jody to lunch to talk about an upcoming project. just down the street from the gallery, we ate at a nice pub-style place, which sadly was out of fish and chips.
it was, of course, pouring rain.
back at the gallery, we loaded the boxes of cider into the car and made our way back to jody's. after a bit, jody went to get proper take-away fish & chips, which we ate while watching manchester united weakly beat a team from the suburbs of london. elliot came by, laura came home. the cider, after all that, was actually pretty good.
after the game, elliot left, jody & laura went upstairs for a bit, and di and i watched 'the descent', which was better than you might expect.
to bed, not to sleep. took forever to fall asleep. slept maybe by 4am.
at 6:30, jody woke us up so we could pack. we didn't realize he went back to bed. when it was time to leave for the airport (8am), jody couldn't find his keys, and tore the house apart. soon called a cab which took us out into walking-pace traffic. di and i were so unhappy, bracing ourselves for another 24 hours in manchester as we would be missing our flight.
we made it to the airport just in time, and got on the plane. terrible, long flight home. the stupid self-centered fucking people who had flown over in the row ahead of us were again in the row ahead of us, and did everything they could to recline, spread out, bounce their seats, etc. everyone else on the plane was a shaved-headed jersey-wearing 35 year old drinking team member of some football or rugby team. i began a process i will now call "getting the worst fucking headache i have ever had in my life".
home to ohare, through customs, into a cab (thank god he was a great, fast driver, no sarcasm), to lorna's laces to get seth and the subaru, then home. i got into bed and passed out.
woke at 5pm, did a business call re: the patagonia shirts, started answering emails.
blog at you.
it was, of course, pouring rain.
back at the gallery, we loaded the boxes of cider into the car and made our way back to jody's. after a bit, jody went to get proper take-away fish & chips, which we ate while watching manchester united weakly beat a team from the suburbs of london. elliot came by, laura came home. the cider, after all that, was actually pretty good.
after the game, elliot left, jody & laura went upstairs for a bit, and di and i watched 'the descent', which was better than you might expect.
to bed, not to sleep. took forever to fall asleep. slept maybe by 4am.
at 6:30, jody woke us up so we could pack. we didn't realize he went back to bed. when it was time to leave for the airport (8am), jody couldn't find his keys, and tore the house apart. soon called a cab which took us out into walking-pace traffic. di and i were so unhappy, bracing ourselves for another 24 hours in manchester as we would be missing our flight.
we made it to the airport just in time, and got on the plane. terrible, long flight home. the stupid self-centered fucking people who had flown over in the row ahead of us were again in the row ahead of us, and did everything they could to recline, spread out, bounce their seats, etc. everyone else on the plane was a shaved-headed jersey-wearing 35 year old drinking team member of some football or rugby team. i began a process i will now call "getting the worst fucking headache i have ever had in my life".
home to ohare, through customs, into a cab (thank god he was a great, fast driver, no sarcasm), to lorna's laces to get seth and the subaru, then home. i got into bed and passed out.
woke at 5pm, did a business call re: the patagonia shirts, started answering emails.
blog at you.
Sunday, December 2, 2007
sunday, manchester
slept well, vivid dreams. woke comfortably, realized it was noon. crap.
jody & laura, di & i took a while getting up, while jody ran out to et bagels, lox, herring, cream cheese, etc., which we downed at the kitchen table. jody ate six bagels.
by the time we left the house, it was almost 3pm. jody drove us downtown to walk around a bit, though it was already getting dark. it rained and got night-time dark as we walked around town hall, looking at the german holiday booths (a la daley plaza at this time of year).
back to jody's, we laid around for a bit, then went out to dinner with laura, and picked upjody's friend elliot on the way. amazing indian food at east Z east, with crazy lighting.
took elliot home, then back to jody's, and to bed.
jody & laura, di & i took a while getting up, while jody ran out to et bagels, lox, herring, cream cheese, etc., which we downed at the kitchen table. jody ate six bagels.
by the time we left the house, it was almost 3pm. jody drove us downtown to walk around a bit, though it was already getting dark. it rained and got night-time dark as we walked around town hall, looking at the german holiday booths (a la daley plaza at this time of year).
back to jody's, we laid around for a bit, then went out to dinner with laura, and picked upjody's friend elliot on the way. amazing indian food at east Z east, with crazy lighting.
took elliot home, then back to jody's, and to bed.
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