Posted by hawk3ye on Jan 30, 2010 in
Uncategorized I just spent a little time looking at my husband Jim’s photos on flickr. He tends to be selective about what he posts, including choice shots from his digital collection and others that were scans of school days, but every one seems to encapsulate a wonderful facet of his personality. They just hang together well as a collection. So just in case you haven’t before, click on “leznek” and browse around.
Tags: flickr, jim, photography
Posted by hawk3ye on Sep 20, 2008 in
Doings 
Photo: Hideout Block Party 2008. Inset: Why yes, that *IS* Howe Gelb.
This morning Jim and I fueled up on brunch at Dunlay’s and rode our bikes over to the Hideout Block Party, just in time for the end of the KatJonBand set, when John Langford switched from “child entertainer” to “angry old punk,” he announced. Then the fabulous Howe Gelb and Giant Sand played a great set! Gelb was funny and did some great keyboard stuff. Spookiness & guitar from Tuscon. My grandparents lived there for awhile. I think this prompted me to think that an Arizona souvenier ashtray would be a good present for my grandma. Turns out she had just quit smoking. Anyway… great show. 
We decided to skip some of the sets in the middle and head home for a bit, stopping on the way for a bathroom break and extremely decadent Margie’s sundaes: One turtle sundae with one scoop chocolate and one vanilla, and one banana nut sundae with pistachio ice cream, raspberries and hot caramel on the side.
I really should have had a little camera with me today because the phone just doesn’t cut it (inset). I am thinking of bringing my olympus 35mm tonight when we take in the evening sets.
Tags: hideout, howe gelb, jim, music
Posted by hawk3ye on May 30, 2008 in
Travels Last weekend was so nice, finally getting to enjoy the out-of-doors again here in Chicago. We made a little trek over to the Indiana Dunes to visit Monica and her friends Tricia and John. Sunday our local farmer’s market starts up again too.
But the best thing about summer is of course Garage Sales! I can’t wait to get my bike oiled up so I can tool around town collecting goodies. I remember last year bringing some rather large stuff home in my bike basket, and the 50¢ “underbed storage box” kept trying to blow away as Jim and I rode back from that particularly profitable post-brunch sale. I also got an awesome “dialite” dresser clock that I must photograph sometime!
So, this pic can go in my Secondhand Sleuth blog, as the blue jacket Jim is wearing was a thrift-store find of Monica’s several years ago. The uke, however, is brand new.
Tags: blue, jacket, jim, ukulele
