Mr. Opporknockity returns to action at The Curve Inn on Friday evening. The lovely month of May, often praised in song and poetry with good reason, brings us all the promise of a fruitful season of lovely live music to come in the summer months ahead. The Alamo in Chatham (popularly known as the “Chalamo”) […]
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Posted inFood & Drink
Drinking shrubs
Chef Michael Higgins of Maldaner’s restaurant with many shrub options. PHOTO BY DAVID HINE Would you like to drink a shrub? I’m not talking about drinking bushes you might have in your yard, but a class of sweet/sour beverages that is centuries old. But shrubs are enjoying a renaissance these days in restaurants and other […]
Posted inArts & Culture
Will you flash mob me?
I’m going to propose to my girlfriend, and it seems there’s this trend of doing crazy, elaborate things to ask a girl to marry you. I can’t compete with guys like the New York City dude I just read about who threw down $45,000 to pop the question. But even if friends help me out […]
Posted inOpinion
Living in three dimensions
Dave Bakke, who usually observes the world from the upper slopes of the State Journal-Register, the other day looked at it from an even higher vantage point – the cenotaph that stands on the edge of the bluff above Chandlerville. The view down the Sangamon valley from that spot, he wrote, is the most beautiful […]
