My folks used to live in 2 Wheaton Center. My Mom thought it was a little too noisy but Dad loved it. He said it felt like he owned a giant train set. I loved that I could take a bus to the el to the Northwestern station and be at their place in an hour every week. We would walk to the prairie path or to Wheaton Municipal Band concerts. Suburban living just ain't that bad.

My little brother lived in one of those. I don't remember if it was 1 or 2, but he lived there with three other guys for a while. Ah, college!

Hil! Come to Eastern Market! Right off the orange/blue line. Easy peasy.

Timelies all.

I stayed up too late... head too grooggy. My away message says I'm cleaning, but not motivated to do so. ESPN has "Bronx Is Burning" playing, and as a NY'er and Yankee fan, I thought I should finally watch some.

Love the 80's LOLcat!!! Thanks KT! Helped wake me up.

I have in the last couple of days googled images for roller skating, beads, stars and camel, and in each case got porn.

Ooo. any good sites?

Now my brain contains an image of a beaded star camel on rollerskates.

So, um, Grandpa just saw the quilts. When he first saw them, he said, kind of snottily, "That's nice." Then, my Grandma and Aunt went nuts over them for 20 minutes. As they left, Grandpa patted me on the shoulder and said, "You're an expert seamstress. Good job." It actually almost made me tear up.

vw bug, I've loved the pics of your quilts. My Aunt Evalyn made fabulous quilts as did my grandma Payne. I have my crib quilt that she made and a matching one that fits a hand-carved doll bed that my grandfather made. I have one other of hers that is completely threadbare now. I have no idea how old it is.

Is your quilting by machine or hand stitched? When I was a kid, we had my grandma's quilting frame and finished one of hers by hand. The frames are long gone now.

Yay vw! Yay Grandpa! That post made me break into spontaneous clapping.