Patterico's Pontifications

4/10/2005

Back in Town

Filed under: Blogging Matters — Patterico @ 4:56 pm



I am back in Los Angeles after a wonderful week in Chicago.

We hit all the high spots, focusing primarily on activities that would be fun for the kids. I think they had a great time.

We also ate a lot of deep dish pizza.

Accompanied by my parents, we also visited Park Ridge, where I spent the first four years of my life. We visited my old house (didn’t get to go inside) and various playgrounds and pools that I used to frequent.

It’s funny what you remember and what you don’t. I remembered almost nothing — except for a small pair of stone whales in a wading pool that we went to a lot. I guess I spent a lot of time crawling on and around those whales.

I got to meet Spoons, Pejman, and Omnibus Driver. I had hoped to meet Blackfive, but it just didn’t work out; we didn’t have the time.

I had a wonderful time at the Lyric Opera watching the performance of Wagner’s Ring cycle. I hope to post a detailed review once I get some time. Suffice it to say that it was quite an experience hearing Plácido Domingo, Jane Eaglen, and James Morris.

I am starting a trial tomorrow that is going to take all my time. Part of me wants to allow the guest posting to continue, since I won’t be able to post much of anything for the next couple of weeks. But part of me also wants to limit guest posting to a week or so as a general rule.

I think I’ll do a compromise this time: I’ll ask the guest posters to cease regular posting beginning tomorrow, but feel free to post anything you think is really important over the next couple of weeks. And thanks for pitching in and keeping things interesting!

4 Responses to “Back in Town”

  1. My pleasure. Had a blast. Big thanks to you and all the readers. I’ll put one up on the 19th for sure.

    See-Dubya (85b967)

  2. I hope you’ll do it again. Feel free to post more tonight as well, just as you have been. It needn’t be particularly important, tonight.

    What’s the significance of the 19th? Am I being dense?

    Patterico (756436)

  3. OKC bombing, ten years ago.

    See-Dubya (85b967)

  4. Glad to hear you made it home safely. Wonderful to meet you and the family Patterico! You’ll have to email Spoons, Pej and me to let us know how the trial shakes out.

    Omnibus Driver (d4af9f)


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