February has pretty much ushered in the consistently cold night to night and unfortunately has taken to leaching into the day to day. Bays frozen over. Rivers frozen over. Even Lake Michigan had a thick ring of ice around it. Mid-month with a Valentine snow storm on the shore. Just as I returned from Chicago. Nice timing. Then the real cold hit. Teens and single digits, with a few below zero nights for good measure. The Atlantic's water temp at thirty-four. Yeah, 34 degrees. So usually I'm keepin' an eye on the ocean temps, watching for warming trends. See when I can begin counting the days before re-entering the surf. No trending. No warming. No counting happenin'. I've taken to watching for the warming days/nights versus the warming water. Watching. Waiting.
Chicagoland. Truly in the midst of a deep freeze. Wind chills kept us in the single digits. My fiance and I visited the Shedd Aquarium over the Valentines Day weekend. Tropical fish surrounded by ice. Nice. The sharks were lovin' it.
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| Ready to trade in for a heavier grey suit. |
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| Stoked Chi-time, 2/13/2015 |
For beer, a different kind of review...
Revolution Brewing brewpub on North Milwaukee Ave. Dinner. Accompanied by sixteen (yes, 16) brews on tap of which we sampled five and came up with our joint favorite, BATTLE OF WIL'S. Mild at 32 IBUs. A Red Ale that was fairly sessionable clocking a fair 5.3% ABV. Nice malt spine with a hop bite that was not over the top.
Without getting into a major ratings spreadsheet here, the other beers were tasty as well (Juke Box Hero-excellent IPA, Coffee Eugene- a rather bland Porter). A full menu offering. The home-made beer pretzel was very good. Smokestack pulled pork pizza most excellent. I would highly recommend this joint to anyone visiting downtown Chicago. A true billabong. Will keep any Bodhi, foodie or beer geek amped. Overall rating for Revolution Brewpub...an A-.
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| Filling gaps. V Day weekend, 2/13/2015 |
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