Basil’s Blog

The Wife and I took off a couple of days this week, making a long weekend of it.
We’re in Pensacola.
I know. You’re thinking, “Whose bright idea was it to go to Pensacola during hurricane season?”
It was mine. And hers. We both thought we’d come here this weekend.
We thought this back in June, when we were [...]

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While in Savannah this weekend, we ate at Paula Deen’s place.
The Wife likes to watch the Food Network. And she’s been wanting to go to Paula Deen’s restaurant in Savannah. The Lady and Sons.
She’s the Food Network fan, not me. I like food, you see. A lot. But I don’t want to watch it on [...]

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We took off to head to Savannah for a couple of days.
The impetus was my brother-in-law singing the National Anthem at a baseball game in Savannah on Friday night.
As it turned out, the game they asked to sing was a game between the Savannah Sand Gnats, my old team, and the Columbus Catfish, my current [...]

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Spent several days in Chicago this past week.
The whole trip began as a trip to a Jimmy Buffett concert at Alpine Valley, Wisconsin.
Alpine Valley is pretty much equidistant Milwaukee, Madison, and Chicago. So, to get to Alpine Valley, it’d mean flying in to either Milwaukee, Madison, or Chicago.
So, where to fly to?
Well, when I think [...]

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Went to Chicago last weekend. It was a birthday / anniversary / vacation trip.
The plan was to head to Atlanta, catch a flight to Chicago, drive to Wisconsin for a Jimmy Buffett concert, then back to Chicago for a ball game, and other tourist kinda stuff.
So, how’d all that go?
Well, the concert was fun. As [...]

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Went to the Jimmy Buffett concert at Alpine Valley, in Wisconsin, last night.
A few years ago, The Wife promised to take me to see Buffett in concert for my 50th birthday.
She meant actually on my birthday.
So, when she found out he was in East Troy, Wisconsin, on the day I turned two quarters of a [...]

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Heading out of town.
Got tickets to a concert.
In Wisconsin.

Yes, Jimmy Buffett.
No, we couldn’t see Buffett when he’s in Atlanta.
Apparently.
So, we’re going to Wisconsin.
Actually, we’re flying into Chicago. Cheaper than Milwaukee. Which surprised me.
Cubs are out of town, so we’ll catch a White Sox game Sunday. Yeah, The Wife is all excited about that.
Anyway, what better [...]

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The Wife and I went to Pensacola this weekend. More about that later.
But, on the way back, we stopped for gas at Greenville, Alabama.
And, at that exit, there’s a Russell Stover outlet.
So, like a couple of kids in a candy store, we walked around, pointing, wanting this, wanting that. And, when it was all done, [...]

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When I got the new car in December, it came with OnStar. And, though it wasn’t a selling point for me, it turns out that I like it.
One OnStar feature is “Turn by turn navigation.” Basically, you contact OnStar, tell them where you want to go, and they send the data to the car. The [...]

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