My old friend Kevin was in town this weekend, performing with his band Seal Party (more info on the group via this article from Essentially Pop). They’ve been on tour in the Midwest, and their final/Chicago stop was tonight at Martyrs.
The Seal family has been visiting Chicago, and though we missed them a week or so back… Liz and I were able to catch a dinner with Kevin, Molly and their son Philo. Kevin had a hankering for pizza, so we met up at a Lou Malnati’s near Justin‘s place. There was a bit of a wait, but we hung…
Got a note from Kevin over the weekend, and learned he’d be in town Monday evening for business. He was arriving later in the day, so we ended up meeting for dinner and drinks at the Billy Goat Tavern. In 1978 John Belushi, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Loraine Newman all immortalized the location in a popular Saturday Night Live…
As he sometimes does, last night Kevin was back in town for business (he works over at Pandora, along with Peabe). He was out with coworkers for the start of the evening, and showed up around 9:30 at Justin’s apartment. Stuart, who I met a few times before, was hanging out with Justin prior to, watching the latest episode of…
Recently, I happened across a link to some music that I haven’t heard in a long, long while. While I was an undergraduate at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana… my friend Kevin Seal played a lot of music. Two bands he was involved with were Java and Chive. I’m not 100% clear on when I first heard these songs, or…
Quick view of the courtyard area, from my hotel room window. Today, on our “free day,” Liz and I signed up to go on a tour of Muir Woods. Liz was keen on seeing the Redwoods and it sounded like a great thing to do. The only bummer was that, all day today, it was raining. Nonstop, cloudy sky raining….