Category Archives: Holiday

Bedford's 40th Birthday.

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Last night we headed over to Jack’s Bar and Grill for Bedford’s birthday and we somehow ended up at Jesse’s (Wriglyeville North) for pitchers of beer and both kinds of music:  Country and Western.

* Side Notes:
1. Bedford’s ability to balance beer on his head is impressive.
2. Bedford get’s his sport coats from the same place my dad does: 1983
3. The text from the Clinton letter from above reads as follows:


THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 30th, 2010

Warm Greetings to my friends at Southport.  After missing WASSAIL 2009 I swore I wouldn’t miss the celebration of Bedford Lydon’s 40th birthday.  But Hillary dragged my ass to Haiti and I he some noble work to do here.  But BEdford… please know that my best wishes are with you as I never thought that fat, bald and forty is the new sexy.  You make it work and it is great for balancing beers on your head.  And go ahead and take off that shirt for you may repulse all the females in attendance but Sue will always love your hairy Buddha belly button.

Give Frank the Tank my best.  WE partied at the ‘Big Pale Adobe’ in DC after a formal gig.  I love the Tank and all you cute single women should love the Tank also.  I couldn’t tear Monica or Chelsea away from him.  He’s tall dark and handsome and hung… all pictures in the Millard Fillmore Wing.

Happy Birthday Bedford and God Bless Frank the Tank.

Bill Clinton

3rd Annual Santa Pub Crawl

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Last night the big man went out for a night of jolly fun on the 3rd Annual Santa Pub Crawl.  As usual we started at Southport Lanes and headed north.  The turnout this year was at least twice as large as the first two crawls.  Thanks to everyone who made out.  If you got coal last night… you know why.

* Side Notes:
* All my photographs from the evening are on here on Flickr.  I plan on posting some of my Polaroids on Monday, they might be some of the best pictures taken.

** Messner’s is off the list.  Out of all the bars we stopped at they considered us a hassle.  There have been some suggestions that we tell the bars ahead of time that we’re coming (maybe work some kind of drink deal into it) but I kind of like the surprise/informality of the whole event.  Back the Messner’s… if Santa rolls into your bar on a Friday night with 20/30 plus jolly fellows you shouldn’t look at it as an inconvenience but as good business.

All the other bars were great and most of them weren’t that busy so it worked out well.

*** Highlight of my night had to be when we’re waiting for the Brown Line at the Addison Station and I’m doing the whole Santa thing when a young girl and her father get off the train on the opposite platform.  I shout out some ‘Ho Ho Ho’s’ and a Merry Christmas and the girls waving at Santa and goes off skipping down the platform with her father… Fast forward several hours and bars later and her father is on the tour.  Hilarious.

**** Santa ended the night at Burrito House. Feliz Navidad!

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*** Santa has hit the wall:

Santa has hit the wall.