C2E2: My 2024 Schedule

What is C2E2 you say? Well to steal from from the Choose Chicago website: "Pop culture fans, assemble! The 2024 Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) is around the corner. Now in its 14th year, this year’s convention will have no shortage of cosplaying, celebrity sightings, panels, and activities. Whether you’re a C2E2 newcomer or a seasoned cosplaying veteran, preparing for the weekend’s festivities is the best way to make the most of the event."

Obit: Terry Carter, Dead at 95

Terry Carter, Actor Best Known for Battlestar Galactica and McCloud, is dead
at 95

Film: Making History

Film | Making History
The Academy Museum Director Responds to Criticism with a new Exhibit on Hollywood's Jewish Origin Story
Los Angeles Magazine, March 2024 by Jeff Sneider

Oscars: Good As Gold

Award Season
Good as Gold
Los Angeles Magazine, March 2024 by Jasamin Rosenberg

The OSCARS....the glitz, the glamour, the food! Wolfgang Puck geared up for the 30th Governors Ball and looks back on his willing Oscar dishes.

Harlan Ellison's Last Words

Longtime Friend And Babylon 5 Creator J. Michael Straczynski Endeavors to Reshape the Legacy of The Late Sci-Fl Writer
Los Angeles Magazine, March 2024

THE LOST Aztec Temple of Mars has stood atop the hills of Sherman Oaks for decades, with a facade lovingly fashioned like the ruins of an ancient alien civilization. Carved into its faded orange exterior is an imagined history of flying ships and extraterrestrials, of tangled tendrils and tentacles, of creatures
serpentlike and humanoid. This was the home of author Harlan Ellison, a sanctu­ary he also called Ellison Wonderland, where he wrote his popular scripts and short stories and kept its rooms filled with a museum-grade collection of sci­ence fiction and pop culture. 

Stan's Donuts Review: Peanut Butter + Jelly Pocket

Here's another fun quick review from Stans Donuts. 

Stan's Celebrated St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick's Day in Chicago..what comes to mind...The Green Chicago River, crowded restaurants, wanna-be young whipper-snappers "trying" to keep their liquor down...basically amateur night/day depending on when it falls.

Free Comic Book Day 2023

 BOOKS THAT ARE BEING OFFERED THIS YEAR
(Books will differ depending on your local store)

2023 Field Museum Member's Night

This year, the Chicago Field Museum held their annual Member's Night over two days from April 20-April 21. If you were lucky enough to be a member or knew someone that was, you got to roam the museum and also check out behind-the-scenes areas.

Uncle Julio's Chocolate Pinata

UNCLE JULIO'S CHOCOLATE PINATA

This is a great birthday treat. Although it was not my birthday (they gave me two of these as credits to  my account for previous poor service), this is a fun dessert for 3 to 4 people, definitely.

Retro Fan: January 2023, #24

Retro Fan Magazine
January 2023, Issue #24

This issue highlights Angela Cartwright ('Lost in Space', 'Make Room for Daddy') about her time on 'Lost in Space' and working with Bill Mumy in creating a scrapbook of photos from LIS that fan have never seen before.

Macy's Walnut Room / Christmas Holiday 2022

The Christmas holiday was special this year as my work gave us a full week off the final week after Christmas and before New Years. It was well deserved and I needed very badly as up that point it had been crazy right after I came back from my first real vacation to California in October.

95th Oscars Nominations Announcement

95TH OSCARS® NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCEMENT

Live Presentation Begins Tuesday, January 24, 2023

5:30 a.m. PST / 8:30 a.m. EST / 1:30 p.m. GMT / 9:30 p.m. CST

The 95th Oscars Airs Sunday, March 12, on ABC

Lincoln Park Zoo Lights, 2022

TAGS: #LincolnParkZoo, #Zoolights

Royals: Christmas Without The Queen

Christmas without the Queen -- The Royal family preapres for a poignant first Christmas at Sandrinham following the death of Queen Elizabeth. Written by Simon Perry/ Issue: PEOPLE, 2023-01-02 (Volume 99, #1).