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Julie Sheehan, Constituent Bartender
The problem with Latin is that it sounds all egg-heady. Cocktails, which could conceivably both have eggs in them and go to your head, nonetheless rarely have egg-heady names. Would you raise a Pulchritude…
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Garden Update (by Laura Orem)
Here's the latest picture of my garden as it progresses. We've been having great growing weather – lots of sunshine during the day, rain in the late afternoon and evening. The thing with the…
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Julie Sheehan, Constituent Bartender
“Drill, baby, drill” is to slogans as Bull’s Blood is to wine and “subprime” is to finance. A risky proposition. Duh. It says so right there in the name. Who would care—or dare—to drink…
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Calling All Chicago Poets – Saturday, July 10th: Poetry Brothel Coming to “That Toddlin’ Town”
The Poetry Brothel is coming to the Windy City and looking for cast of poets to fill the dark corners of the House of Blues with sweet whispers of verse. Wanna play? Contact [email protected] Haven't…
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Julie Sheehan, Constituent Bartender
Here’s a bumper sticker concept for you: Free the Pour! Surely the Founding Fathers made room for free pours somewhere in their intentions, right? After all, we're talking about freedom, and freedom is exactly what…
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Julie Sheehan, Guest Blogger June 13 – 19
This week we welcome Julie Sheehan as our guest blogger. Julie is a 2008 recipient of a Whiting Writers’ Award and author of three poetry collections, most recently Bar Book: Poems & Otherwise (Norton,…
