Jerry’s Blog

Jerry's brother Jon took off yesterday, after a weekend of UT and Round Rock baseball, family gatherings – plus a scandalous hint of sight-seeing. Notes on the photos are below the photos themselves.

     

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Brother_Jon_Back_in_Chicago.zip (419 KB)

Slide 1: Sunday night, daughter Rose and her husband Charlie joined us for dinner and a movie (Memento with Guy Pearce – which was Jon's own fault for saying he likes bizarre movies).
 
Slide 2: Monday morning, Jon, Jerry, and I visited Enoteca – a fantastic Italian bistro on Congress Avenue – where we partook of some awesome carrot cake and INDESCRIBABLE lemon panne cotta!!! (Thanks and kisses go out to Tanya Winters for the recommendation!)
 
Slide 3: We said good-bye to Jon at Austin-Bergstrom around 1:30PM. It was pouring rain, but, his plane took off fine, and Jon is back to where he once belonged.

Other photos of Jon during his visit:

• Friday arrival
• Friday dinner

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Wife Mary Jane, daughter-in-law Kristin, son Joe, big brother Jon who is here visiting from Chicago.

Of note is the fact that Mary Jane has her iPhone and is ready to snap me. Jon also has his out of its holster.

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We met Jerry's brother Jon (above in St. Louis Cardinal red windbreaker and hat) at the airport yesterday morning, and took him to Central Market to shop for the weekend, then, to Trattoria Lisina – a fantastic Italian restaurant in Driftwood, Texas, in the middle of nowhere (i.e., empty-looking Hill Country ranch land all around).

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Our new baby birdies are not safe!

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Leo comes when we call him, is happy to let us pet him, squirms around in the dirt for ours (and his) entertainment – and yet:
 
We NEVER have to feed him
Do NOT have to house him
Spend NO MONEY on him at the vet
Have NO WORRIES over whether he has fleas or not
 
How can this be, you ask? Leo actually belongs to our next door neighbors – but, visits us regularly for petting and playing.

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Sean and Christina are two of my closest friends. Sean stays at home during the week to care for their lovely child Shayla. He's posting regularly to his Posterous blog and to Twitter to capture every moment—and probably to keep his sanity. I look forward to catching up with them every morning when I get my Posterous subscriptions.

It looks as if Daddy is in time out.

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We're here at Trattoria Lisina in Driftwood, Texas. Bueno place. Top drawer.

             

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Added some Marmite to this beef stew MJ made. Also had some on this corn bread. I'm a fan now. Yum!

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The Missus got this lil' gem at the World Market on Brodie in South Austin, thanks to son Joe's recommendation. This takes eating a soft-boiled egg into a whole new dimension.

Here's how it's done:

1. You slice the top off the egg with the sharp little knife.
2. Scoop out the eggalicious goodies with the little spoon.

"So this is how he eats an egg." - Crossing Delancy

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