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MJS1266, I totally understand how hard that was for you. I also had 500-600 books I donated (kept about 300 or so). it's hard. But I found it got easier as I went along. I have pretty well collated my vital docs in 2 places plus I've scanned them all and have them in DropBox.
LTF - love the hair!!!
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Moondust- there is a "freeze spray" that my center used for chemo infusions. It worked well and I never had pain. I have had the port for a year- had chemo and then, Herceptin every 3 weeks for that year. Never had blood taken from it, though. Once we got started and everything went well, I just did not want to change up what worked well.
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Moondust, I had a prescription for EMLA cream ,but I forgot to use it the first time. I found that accessing the port just wasn't a big deal. I didn't think it hurt any more than starting an IV. I tossed the EMLA in the drawer and forgot about it.
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in your pocket, moondust!! LTFly, you like great!
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Jill, your eyebrows are lovely. Mine are finally filling in 5 months PFC.
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Lookin' good, Jill! In your pocket, tomorrow, Alice!
Sloan, we are leaving the afternoon of July 20, to arrive in Rome early morning of the 21st so as to rest up from the flight and still get some sightseeing done in the city. (We're staying at the Hilton Rome Airport again--very convenient for arrival as well as flying to Pisa on the 26th. We get it for half price--or free if we use twice as many HHonors points--with free full breakfasts, unlimited drinks and snacks and free hourly shuttles into and from the edge of the Centro Storico. a short walk across the river to Trastevere as well). Logan Square is one of those perpetually gentrifying neighborhoods, with graystone mansions along Logan Blvd. It used to be Jewish as recently as the '60s, then a mix of Polish & Mexican and now mostly young “urban pioneers." It abuts the trendier Bucktown & Wicker Park, which has a plethora of hot restaurants along N. Milwaukee Ave. Do you have any preferences as to various cuisines? We haven't gone yet, but everyone is saying the best new Italian in town is Monteverde, in the Randolph St. “Restaurant Row" area west of the Loop and I-90/94. Wish we could have coordinated schedules, because we'd have loved to take you to Broadway Cellars and our other favorites.
Alinea won't have reopened by then, but you can't go wrong with any of the Lettuce Entertain You restaurants, especially Mon Ami Gabi, the tapas bar Cafe Ba-Ba-Ree-Ba, Ben Pao, Joe's Stone Crab & Steak, and RPM--both RPM Italian and RPM Steak. We like Hugo's Frog Bar (adjoining Gibson's Steakhouse) for seafood, but yesterday discovered the new Minneapolis transplant Smack Shack, a very reasonably-priced lobster-centric restaurant in the Fulton Market neighborhood just NW of the Loop. We do go to the Palm (in the Swissotel on upper Wacker e. of N. Michigan) for steak and lobster fairly often, since we belong to its frequent diner program. I do have to warn you--as a southern Californian no doubt accustomed to inexpensive or free+tip valets--that Chicago restaurant valets run anywhere from $12-18, depending on location. Street parking is rare and fairly pricey--we have the European ticket-box system that replaced the cheaper meters, but I suggest you download the Park Chicago cellphone app that lets you pay remotely without having to walk to & from the box to place a ticket on your dash--you can add more time while you're eating.
For the best Mexican in town, any of Rick Bayless’ places (elegant Topolobampo, more casual but no-reservations Frontera Grill--his original--and the new Xoco) are great. For truly native Mexican, you can’t go wrong with any restaurant in the Little Village neighborhood w. of the Criminal Courts Bldg. (where much of next year’s new Dick Wolf show “Chicago Law” will be filmed) along W. 26th St. But we like Mas Alla Del Sol in our neighborhood (Edgewater)--fresh, light, Veracruz style. Of course, you can close your eyes in Logan Square and accidentally bump into dozens of really good inexpensive Mexican restaurants. For Texas & Carolina BBQ, we like Rub on N. Western & W. Lunt up in W. Rogers Park; Lillie’s Q. in Wicker Park; Chicago Q on N. Dearborn in the River North area. Dirty little secret, though: most newly-built (rather than converted from defunct Dominicks stores) Mariano’s supermarkets have their own in-house Todd’s BBQs, which are excellent and insanely cheap (St. Louis style ribs $1/bone or $12 for the whole rack). Watch out for any “Chicago-style” ribs in white neighborhoods--they are boiled and then baked in sauce, fall-off-the-bone, and utterly (IMHO) inauthentic.
In Andersonville (LGBT, formerly Swedish neighborhood where we used to live a mile s. along Clark), the best places are Acre (seafood), Anteprima (upscale Italian), Calo (Barese Italian, over 60 yrs. in the same location, formerly a red-sauce joint but more elegant while still affordable now), and Big Jones--S.C. Low Country cooking. Their corn muffins are so good you can use them as currency in prison. And practically the last Cajun-Creole-standing restaurants are the original Heaven on Seven, in an office building under the Wabash L tracks in the Loop...or, if you don’t mind driving down to the S. suburb of Blue Island, the Maple Tree Inn.
Other faves of ours are Girl & the Goat, City Winery (separate dining and concert rooms, with “American tapas" served in the latter), and Tete Charcuterie along Restaurant Row; Purple Pig on N. Michigan Ave. just n. of the river (no reservations, long wait but great and cheap small plates); the restaurants in the Four Seasons Hotel at 900 N. Michigan and both Spiaggia and the more reasonable Cafe Spiaggia one block north. If you like Chinese and Vietnamese food and don't want to venture down to touristy Chinatown on the near SW Side, try Chinatown North--centered around Broadway & Argyle, in Uptown, one neighborhood to the south of us. We're in Edgewater. Sun Wah BBQ and Furama (all day, every day dim sum) are our faves in Uptown. If you like Indian and Pakistani food, drive up to Devon Ave. in the W. Rogers Park neighborhood. Tiffin is our favorite there. If you miss the Alps, on W. Peterson a few blocks s. of there is Fondue Stube, with waiters who sing opera. (Geja's in Lincoln Park is more famous, but it's dark and smells of frying oil--but it does have gypsy jazz on weekends. There's always Greektown along N. Halsted from W. Madison to W. Van Buren. (The tourists all go to Greek Islands, Dianna's Opaa! or the Parthenon, but we like the quieter and more elegant Pegasus and Santorini). If you want to try deep-dish pizza (warning: it's mostly tourists who eat it), any place in the Giordano's chain is fine. For NY style, we like Jimmy's on W. Foster at N.Lincoln; for true Neapolitan, Spacca Napoli in Ravenswood (W. Sunnyside near N. Ravenswood Ave., three blocks south of the Mayor's house). If you find Mob-themed tours hokey, there is also a new tour: “Corrupt Chicago," which hits all the “Machine" hotspots, as well as the Ravenswood Manor house of disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich. (Just SE of that, along W. Montrose, is Lutz' Viennese Pastry Shop & Cafe. Don't say I didn't warn you).
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wow Jill, look at you go with the hair regrowth! I can't wait lol, it bothers me more now than it ever did befor, only because I am being inpatient! I have some growth but a long way from that!
Got my tattoos yesterday-5 of them, to prep for rads. I start on June 23rd and will be having 15 plus 6 boosts for a total of 21. Have a few weeks to get my strength back before I start, nice to get!
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Thanks all!
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In your pocket, Alice!
Jill- your eyebrows DO look great! Found that mine kept trying to come back and then would fall out again- this happened several times after chemo. They are finally not all falling out at once. (Guess when they grow back in at one time that is bound to happen til the cycle sort of figures itself out.)
Sandy- Wow- what a great list and descriptions of eateries in Chicago. Know it was for Sloan but am planning on copying it for myself and to share as well. Please keep us posted on your path results.
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Sandy - Oh my, I'm so hungry after reading your post! And still laughing! ("...their corn muffins are so good you could use them as currency in prison!") Thank you so much for the restaurant ideas. I took screen shots of your post so I could remember the names AND your descriptions! My family will laugh aloud when I read your restaurant reviews to select a restaurant! I remember a few had long reservation lists, too. You told me about the Goat and the Girl once after I saw it on the cooking show, and how you got reservations by going early in a weeknight. Fortunately, we can do that. No need to impress my DH with an 8pm date and late show! I'd rather get into jammies by 10! Have a great trip, Sandy. We used our Hilton points in Paris for a week. We stayed at a really cute boutique Hilton. Okay, you could only get the Internet in 1 chair in the room, but the hotel was so cute! Here is the room and street view:
If anyone isn't doing points on your credit card, you need to! I could never afford a Paris hotel for a week without points!
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Sloan, that was an interesting restaurant list. Sandy, I hadn't heard of any of them. Back in the 60s, 70s and early 80s, Chuck and I used to go in to Chicago for the gift show (we owned a flower shop and greenhouses at the time). We loved eating at Roth's Blackhawk Restaurant, a steak house whose name I forget but they welcomed you with "Hello Senator" and hitting Old Town (my mother and her cousin who lived in Chicago drove booze runs for my great aunt's husband. Mother thought it was a blast. I'm sure she didn't tell HER mother and my great aunt wasn't pleased either so Old Town was rather special to us). Sloan, you won't need to search for a restaurant with that list! Sorry you two will be missing each other. Like that hotel you stayed at in Paris.
HUGS!
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HH - we're going to use point in Chicago, too. I just looked up hotel rates -to be fair I'm booking late - but the average Hilton was $380 per night before taxes and parking! Geez!
Also, for those of you who want to travel, the plane ticket in a US plane from CA to Chicago is about $400 round trip summer rates, whereas I flew round trip to Paris for $600 a month ago (albeit early season but so inexpensive!) So, if you're going overseas, pick Norwegian as your carrier! They have new and lighter planes that use less fuel, so they charge less!
Sandy - if we decide to stay longer in chicago, we'll get an AirBnB place. Can you give me an area that is nice? Is by the zoo nice?
I couldn't figure out how to write under my picture, but I love staying near the airports. We did that in Holland. We visited towns (like Haarlem and Delft) in 3 directions near the airport for 5 days, then we took the train to Amsterdam and staying at the Hilton in town. By the way, if anyone is going to Amsterdam, there is a fresh vegetable grill on the top floor of the library there! A blessing for travelers, if you know what I mean!
Have a great trip Sandy! Scout out restaurants and write the reviews for the rest of us!
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Peggy - Sandy gives us the travel bug, huh?! My city is NOT a foodie place, so there's slim pickins as far as restaurants go here.... Unless you want HomeTown Buffet, or something. Haha. When we come to see you, we'll all go out! Nothing fancy as well be in camping clothes, but you can be on the lookout for a restaurant where we can all go. ...or winery. Lol
Octogirl, Moondust, Molly, you, me, and someone else would join our camping trip. Who was it? Anyone on the west coast want to do a road trip when Moondust is DONE with chemo?
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Sloan, I'll shop the restaurants and find one that is really good and really casual (is that possible?). I can't wait for you all to come!
HUGS!
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Dear Karen: I hope that your hair grows back soon. Good luck with rads.
Dear LTF: You look beautiful.
Dear Peggy: I love the people that I work with so I don't want to make any negative comments. However, when it comes to the master board, your comment is absolutely correct. If Administration would listen to the suggestions from the Guidance Department, then we would not have a huge mess at the start of every year. Unfortunately, we are the ones who are inconvenienced and who must work extra, so no one cares, It is not them.
It is a 2 step process. #1: course requests - if the master board is done correctly, there would be very few problems, and little extra work
#2: manually fixing schedules after the schedules are generated by the computer: since the master board is incorrect, we must do tons of extra work by hand and inconvenience our students. It sucks.
I love my job and I am very thankful to have it. I am lucky. However, it is not that I want to work for free. I do it because I know that my stress levels would be astronomical at the start of the next school year if I don't do the work. It is totally unfair. However, I don't know another solution. My colleague (one of the people who is leaving) did not do the work last summer because she was not getting paid for the work. She was severely reprimanded because her schedules weren't done. TOTALLY WRONG and UNFAIR!! However, I am a single parent with no financial help and I need to keep my job. I also need to remain in good standing at my job! I don't have a choice but to do the work from home without compensation this summer.
Dear MJS: Good for you. I totally understand why your niece is working so hard.
Dear Molly: I hope that your legs and feet feel better.
Dear Katz: I am sorry about the bone loss.
I am hungry now after reading the horrific diet stories and about wonderful restaurants.
Dear Moondust and Heathet: The nurse navigator in my bc support group educated us about ports. She said that you should not let anyone access your port unless you know with 100% certainty that the person knows about ports. She told us a horror story about a nurse who said that she knew about ports but who did not actually know about ports. There is a special needle - I forgot the name - but it is bent at the top (I think). That is the only type that can be used to access your port or your port will be destroyed. Please ask your doctor for information regarding ports. You need to advocate for yourself so that nothing will be done incorrectly with your port by medical personnel who do not know what they are doing.
I don't want to sound mean but sometimes, people act as if they know something when in reality, they do not. It is similar to technicians who are not aware that blood cannot be drawn/blood pressure cuffs cannot be used on the SLNB side/arm due to the possibility of lymphedema. They do not like to be questioned. One must know the potential consequences of someone else's incompetence/ignorance. You absolutely do not want your port to be compromised. I wish that I remembered more details/the name of the correct needle, etc. Good luck.
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614 I'd still want to commit mass mayhem over the requirements you work under. It's hard when you want to keep your job but are being treated unfairly. Wonder if that is a case for an employment law attorney - unpaid required work?
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Sloan- LOVE the Paris hotel pics! When we went to Paris, we rented a flat for a week. It was just wonderful to have a small kitchen and a living room to gather in to make plans or talk about what we had done and seen each day. However, it was not as fancy as your boutique hotel.
We are going to be in Chicago in August- missing you but hoping Sandy will be in town. Staying at the Palmer- Meg (sister) and I will then fly to Atlanta for the Dixie Chicks concert before returning to "real life".
(While looking at various hotels- saw that Chicago is #1 for bedbugs???)
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HH LOVE the Palmer House (of the 60s-80s). I preferred to stay there when we went in for the Gift Show. Old elegance at the time.
HUGS!
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Dear HH: Have fun in Chicago.
Dear Peggy: I totally agree with you. I am in a "no-win" situation at work.
I just cleaned out my office at work so that I will be ready for the next school year. Unfortunately, I did not finish filing. Oh well. (I wish that I could burn all of my filing.) I threw out so much stuff. There were papers and files in my office from my Assistant Principal, who "lived" in my office before I "moved in". My office looks great. I need to purge at home as well!
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HH - I'll check into the Palmer House! If we put off our trip a little, we might meet in August in Chicago!
Peggy - Those are the best restaurants! Casual and tasty! Even better if you can throw good deal into the mix!
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Sloan, I have no idea of what the Palmer House is like now. My memories are 35 years old! I'll definitely look for good deals for our dinner(s) in Spokane. There's a rather famous (I guess) winery somewhere not too far away I'll check into also. We'll figure it out! And of course, my DS and DIL will have great suggestions. There are 2 BCO'ers in Spokane besides me so we ought to have a great party! Cannot wait!
HUGS!
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Thank you for asking about my legs and feet. I am doing better when I move at least every hour and remember to take my supplements. All the restaurant and travel talk is very exciting. Sandy, you should write a newspaper column!
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ANY hotel in any city can have bedbugs--the odds are lower in pricier ones. Before you unpack, always lift the mattress and check behind the headboard for evidence (rust-colored flecks, insect parts, etc.). Only time I ever found any was in a Motel 6 in a nasty section of Green Bay, WI--my bandmate at the time kept saying, “oh, no--dis is Da Nort' Country and you just don’t like wildlife.” (She was an aspiring Yooper and eventually moved up to Da U.P.). I opted to use her air mattress on the floor. Never put your luggage anywhere but on a rack or bench designed for that purpose (which is easily cleaned)--the majority of infestations in hotels come from people putting their suitcases on the bed, and the bedbugs that had hitched a ride on them found comfier digs in the bedding. Check Yelp and TravelAdvisor reviews too before you book.
Sloan, if by “the zoo” you mean Lincoln Park Zoo, you are indeed talking about the high-rent district, second only to the Gold Coast/Mag Mile. It is very safe and walking distance to a lot of nice restaurants, as well as the Historical Museum. If you are looking for a nice affordable Hilton affiliate, try the Hilton Garden Inn in the Near North neighborhood, around Grand & Ohio Sts. It’s right near the Italian superstore Eataly (owned by Mario Batali and Lidia & Joe Bastianich), and has all manner of stuff imported from Italy--as well as several no-reservation specialty Italian eateries: meats, fish, vegan, raw bar, salumi, pizza, pasta, panini; two espresso bars (its own upstairs, Lavazza downstairs next to the gelateria/pasticceria; and the reservation-only Baffo downstairs (which we’d found hit or miss). It’s also near the Shops at North Bridge, anchored by Nordstrom. The Hilton & Towers in the S. Loop is magnificent (we usually stay the weekend of the Bar Show, and eat at Iron Chef Garces’ Mercat a la Planxa across the street, as well as Kitty O’Shea’s in the hotel), but unless you can get a special deal (e.g., with self-parking or breakfast) it can be pricey--the parking alone can be forty bucks a day! There’s also a reasonable Hilton Garden Inn and Hampton Inn at the Midway Airport hotel complex (Bob usually stays there when the Oak Lawn Hilton near Christ Hosp. is full), but that’s on the South Side and traffic on the Stevenson (I-55) can be a bear. You obviously don’t want the Oak Lawn Hilton unless you have someone to visit or something to see in the SW suburbs--though there is a branch of Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant a few blocks south. My neighborhood is called Edgewater--there are Air BnBs here and in nearby Andersonville that are safe & convenient too, though we’re about a half-hour L ride or 15-min. drive north of the action downtown.
At which hotel did you stay in Paris, and what arrondissement (R or L Bank)? Years ago, we stayed at the Hilton Paris right near the Eiffel Tower--great location, great price, but way too modern & American for my tastes. We also took a flat at the Claridge Bellman on the Champs Elysees near the FDR Metro stop, above what is now Planet Hollywood--but the apts. are in the back facing a private garden and very peaceful. We didn’t even hear the construction.
HH, we’re staying put in Aug. I had considered returning to NOLA for the Cutting Edge entertainment law/music conference the 23-27, but I already have enough CLE credits (the state Bar might not count similar courses for which I’d already gotten credit), it’s often the worst time of the year to visit (lucked out last year though) and we’ll have spent a bundle on our Italy trip. So come on up!
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Sandy "LIKE" button hit!
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Sloan, how could I forget the Palmer House (also a Hilton--pricey but very convenient to the Loop L and everything downtown, especially the Art Institute and CSO)? One more great place I forgot to mention, in the Fulton Mkt. area just off Lake St., is Publican--focused on charcuterie, pork & beef (has its own retail butcher, Publican Quality Meats, next door). Very casual, order small plates to share, quite reasonable. And if you can’t get into Girl & the Goat, much of the menu is available across the street at the no-reservations, much cheaper Little Goat Diner (open almost all night).
Hugs to you too, Peggy! Sad to report that all those places you remember are kaput. Don Roth’s Blackhawk closed in 2011. Along Restaurant Row, at Randolph & Halsted, the neighborhood anchor Barney’s Market Club (“Yes, Sir, Senator!”) is gone, replaced, IIRC by a branch of Bar Louie or something similar. In Old Town, That Steak Joynt is no more (ditto the Earl of Old Town folk bar), but there’s still the Fireplace Inn, and a number of great spots along and near Wells St. (one block w. on Franklin is the excellent MK). And after a massive fire last year, all parts of Second City in the Piper’s Alley complex have reopened--as well as the Mexican place on the ground floor that makes guacamole tableside.
HH, during mid-August is our annual Air & Water Show--featuring the Thunderbirds and the Blue Angels. Last year we had brunch at the Signature Room atop the Hancock, on the last day--and watched the jets fly past and BELOW our window!!! The jets rehearse on Thurs., so you can look up and watch from anywhere n. of the Loop w/o having to deal with traffic and beach crowds.
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Sandy, thanks for reminding me of the names of those places. Chuck and I had many good meals at them. Though I must say, iirc the last one at That Steak Joynt wasn't up to prior years. But we were never disappointed at Barney's Market Club. There was a place (in a really iffy part of town) that had belly dancing and Chuck loved it. You're good at coming up with the names! Sigh. Things do change and not always for the better. The Palmer House has always been pricey. We thought it worth it. My dad (who owned our greenhouse at the time) even thought it was worth the extra money it cost to stay there and never said a word. Of course, he and my mother often went with us to the Gift Show. They showed us the ropes and set us loose in subsequent years. Many happy memories are surfacing!
HUGS!
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Well, Randolph west of the Kennedy exp’y used to be pretty “iffy,” but boy is it hot now! It’s Restaurant Row, and luxury condos are going up n. and s. of it! Harpo Studios (where Oprah used to tape) has been sold to McDonald’s, which is moving its int’l HQ there from its current location out in w. suburban Oakbrook. Seems the new exec hires are getting younger & younger....and millennials want to live and work downtown, preferring to walk or bike (or ride at most 2-3 L stops or as cheap an Uber fare as possible) to work. Yet, the wholesale flower and meat markets are still located there. Go far enough w. and it does get iffy again, as it nears the United Center.
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Sandy, I'm loving the walk down memory lane. Chicago is such a vibrant city. Millennials are certainly changing many facets of city life. Thank you!
HUGS!
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Sandy - ha, figures I would like the highest rent district in Chicago! Regarding Paris Hilton, it was the Astor- St Honore where we stayed. It was just bought out by the Hilton properties.
I agree that Sandy should write for a paper or blog!
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Molly - how are your vit D levels? I just read something about diseases and disorders (including best cancer) and low vitamin D. Also, lots of people take vitamin D, but scientists are not sure if your body uses it properly, so best to get some sun each day. Anyway, I was just thinking of you.
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