<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178525836603965872</id><updated>2012-02-16T13:21:29.037-06:00</updated><category term='weather'/><category term='Chicago events'/><category term='best gyros sandwich'/><category term='random Chicago'/><category term='Chicago scene'/><category term='daily life'/><category term='whatever'/><category term='35th Street'/><category term='Chicago random'/><category term='Chicago'/><category term='Racine'/><category term='sunshine'/><category term='foodie'/><category term='random'/><category term='gyros sandwich'/><category term='random events'/><title type='text'>Chicago Random!</title><subtitle type='html'>Photos, food, conversation, business talk, random blurbs, whatever!  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Enjoy!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chicagorandom.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3178525836603965872/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chicagorandom.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Bernard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xJFN8R1f8Bc/TQgk6SHUpHI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/b-B7fkYhTaY/S220/push-dont-push--large-msg-118533492999.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178525836603965872.post-1646144189562970371</id><published>2012-01-31T02:44:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2012-01-31T02:44:41.088-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chicago'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sunshine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Racine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='35th Street'/><title type='text'>When Days Are Glorious</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Though the surrounding area was not that nice (kind of an industrial type feel).&amp;#160; You still have to admit that the sunshine was glorious.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src='http://lh3.ggpht.com/-kJ4vPSZXSfw/Tyep5IannCI/AAAAAAAAAIs/zUurPZT5v1g/2012-01-30_13-49-38_HDR.png' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3178525836603965872-1646144189562970371?l=chicagorandom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chicagorandom.blogspot.com/feeds/1646144189562970371/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://chicagorandom.blogspot.com/2012/01/when-days-are-glorious.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3178525836603965872/posts/default/1646144189562970371'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3178525836603965872/posts/default/1646144189562970371'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chicagorandom.blogspot.com/2012/01/when-days-are-glorious.html' title='When Days Are Glorious'/><author><name>Bernard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xJFN8R1f8Bc/TQgk6SHUpHI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/b-B7fkYhTaY/S220/push-dont-push--large-msg-118533492999.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh3.ggpht.com/-kJ4vPSZXSfw/Tyep5IannCI/AAAAAAAAAIs/zUurPZT5v1g/s72-c/2012-01-30_13-49-38_HDR.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178525836603965872.post-5166830375383172542</id><published>2011-12-15T03:41:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2011-12-15T03:41:19.334-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='weather'/><title type='text'>Frankly...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;It has been too long since I have been on this blog. Kind of a shame.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;However, I will start by shring some news with you: I have my window open on December 15th at 3:39am.&amp;#160; It feels great out there.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Just gotta love unpredictable Chicago weather.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Xo&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3178525836603965872-5166830375383172542?l=chicagorandom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chicagorandom.blogspot.com/feeds/5166830375383172542/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://chicagorandom.blogspot.com/2011/12/frankly.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3178525836603965872/posts/default/5166830375383172542'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3178525836603965872/posts/default/5166830375383172542'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chicagorandom.blogspot.com/2011/12/frankly.html' title='Frankly...'/><author><name>Bernard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xJFN8R1f8Bc/TQgk6SHUpHI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/b-B7fkYhTaY/S220/push-dont-push--large-msg-118533492999.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>McKinley Park, Chicago</georss:featurename><georss:point>41.83066 -87.67501</georss:point></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178525836603965872.post-4465268414182153267</id><published>2010-12-24T21:47:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2011-01-05T00:16:02.850-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gyros sandwich'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random Chicago'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foodie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chicago scene'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='best gyros sandwich'/><title type='text'>Ivo's Knocked This Gyros Sandwich Out of the Park!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xJFN8R1f8Bc/TRVpOtLyo-I/AAAAAAAAAH8/8QUQcdVeiBg/s1600/IMG_0050.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xJFN8R1f8Bc/TRVpOtLyo-I/AAAAAAAAAH8/8QUQcdVeiBg/s320/IMG_0050.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;It is Christmas Eve and I'm thinking about writing a Yelp review about a gyros sandwich I enjoyed on Thursday.  Mmmm...&amp;nbsp; Yes.&amp;nbsp; I was inspired.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;B&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"&gt;&lt;img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 50% transparent; border: 0px none; padding: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3178525836603965872-4465268414182153267?l=chicagorandom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chicagorandom.blogspot.com/feeds/4465268414182153267/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://chicagorandom.blogspot.com/2010/12/ivos-is-yummy_24.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3178525836603965872/posts/default/4465268414182153267'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3178525836603965872/posts/default/4465268414182153267'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chicagorandom.blogspot.com/2010/12/ivos-is-yummy_24.html' title='Ivo&apos;s Knocked This Gyros Sandwich Out of the Park!'/><author><name>Bernard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xJFN8R1f8Bc/TQgk6SHUpHI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/b-B7fkYhTaY/S220/push-dont-push--large-msg-118533492999.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xJFN8R1f8Bc/TRVpOtLyo-I/AAAAAAAAAH8/8QUQcdVeiBg/s72-c/IMG_0050.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178525836603965872.post-8330416191776883859</id><published>2010-12-14T19:54:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2011-01-04T22:27:55.718-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chicago'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chicago random'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chicago events'/><title type='text'>Zig Zappin' Around!</title><content type='html'>I ventured out onto the streets of a semi-icy Chicago recently and headed to my favorite Starbucks Coffee on Lake and LaSalle in downtown Chicago.&amp;nbsp; I was lucky enough to get one of the last pumpkin spice scones in the case and man... it was something great.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I met with a friend who has a really great appreciation for the efforts of small business owners and has set up a resource rich web site at&lt;a href="http://www.gabearnold.com/"&gt; www.gabearnold.com&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; He also has a great Facebook page &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/toyoursuccess"&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; His name is Gabe Arnold and he has a genuine interest in helping others to get the most out of their efforts.&amp;nbsp; I have worked with him on a few projects before and I can say that anybody interested in utilizing his services can do no wrong.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xJFN8R1f8Bc/TQgSArY7JPI/AAAAAAAAAHE/6sIDurOy3K0/s1600/IMG_0002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xJFN8R1f8Bc/TQgSArY7JPI/AAAAAAAAAHE/6sIDurOy3K0/s320/IMG_0002.JPG" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Gabe Arnold - To Your Success!&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gabe is also a voracious music fan and my first introduction to his musical tastes came via late night Twitter sessions where I stumbled across his posts from his various music-related sites.&amp;nbsp; Such a pleasure to see someone with good taste second only to yours truly!&amp;nbsp; *-)&amp;nbsp; I love variety and I can tell Gabe does as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xJFN8R1f8Bc/TQgeUlAsu6I/AAAAAAAAAHI/In5QAoTpMxQ/s1600/IMG_0294.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xJFN8R1f8Bc/TQgeUlAsu6I/AAAAAAAAAHI/In5QAoTpMxQ/s320/IMG_0294.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Visions of the Dinner Club&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, a few years back, I had this idea of starting a "Dinner Club" that would include various friends, a restaurant of a different type of cuisine each time we ventured out, much conversation and a few pics of the food on the table.&amp;nbsp; The idea was to combine the mutual interests of photography, food, socializing and Chicago all in one fell swoop.&amp;nbsp; Unfortunately, due to a very crazy personal life, I was not able to get the idea off the ground at the time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, with 2011 breathing down our necks, I look forward to getting the idea going once again.&amp;nbsp; Now with the advent of the flip cams and such, we can really document the the proceedings and you know I am going to do my best on that end.&amp;nbsp; My mobile gallery on Facebook features food prominently and my friends come to expect nothing less than full coverage in this area.&amp;nbsp; So, get ready.&amp;nbsp; You may be one of those people invited to come on board and join in all the fun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Bernardo&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3178525836603965872-8330416191776883859?l=chicagorandom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chicagorandom.blogspot.com/feeds/8330416191776883859/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://chicagorandom.blogspot.com/2010/12/zig-zappin-around.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3178525836603965872/posts/default/8330416191776883859'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3178525836603965872/posts/default/8330416191776883859'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chicagorandom.blogspot.com/2010/12/zig-zappin-around.html' title='Zig Zappin&apos; Around!'/><author><name>Bernard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xJFN8R1f8Bc/TQgk6SHUpHI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/b-B7fkYhTaY/S220/push-dont-push--large-msg-118533492999.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xJFN8R1f8Bc/TQgSArY7JPI/AAAAAAAAAHE/6sIDurOy3K0/s72-c/IMG_0002.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178525836603965872.post-5071977986238864542</id><published>2010-12-09T22:22:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2010-12-09T22:22:46.588-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chicago'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random events'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daily life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='whatever'/><title type='text'>Life In Chicago...</title><content type='html'>Yes.&amp;nbsp; Even during the winter you can still manage to have a pretty fulfilling life in Chicago.&amp;nbsp; I am going to see if I can discipline myself here and keep this blog going.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TTYL,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- iamb&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3178525836603965872-5071977986238864542?l=chicagorandom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chicagorandom.blogspot.com/feeds/5071977986238864542/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://chicagorandom.blogspot.com/2010/12/life-in-chicago.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3178525836603965872/posts/default/5071977986238864542'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3178525836603965872/posts/default/5071977986238864542'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chicagorandom.blogspot.com/2010/12/life-in-chicago.html' title='Life In Chicago...'/><author><name>Bernard</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xJFN8R1f8Bc/TQgk6SHUpHI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/b-B7fkYhTaY/S220/push-dont-push--large-msg-118533492999.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
