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Fowler Cuts Hair, Donates It To Locks Of Love

In early 2012, Brendan Fowler was watching the NFL with his Duke lacrosse teammates and made a joke about how he was going to grow his hair out like Packers linebacker Clay Matthews. Seeing as the faceoff specialist never had much more than a buzz cut his entire life, no one on the team believed he would follow through with it. But two and a half years later, Fowler found himself in a salon chair cutting off and donating 10 inches of his hair to the Locks of Love organization.

“I was growing my hair junior year and I had heard of people donating it before,” said Fowler. “A kid on our team at Duke, Brian Dailey, his mom has her own hair salon so she kind of mentioned it to me first and told me it had to grow a little longer. But she said whenever I was ready to cut it I could come to her shop and she would do it for me. So she kind of got me involved with it and I thought it would be a good idea.”

So Fowler last week headed to Mimi’s Berwyn Hair Designs in Pennsylvania to complete his donation. The process was relatively simple, requiring just some basic paperwork to be mailed to the Locks of Love headquarters in West Palm Beach, Fla., along with the ponytail of hair. In order to donate, hair must be clean and dry and the ponytail must be a full 10 inches from tip to tip. It gets wrapped in a plastic bag, placed in an envelope and shipped out.

Fowler said his hair was around 11 or 12 inches, which means it will all get used in a hairpiece. However, because of privacy restrictions, Fowler won’t get a chance to see what his prosthetic looks like when finished, nor will he learn what child his hair went to. But that doesn’t matter to Fowler. “I’ve known some younger people who have gone through different stages of cancer, a couple of family friends who have gone through chemo and been bald for a little bit,” he said. “I always thought it would have been cool if I had a head of hair to donate to them, so that definitely swayed my decision to do it.”

Locks of Love is a public, non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children in the U.S. and Canada that are under age 21 and suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis. The hair prosthetics Locks of Love provides are custom-made for each child’s head and retail between $3,500 to $6,000. Each hairpiece is made from real human hair and arrives long so the recipient may style it to fit their face.

“I felt naked for the first two or three days,” Fowler said of his shorter do. “I’m so used to seeing the long hair but it feels really great to be cut.” Asked if he would consider donating again, Fowler admitted it was a long process but wouldn’t rule out the idea entirely. “Maybe,” he said. “It took a while to be able to donate but it’s a possibility.”

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  • Born: June 13, 1920, Imlay City, Michigan

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Interview no.: 0016
Interview Dates: March 21, 1985 and March 28, 1985
Location: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Interviewers: Joseph C. Marchese and Jeffrey L. Sturchio
No. of pages: 113
Minutes: 300

  Abstract of Interview

Stuart Churchill begins with background information about his family and early education. He then describes his undergraduate years at the University of Michigan, where he was quite active in the mathematics department as well as in chemical engineering. After working in industry for five years, at Shell Oil and Frontier Chemical, he returned to Michigan for graduate school. There, he began both his extensive research on heat transfer, natural convection, and combustion, as well as his career in teaching. After earning his Ph.D. and a position on Michigan's faculty, he began work on several military projects in the nuclear field. In addition, he served on the National Council of and as president of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. He was also active in industrial consultation. After acquiring increasing administrative responsibilities as chairman of the department, he chose to move to the University of Pennsylvania to return his focus to research and teaching. His students were always a top priority, and throughout the interview he frequently alludes to his close, continuing relationships with them. He also stresses the dramatic impact of increased use of applied mathematics and improved computer technology on chemical engineering. Churchill concludes the interview with a brief discussion of his current work, his family life, and his leisure activities.

1942 B.S.E., Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan
1942 B.S.E., Engineering Mathematics, University of Michigan
1948 M.S.E., Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan
1952 Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan

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Shell Oil Company

1942 - 1946 Technologist

Frontier Chemical Company

1946 - 1947 Technical Supervisor

University of Michigan

1948 - 1949 Research Assistant, Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering

University of Michigan

1949 - 1950 Research Associate, Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering

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1950 - 1952 Instructor, Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering

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1952 - 1955 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering

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1955 - 1957 Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering

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1957 - 1967 Professor, Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering

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1961 - 1967 Chairman, Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering

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1967 - 1990 Carl V. S. Patterson Professor of Chemical Engineering

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1990 - present Carl V. S. Patterson Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering

1961 Phi Lambda Upsilon Award for Outstanding Teaching and Leadership, University of Michigan
1961 Citation for Research Contributions, Air Force Aeronautical Systems Division
1964 Professional Progress Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
1966 Honorary Fellow, Chemical Institute of Canada
1966 President, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
1969 William H. Walker Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
1971 Elected Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
1974 Elected Member, National Academy of Engineering
1977 S. Reid Warren, Jr., Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Pennsylvania
1977 Visiting Researcher Award, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
1978 Warren K. Lewis Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
1979 Max Jakob Award in Heat Transfer, American Society of Mechanical Engineers and American Institute of Chemical Engineers
1980 Founders Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
1981 Special Honorary Issue, Chemical Engineering Communications
1983 Diamond Jubilee Medallion, American Institute of Chemical Engineers Heat Transfer and Energy Conversion Division
1983 Eminent Chemical Engineer, Diamond Jubilee of the American Institute for Chemical Engineers
1983 Elected Corresponding Member, Verein Deutscher Ingenieure
1987 Featured Engineer, Chemical Engineering Progress

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Title and Description Page

Family and Early Education 1

Born in Imlay City, Michigan. Guidance counselor encourages study of chemical engineering. Predisposed to University of Michigan because mother attended. Diverse academic and extracurricular interests. Chicago World's Fair heightens interest in science.

University of Michigan, Undergraduate 4

Strong interest in applied mathematics. Plays in marching band. Chemical engineering department has strong ties with industry. Works on senior research project under Don Katz. Discussion of textbooks and faculty.

Shell Oil Company 14

Deferred from draft. Works on catalytic cracking. Urgency caused by war. Develops anti-rust compound for turbine oil.

Frontier Chemical Company 21

Curtis Cannon convinces to join new enterprise. Starts electrochemical plant to produce hydrochloric acid using new method. Builds and operates plant with few engineers. Endeavor is extremely successful but requires tremendous amount of time and energy. Leaves because of impending sellout.

University of Michigan, Graduate School 27

Disheartened by industry. Receives M.S.E. in 1948. Stunned by changes that had taken place in chemical engineering and applied mathematics. Begins teaching while working as research assistant, taking graduate courses, and working on thesis. Fellow graduate students and faculty. Updates heat transfer and fluid flow course. Studies and publishes on heat transfer at great temperature differences and ignition of propellants with Brier. Much of research sponsored by the military.

University of Michigan, Faculty Member 36

Works on Armed Forces Special Weapons Project to develop shield against nuclear weapons. Limited by lack of computer technology. Research on radiative scattering. Turns to natural convection and combustion. Hellums, a student, develops method for simplifying partial differential equations. Work for nuclear industry. Among the pioneers in using computers. Requires all students to have strong mathematics and physics backgrounds. Influence of R. R. White. Rankings of various chemical engineering programs. Effects of Transport Phenomena and the rate concept. Trends in engineering education.

American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) 56

Member of National Council. Serves as vice president, president, and past president. Active in improving university–industry relations. Government Relations Committee. Broadens international relations.

Major Accomplishments at University of Michigan 60

Research on attenuation of thermal radiation from nuclear weapons. Mathematical advances.

Industrial Consulting 62

Katz, White, and Brown foster numerous opportunities. Research on liquid heat transfer, radiative transfer through fibrous materials, and ignition of propellants. Promotes exchange of information between industry and academe. Students and consulting projects. Helps arrange DuPont and Hercules program for young faculty members.

University of Pennsylvania 65

Leaves Michigan to return focus to teaching and research. Comparison of Penn and Michigan. Restarts combustion work with Joseph Chen. Continues to work closely with Hiroyuki Ozoe after Ozoe returns to Japan. International flow of students. Maintains close relationships with most students. Quality of facilities is frustrating but inspires use of superior methods. Importance of integrating theory and experimentation. Devises exceptional method of correlation. Current publishing activities.

Changes in Chemical Engineering 75

Shift from empirical basis to theoretical orientation. Impact of computers and advanced mathematics. Effects on industry. Changes in quality of various universities' programs. Importance of a productive faculty. Evolution of industrial relations. Close-knit chemical engineering community endures. Journals. Changes in textbooks.

Approach to Teaching 80

Rarely uses textbooks. Interactive approach. Encourages students to consider teaching. Descriptions of students and subsequent careers.

Current Activities 87

Hopes to resume research on natural convection. Much work with combustion. Professional organizations. Major awards. Family. Final statements on passion for chemical engineering.

Notes 91

Index 95

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Joseph C. Marchese

Joseph C. Marchese received a B.S. in physics from St. John's University, an M.A. in physics from Columbia University, an M.A. in history of science from the University of Notre Dame, and a Ph.D. in history of science from Princeton University. He has taught high school physics, mathematics, and chemistry, and has held positions at Visual Education Corporation and Mathematical Policy Research, Inc. He served as a consultant to CHF's Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry in 1984–1985.

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The visiting Skipjacks took Frederick Community College´s best punch – a game-opening, 14-1 run by the Cougars – and then rallied for an impressive, 76-68 victory Saturday night. Hubert King scored a game-high 23 points and Kentrell Ricketts added 14 as Chesapeake (4-3 overall, 2-0 league) stayed unbeaten in the Maryland Junior College Athletic Conference.

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James Rebbeor, Ph.D., Manager, Process Sciences, Process Development & Technology, Talecris Biotherapeutics

William Whitford, Senior Manager, Bioprocessing, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

  • New platforms in disposable technology – Upstream / Downstream processing / support applications
  • Implementation of Disposables – what does the road map look like?
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  • Limitations of single use applications
  • Retrofitting a facility – some of the hurdles

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48 Days – Thailand: Abundant Life Center

Hear missionary Karen Groot talk about the Abundant Life Center in Thailand.

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You may view the video on YouTube.

Posted on May 25th, 2009 by admin.

64 Days – Thailand Interview

See missionaries Peter and Ruth Dutton talk about their development work in Thailand

Posted on May 9th, 2009 by admin.

86 Days – Feed My Starving Children

During your week at CHIC, you will have the opportunity to participate in a unique, hands-on service project that will benefit feeding programs all over the world, including Asia.

CHIC is teaming up once again with Feed My Starving Children, an organization dedicated to feeding those who suffer most from malnutrition and hunger. Throughout the week, there will be two-hour work sessions in the afternoon available for you or your group to participate in. During each session, you will serve by packaging meals.

Space is limited, so pre-register as an individual or as a group.

Posted on April 17th, 2009 by admin.

95 Days – Thailand Photos

This summer we’ll be sending a group of high school students to Thailand immediately preceding CHIC. They’ll have a chance to visit downtown Bangkok, as well as travel to the outer edges of the country visiting some of our Covenant missionaries. But most exciting will be the chance they’ll have to see first-hand how an offering scheduled to be taken at CHIC will be put to use. They’ll visit the places, meet the people, and experience the programs that your offering will help to support. Here’s a look at some of the sites throughout Thailand.

Posted on April 8th, 2009 by admin.

Staff Update

Can’t decide between serving on the on-site CHIC Prayer Team and serving in some other way at CHIC? This CHIC, we will do our best to accommodate staff requests for part-time Prayer Team positions. You would work most of your shifts in a role outside the Prayer Team, but would have several shifts throughout the week serving with the Prayer Team. Simply indicate this desire when you fill out your staff skills and interest form to be sent to you following the processing of your adult registration.

Posted on March 19th, 2009 by admin.

On-Site Prayer Team

Pray-er in the stadium

The prayer team’s mission at CHIC is to pray for students as well as for those who minister with them.

Members of the prayer team will travel to CHIC with their respective church or on their own. On the first day of CHIC you will have an opportunity to meet the other team members first hand. We will be available to those who need prayer, to pray for specific needs and requests and to pray on behalf of all who are present that God will be glorified and God’s purposes fulfilled. This includes presence at worship, base camps, seminars, presence around campus, and special requests from the CHIC council. We will meet twice a day for group prayer, to check in and receive assignments. The rest of the day we will be spread out across the campus or be present at worship.

The days admittedly start early, end late and require some significant foot travel around the campus. The terrain is hilly and the weather generally hot. However, through your presence and your prayers you will have an opportunity to reach out to many with the hope and assurance of Christ’s love.

In the final months leading up to the event you will pray for CHIC, receive information on team members and  join together in a series of conference calls to build community, field ideas, pray and answer questions.

If you’d like to be part of the CHIC on-site prayer team, you will register as a staff person. On the second page of the Adult Application you will mark “yes” to the question: “Have you already been recruited by CHIC staff to volunteer in a non-counselor position?”
Answer “prayer team” for the question: “What position?”
And answer “Steve Burger” for the question: “By whom?”

All prayer team members are required to meet the staff qualifications and fulfill the staff requirements listed on the Adult Application Instruction Sheet. The cost to attend CHIC is $499.00 due by May 8th 2009. This includes housing and your meals while you are on site.

If you have further questions please contact me at or feel free to call me at the office at 773-583-0220.

We would be honored to have you serve as a member of the CHIC on-site prayer team, and hope you will be able to join us. Please notify me once you have made the decision to participate as a member of the CHIC prayer team and have filled out the Adult Application.

I look forward to hearing from you.

God bless,
Steve Burger
Director of Christian Formation
Evangelical Covenant Church
3311 West Foster Ave
Chicago, IL 60625

Posted on February 24th, 2009 by admin.

CHIC 1000

Off-Site Prayer Team
“Remembering you in my prayers.” Eph. 1:16

Even though the Apostle Paul could not always be present with his fellow brothers and sisters in Christ he earnestly prayed for them. In the same way…

We are looking for 1000 people who will support those attending CHIC 2009 by committing to pray in the weeks leading up to CHIC, during CHIC and in the weeks following CHIC 2009.

Each week you will be notified when we update the CHIC prayer list. We will make it available for you to see on the CHIC website.

You will also receive daily requests during the week of CHIC as well as weekly requests following CHIC

If you or someone you know are interested in becoming a part of the CHIC 1000 off-site prayer team then simply complete the CHIC prayer form.

By committing to join the CHIC 2009 off-site Prayer Team you will find yourself bound in a spiritually powerful way to God and to those you are praying for.

In the same way those who are attending CHIC 2009 will be spiritually uplifted by your prayers of support.

Over the years at CHIC, thousands have given their lives to Christ and committed to serve, our Lord and Savior. Please join us in praying that the Spirit will blow once again through the hearts of those at CHIC that they might know the joy, the love and grace of God and grow ever deeper as Christ’s disciples.

Steve Burger
CHIC 2009 Prayer Team Coordinator

Posted on February 23rd, 2009 by admin.

Prayer List

Please join the prayer team in praying for the items updated weekly on the prayer list.

Posted on February 22nd, 2009 by admin.

Alaska Assistance

AlaskaMy name is Phil Cannon and I have been the youth pastor at First Covenant Church in Anchorage, Alaska since 2005. Our church (and our state actually) has a long tradition of literally going the distance and bringing our students to CHIC. As you can imagine however, there is only one way for us to get to these events and that is by airplane. If we were to drive, it would be about a one-week trip each way. In 2006, we paid about $551 per person to travel to CHIC. For CHIC 2009, our travel costs from Anchorage to Knoxville will be double that amount. Our plane tickets are going to be between $1000.00 and $1100.00 each in addition to our registration costs for CHIC. This means that each student from Alaska that goes to CHIC will be paying almost $1,600.00! And that’s just the cost from Anchorage. Every CHIC, we have about 30-50 students who travel from a village in a remote part of Alaska who are responsible to get themselves to Anchorage, which means an additional plane ticket for them that will cost about $500.00 more.

As you can see, we are obviously committed to this important ministry if we are willing to spend so much just to get there. Unfortunately though, there are just some students who simply cannot foot a bill that size and we are no longer able to get the scholarships we once got for most of our students. In the past, most of our students received individual scholarships for CHIC to help them get there, but this year each registering church in the Covenant gets one full scholarship to use however they wish. Some churches will use it to help get one student or staff person to CHIC (or split it among a few) and others will donate theirs to another church in need. If you are considering donating your scholarship, please consider an Alaskan church. This could be a really cool way for your youth group to give and there are actually a number of ways you could take it even further. If you would like to donate your scholarship to a particular church, that would be great. If you would simply like to donate to whatever church has the most need, we can make sure that it gets to someone in need as well. But if you want to go the next step, consider partnering with an Alaskan church and helping them with more than just your scholarship. Most Covenant churches do fund-raising to help pay for CHIC – maybe your group could choose a church and tithe from your fundraising proceeds to that church to assist in their fund-raising. Or perhaps you want to hold one special fund-raising event from which all your proceeds go to assist an Alaskan church. There is any number of ways that this sort of thing can work and frankly, it’d be a lot of fun to establish connections between churches from so far away and then be able to connect face to face when we go to CHIC together.

For more information on how to set up a connection for your group, contact me at

Posted on February 15th, 2009 by admin.

Thailand Trip

One of the great traditions at CHIC is our partnership with Covenant World Relief. This year we will be partnering with our Covenant missionaries in Thailand. In an effort to promote the Covenant’s work in Thailand, and help prepare you for the offering that will be collected at CHIC, we are sponsoring an all-expense paid trip for a select few high school students to visit Thailand during July 2009, immediately preceding CHIC.

We are no longer taking applications.

Thai Girl

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O'famé Italian Restaurant [Meeting #34]

O'famé Italian Restaurant
750 W. Webster (GoogleMaps)
(773) 929-5111

CPC invaded O'famé on 10/05/06

O'famé is a family-run Italian restaurant boasting recipes that have been handed down through several generations, after originating within the neighborhood food businesses of Chicago's Taylor Street. Though inconveniently located in the center of a spiritless neighborhood calling itself "Lincoln Park," the restaurant itself is in a warm and simple two-room space. They accommodated us with a large table for twelve by the window, and the servers were friendly and attentive. A very nice touch for the squinting crowd: reading glasses at a table by the entry to help tired eyes peruse the menu in the dim lighting.

O'famé has a broad selection of pastas, salads, and sandwiches, but clearly the Chicago Pizza Club was there for the P to the I-Z-Z-A. They serve thin, pan, and stuffed pizzas, all topped with mozzarella and aged parmigiano cheese. We did not notice a big difference between the pan and stuffed varieties, though the pan pizza was certainly doughier, and at least the one we had was a bit soggy, but still pretty good. O'famé offers a variety of fresh ingredients, including their own homemade Italian sausage, ricotta cheese, roasted red peppers, and all the staples.

We enjoyed the following pizzas:

  • Pan pizza: O'famé Specialty Pizza - Ricotta and Tomato with Basil
    • We added basil to this specialty pizza and it went well with the ricotta and tomato. The dough of this pizza was a bit soggy, but it was also soft in a good way, going well with the delicate flavors of the ricotta and other ingredients.
  • Stuffed pizza: homemade sausage, roasted red peppers, garlic
    • The crumbled homemade sausage in the stuffed pizza was really good, and evenly sprinkled throughout each slice. The roasted red peppers were also nice. The stuffed pizza was soft like the pan pizza, but not quite as soggy.
  • Thin crust pizza: bacon, artichoke hearts
    • Both thin crust pizzas were nice and crispy. This pizza was topped with long, crispy slices of bacon, just like you make for breakfast.
  • Thin crust pizza: O'famé Specialty Pizza - fresh garlic, oil, tomato
    • This specialty pizza was the crowd favorite. The crust stayed thin and crispy and had a good amount of salt to complement the delicious fresh ingredients.
There was more than enough pizza to go around, and the cost without alcoholic beverages came out to $12/ person. Petey forgot his watch, but all of the pizzas came out hot at the same time (stuffed pizza lagged just a few minutes) after what seemed to him like about 45 minutes.

Petey gives O'famé a 6.8 / 10.

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  1. Well, since I have recently become so important, my time is short. I will comment that I felt this place was above average. I really only thought the oil, tomato, garlic pizza stood out from the crowd. The rest were ok, but not special.

    I give props for homemade crumbled sausage, a crazy new idea that needs to be more widely implemented.

    I give props for delicious roasted red peppers.

    Pan and stuffed crusts were soggy in-house, so I can only imagine how marsh-like they become on a delivery order. The thin stayed crisp and horizontal in your grasp.

    I'd go back to this place for the special thin oil, tomato, garlic pie. The rest of it you can keep in the back of the fridge.

  2. I thought this place was also above average, I was kinda bummed about the soggy stuffed and pan pizzas since those had the best toppings. But the thin crust pizzas were pretty solid (no pun intended) and on that note, let me end my review with two words; CRISPY BACON

  3. This place was pretty good. I thought that the pan pizza with fresh tomato and garlic was the best. I didn't care for the crumbled sausage. It didn't have a lot of flavor and added a texture that was not appetizing. I also didn't notice that crust was soggy, just a bit under-cooked. The bacon had a rich taste and was almost overpowering. Stick with the tomatoes
    O'fame is a 6.

  4. decent pizza...that about sums it up for me. The thin crust ws good, the pan style was better, and the stuffed pizza was pretty much the pan pizza with a little extra cheese. One of my mesures of any food, or person, is how good their sausage is. O'Fame has an interesting dry sausage, which is placed on the pizza in large chunks. The consistency ws very different from the average sausage you find on pizza, and the flavor was excelent.

    Overall I have to give Ofame's a C. It did better than just passing, but it really didnt earn much more than that.

  5. I enjoyed all the pizzas, and my favorite was the thin crust with tomatoes, oil, and garlic. It was a great balance of flavors and nice and crispy.

    None of the pizzas had a terribly memorable sauce, but you could taste the freshness of all the ingredients. The integrity of the crust in the pan and stuffed pizzas was a bit challenged by all the tomatoes, but they were both still tasty.

  6. As the newest Pizza Club member (can I proclaim myself a member or is there some hazing ritual I have yet to go through?), I would have been happy going to Domino's.

    But O'Fame was far better than Dominos.

    I didn't particularly care about the sogginess of the crust that bothered some other people - just meant I had to use a knife and fork.

    I thought all 4 pizzas were good, but none of them were great. If someone suggested I go to O'Fame again, I'd be up for it, but it wouldn't generate much excitement. Except, that is, for the Special, which I thought was very flavorful.

    I'd give it a 7/10.

  7. This was a good but not great place. I thought all the pizzas were preety good. The edge for me would go to the thin crust garlic pizza. I love a crispy crust on my pizza. The stuffed were good too, but after a few minutes of sitting on the table they would come apart at the seams. I think this is a place where if you are in Lincoln Park and have nothing better to do (why would you) you should stop in once every couple of months. I give this place a respctable 6.5 out of 10.


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Box office: Vin Diesel's 'Riddick' on pace to finish at No. 1

Vin Diesel’s sci-fi vehicle “Riddick” is bringing crowds, albeit modest ones, into U.S. theaters on what is traditionally one of the slowest movie-going weekends of the year. The film took in an estimated $7.3 million on Friday and as the only major new release of the week will easily top the weekend box office.

“Riddick,” the third entry in writer-director David Twohy's sci-fi series, was predicted to tally as much as $23 million this weekend. Yet the film's distributor, Universal Pictures, did not believe the movie will open with more than $20 million.

Diesel, 46, first appeared as antihero Riddick in 2000's "Pitch Black." The film collected a respectable $40 million in the U.S. and Canada and became a cult favorite. Four years later, however, "The Chronicles of Riddick" earned poor reviews and grossed just $57 million on a $105-million budget.

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“Riddick” has thus far received a 59% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The Times found the alien-blasting action flick to be “extremely violent, cleverly managed fun” and concluded that fans should walk away pleased.

With “Riddick” expected to finish at No. 1, last week’s leader “The Butler” will probably be pushed to the second slot. “The Butler” had led the domestic box office for three consecutive weeks. On Friday, “The Butler” brought in more than $2.3 million, narrowly leading the comedy “We’re the Millers.”

"The Butler," about a devoted White House employee played by Forest Whitakerwho served eight different presidents, has now grossed approximately $85.4 million since debuting in mid-August. “The Butler” last week was able to hold off a challenge from “One Direction: This Is Us,” a 3-D concert documentary about the teen pop phenoms that took in a little less than $1.2 million on Friday.

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The Spanish-language film "Instructions Not Included" is hoping to expand on its opening-weekend success. Playing in about 350 locations over theLabor Day holiday, the film collected a phenomenal $10.4 million during its first four days in theaters.

This weekend, the low-budget comedy, which features Mexican star Eugenio Derbez as a single father, has expanded to more than 700 cinemas and was expected to gross at least an additional $6 million.

On Friday it took in $1.6 million for the fourth spot behind “We’re the Millers.”

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Winning numbers for estimated $425-million Powerball jackpot

The winning numbers in Wednesday night's Powerball drawing are:

5, 25, 30, 58, 59 and the Powerball is 32.

California lottery officials said shortly after the drawing that there was no jackpot winner in the state — it is not known yet if anyone around the nation had won — but that nine tickets were sold in California with five of six numbers matching.

If there's an overall jackpot winner — or winners — out there, they stand to rake in an estimated $425-million jackpot with $244.7-million in cash value, according to the Powerball website.

It's unclear what the final jackpot tally was, but $425 million would rank as the third-highest total ever for Powerball.

The record was set in May when an 84-year-old Florida woman claimed a $590.5-million jackpot. And in November 2012, two winning tickets split $587 million.

California joined the game in April. Since then, state lottery spokesman Alex Traverso said, huge jackpots have become more common.

"This is sort of the reason we joined —- because of the potential for the jackpot to grow," Traverso said. "Everyone's working themselves up into a frenzy again."

He said that there were some $15 million in Powerball sales in California on Wednesday including $3 million in the last hour tickets could be purchased.

Derrick and Jacqueline Shannon purchased tickets in Los Angeles on Wednesday afternoon and had their eyes on the big payout.

"So I can take care of my grandkids ... and retire my wife," Derrick Shannon said.

Jacqueline Shannon does not play the lottery often, but said she's tempted "when it gets big like this."

"Gotta be in it to win it," she said.

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These gifts take the (fruit)cake

That department store song that you can't get out of your head says, "It's the most wonderful time of the year."

For some people, I guess that's true. But for others, it brings back memories of The Worst Christmas Present Ever.

For several decades, I thought the gold medalist in bad gifting was my own father who one Christmas morn presented my hard-working mom with a 50-pound bag of coal.

He thought:

--It was a good gag.

--She could use it in the fireplace to keep the Yule log burning.

She thought:

--This is not remotely funny.

--Where is the real gift?

Unfortunately for my father, the large bag of coal was the real gift.

The coal is the Lousy Present Story that will not die. Decades later without fail at Christmastime there's eye-rolling family recollections about this contender for the Gift Giving Hall of Shame.

But ask around and you'll discover that there are so many other This Gift Stinks medalists.

Laura Vessey, of Plainsboro, N.J., will never forget the year she got a beautiful leather handbag from a dear friend who had purchased it on a trip out west.

"As I was ooohing and ahhhing over the gift," Vessey recalls, "I opened it up and found she had stored her dirty underwear and socks from the trip in my new bag."

The friend was right there for the discovery. "She was mortified — but it quickly turned into one of the funniest stories that we have shared over the years."

Also in the ick factor category is this story from Maya, of Santa Barbara, Calif. (Many recipients asked that their last names not be used to protect the hapless givers.)

Maya had asked for a stress-reliever but got the opposite. "I wanted one of those pedicure, relaxing foot baths for Christmas," she says. "I received a used one!"

"I promptly threw it away. That isn't something to be re-gifted and it was very obvious at that."

Then there's the category that requires the recipient to do something for the giver. Husbands who give wives vacuum cleaners, for example. No thanks.

Or, this story from Lisa Madden of St. Louis:

"My darling brother and his family stopped off in Hershey, Pa., on the way to our parents' home for a family Christmas. He purchased several blocks of unsweetened Scharffen Berger chocolate which he gift wrapped and gave to me. Nice. Except that the card said it was for me to use to make him chocolate sauce.

"So to be clear: The 'gift' to me was to provide him chocolate. I could sweat over a hot stove preparing, then packaging and mailing chocolate sauce for him? Have you ever?"

In a similar vein, Deborah of Oakland, Calif. relates:

"Now let me start by saying that I did not think this was the worst Christmas gift ever — but a lot of my friends did.

"When my boyfriend and I were dating in our 20s, he gave me a toaster. When he told one of the girls he worked with what he'd given me, she was appalled. Seeing the look on her face he told her, 'Well, it's not just a toaster. I'm giving her the gift of toast!'"

Sometimes a lousy gift is one that entirely ignores the style and taste of the recipient. Or is just plain ugly. "When I was 15," says Kerry of suburban Washington, D.C., "my grandmother gave me a pair of orange stirrup pants!"

What did she do with them? "Hid 'em in the back of a drawer," says Kerry. (For lots more like this check out

Then there's the just cheesy gift. Heather says that at a Denver holiday gathering, "My sister gave me a deck of playing cars with a photo of the Grand Canyon on them. After opening the gift up, my heart and the grandeur of one of the seven wonders of the world shrank."

"I opened it in front of a group of family and friends. People were pulling me to the side later saying, 'Why bother? Just do not give a gift.'"

And here's a plea for an end to generic one-size-fits-all gifting. "Please make a case for a five-year moratorium on the gift soaps," says one woman who declined to have her name used for fear of offending the legions of people who over the years have gone the eucalyptus/vanilla/lavender/honey-almond route. "I don't have enough bathrooms (or guests)," she laments.

Finally there's this sad sentiment from Tom, of Oakland, Calif. "The worst gift is the one you were hoping and praying Santa would bring you when you were little. But he didn't."

How to avoid "worst gift" honors:

Include a "gift receipt" so it can be returned to the store.

Beautiful wrapping and a handwritten note ease the pain if you've made a poor choice.

It never hurts to ask recipients' friends/family for hints.

You won't go wrong with homemade cakes, cookies.

Avoid predictable generic gifts (like guest soaps).

Gag gifts often backfire.

It's not about you: Give what they like, not what you like.

A gift card is boring but always welcome

Re-gifting protocol

I'm a big believer in re-gifting, especially if you think the recipient will actually enjoy the present. However, etiquette expert Anna Post says, "I prefer other options whenever possible." And if you are re-gifting do it with "transparency" she says as in, "I had an extra copy of this book and thought you would like it."

Post, of the Emily Post Institute, says if you do re-gift it must be in the original packaging and never a handmade or unique present crafted with love by someone just for you.

— E.W.

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The quirkiest hotels in the world, from

1. Ice Hotel Quebec, Canada (ice everything; near Quebec City)

2. Malmaison Oxford Castle, Oxford, England (old jailhouse)

3. Imperial Boat House, Koh Samui, Thailand (converted rice barges)

4. Fantasyland Hotel & Resort, Edmonton, Alberta (indoor park)

5. Ariau Amazon Towers Hotel, Manaus, Brazil (70 feet high up in tree-tops)

6. Al Maha Desert Resort, Dubai ("Bedouin" oasis)

7. Wigwam Motel, Holbrook, Ariz. (teepee-style concrete tents)

8. Yunak Evleri, Urgup, Turkey (cave rooms)

9. Quinta Real Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico (built around defunct bull-ring)

10. Madonna Inn, San Luis Obispo, Calif. (Barbie moves in with Barney Rubble)

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Obama goes back into Iraq

President Obama's decision to send up to 300 advisers to help the Iraqi army reverse its recent setbacks is not as big a deal as it sounds. Opponents of the war, of which I'm one, shouldn't take it as the first step back into the quagmire.

Obama has made it clear he's not willing to be bogged down indefinitely in Iraq, and this commitment doesn't represent a change of heart. Apparently he feels obliged to do something, and this is about the least he can do.

I have a certain sympathy for the argument that our invasion--  and botched occupation -- smashed Iraq and that we therefore have a duty to put it back together. Unfortunately, it took 168,000 troops at the height of the surge to come even halfway close to that goal. Even the most incorrigible hawks haven't demanded that.

Sending a few hundred advisers is not likely to work. As the president indicated yesterday, Iraq needs a government capable of winning the support of all its ethnic and religious groups. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has proven he can't or won't do it. Given the violent sectarian strife of the past decade, it would take a great statesman to bring the country together, and none is on the horizon.

Maybe the U.S. assistance will put steel in the spines of Iraqi soldiers, many of whom fled at first contact with the militant forces, and turn the tide on the battlefield. If so, good. If not, at least we haven't put large numbers of American GIs in peril. And we will have proved once more that whatever Iraq needs to flourish, it's more than we can offer.

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For all-girl school, joy and worry

My high school reunion was going amazingly well when the principal called us into a lecture hall.

For the previous hour or so, we had shared hugs and laughs, repeatedly gushing, "You look the saaaame!" as we caught up on the 25 years that had passed since graduating from St. Scholastica, an all-girls Catholic school on Chicago's North Side.

Eerily, almost everything did look the same. Same hospital-clean floors, same mini-gym, same wooden cafeteria chairs.

Even my old perceptions of people seemed in line. The classmate who always made me laugh arrived late and theatrically for the reunion photo, screaming "Wait!" as she ran toward us. The valedictorian-turned-doctor and mother of three was delayed because she had just performed an appendectomy.

We had left our spouses and significant others at home, enhancing the strong sense of unity we women felt. I looked back at our time together in school and wondered how much our deep familiarity, the feelings of trust we shared, were encouraged by not having any boys around. St. Scholastica inspired us to be self-confident at a time when a girl's self-esteem has been known to quietly take leave.

Yet today, enrollment is down at Catholic all-girl schools. And though more public schools are offering an all-girls option, their numbers remain small.

The St. Scholastica principal, after waiting patiently for a bunch of grown women to settle down, delivered a State of the School address loaded with upbeat facts: an impressive college-placement record, an International Baccalaureate program for honor students, a new technology lab.

But the student population had shrunk dramatically, down from roughly 200 girls in my graduating class to about 200 students in the entire school today.

The picture is much the same at girls schools across the city. Twenty-five years ago, there were 29 all-girls schools in the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. Now there are 13 such schools.

The shrinking of religious orders, made up of men and women who traditionally taught at these schools for extremely low wages, is an obvious reason for the decline, said Sister Judy Cauley, interim co-superintendent for the Archdiocese of Chicago Catholic Schools.

Another reason is public opinion.

"When we do survey the market, there's an increasing attraction to the coed environment," Cauley said.

One reason Americans are uncomfortable about single-sex schools is that we are afraid to talk about the differences between men and women. We like to think, like my first impressions at the reunion, that everything and everyone is the same.

But things are not always the same or equal in the coed classroom. Nor, for that matter, is my hair really the same color it was 25 years ago.

Sadly, all-girl Catholic schools have declined even as studies have documented that such settings lead to improved test scores, higher-than-average acumen in math and science and increased college enrollment. Self-confidence among girls in single-sex schools also registers higher.

Ever-emerging brain research also makes a case for single-sex schools, pointing out how the learning styles of boys and girls can vary.

I am not an expert on this research, but I can instinctively understand why allowing a young boy to roam a bit freely and make noise in the classroom is not necessarily a bad thing, just as it makes sense to allow girls to work in small groups or arrange chairs in a circle because some of us learn best when we make an emotional connection.

New legislation has made it easier for public schools to offer single-sex education, and the nation has gone from having as few as four single-sex public schools six years ago to roughly 100 today. They include Chicago's Young Women's Leadership Charter School and Urban Prep Charter Academy for Young Men.

Already these schools are showing positive results, particularly for many disadvantaged students who, according to some research, have the most to gain from a single-sex approach.

But these schools still remain less than 1 percent of the total, and they have faced bitter opposition. The National Organization for Women, for example, argues that the same-sex classroom is another form of segregation that goes against the hard-fought educational opportunities that came with Title IX. They suggest all-girl schools are based on stereotypes that drive the sexes apart.

I understand and appreciate such concerns. We don't want to go back to a time when the boys schools were given the new books and best teachers while girls got the hand-me-downs and sports were an afterthought.

But we also need to take note of the research and success stories here as well as in Europe, New Zealand, Australia and South Korea, where all-girl schools have thrived.

Private and public single-sex schools are an option—option being the key word—in the education journey. It's a choice that worked well for me and for more famous sisters, such as Rosa Parks, Sally Ride, Nancy Pelosi, Condoleezza Rice, and closer to home, Jane Byrne, our city's first and only female mayor, also an alum of St. Scholastica.

An all-girls school is a can-do environment. These schools push girls to excel while also providing breathing room from social pressures, said Whitney Ransome, co-executive director of the National Coalition of Girls' Schools.

We live in a fast-paced world where little girls shimmy and sing along with latest teen icon. Girls still grow up with strong societal messages that how you look, not who you are, is what matters most.

"It's best that you understand your own world, own values, your own inspirations first," Ransome said. "Then you are better able to navigate the coed world. If we can, in any way, allow girls to hold onto their childhood and their youth and postpone their engagement in behaviors that are really inappropriate, I think that's good."

If some say an all-girls school is not the real world, so be it, Ransome said. "Then I'm glad it's not the real world."

Believe me, even in a single-gender environment, we thought plenty about our sexuality and popularity as our hormones raged and REO Speedwagon blared. We practiced our social skills with the opposite sex often enough on the weekends.

But at least for 8 to 10 hours each weekday, we were left to focus on what we sometimes forget is a luxury: our education. My classmates and I were allowed to see ourselves as students, leaders, athletes, actresses, amateur comedians—even journalists —without the added stress of appearing attractive or popular to boys.

In the process, we developed friendships that have lasted a lifetime and kept the Class of '83 out having fun long after midnight.

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Senior Star at Weber Place and Walgreens Team up for Innovative New Program

First of its kind partnership benefits seniors

ROMEOVILLE, IL (January 16, 2014) – Senior Star at Weber Place is pleased to announce today an innovative pilot program that is the first of its kind in the Chicago area – the Live Well with Walgreens speakers’ series. As part of a new ongoing educational partnership with Walgreens, Senior Star at Weber Place will host expert pharmacists who will present a variety of health topics for the community throughout the year. This new program is being initiated at all 12 Senior Star communities throughout the United States in 2014.

The Chicago program, on eye health, will be launched on Wednesday, January 22 at 11:30 a.m. at Senior Star at Weber Place, 605 South Edward Drive, Romeoville. A pharmacist from Walgreens will speak about the importance of eye health including subtopics such as macular degeneration, glaucoma, cataracts, diabetic retinopathy and preventative eye care focusing on symptoms, vitamin supplements and treatment options. The presentation will be followed by a question and answer session. Lunch will be served at 12:15 p.m. for those who would like to stay. A unique aspect to this series is that Senior Star is offering complementary transportation for people who are unable to travel due to limited vision or inclement weather.

“We are excited to partner with a quality corporation like Walgreens. Their reputation and expertise brings a wealth of knowledge to the residents of Romeoville and beyond, and we are pleased to align ourselves with an organization that mirrors our philosophy of providing and promoting better health,” said Michelle Franzak, executive director of Senior Star at Weber Place. “Together, I know we can accomplish great things for our community and we are proud to be a leader in offering this type of program. We hope the greater Romeoville community will join us each month for these key health topics.”

Added local Walgreens Pharmacy Manager, Trisha Holder, “We believe that seniors who are well educated about health related issues that can affect them as they age are in a better position to take a more proactive approach to living well. When looking for strategic partners to help us provide this program, Senior Star’s educational model for retirement living is an excellent fit with Walgreens Well Initiative. We are pleased to engage in this exciting new venture to create a healthier community together.”

An RSVP is requested by January 20. Please call 815-439-9955 to reserve your space and/or request a pick up from your home.

For more information about Senior Star at Weber Place or to schedule a tour, call 815-439-9955 or visit the website at

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Five Seasons Northbrook Becomes State’s Only Current USTA Certified Regional Training Center

For more than a decade, Five Seasons Family Sports Club in Northbrook has gained increasing acclaim as one of the region’s top developers of youth tennis talent.

The club at 1300 Techny Road has helped produce a steady stream of high school state tennis champions, nationally ranked players and athletes who have gone on to play collegiate tennis.

This month, by designating the club as a USTA Certified Regional Training Center, the United States Tennis Association applied an exclamation point to that stellar reputation.

In the process, Five Seasons becomes the state’s only such regional training center, or RTC. Other facilities in Illinois have received USTA certification in the past, though none others currently can make that claim. Five Seasons is now one of only two RTCs in the Midwest, with the other being The Smiths, LLC in Indianapolis.

Under a three-year agreement, the club will partner with the USTA in its “mission to cultivate the next generation of world-class American players,” according to a news release issued by USTA Player Development.

That player development comes via “a clearly defined training structure and competitive pathway as well as through the implementation of a comprehensive coaching philosophy and structure,” the USTA stated.

In order to receive the certification, Five Seasons needed to demonstrate that its junior development program’s training philosophy is aligned with that of the USTA. In addition, the USTA stated it factors in the club’s proven track record of producing high national level junior players.

“This certification is an honor and a great responsibility that we take very seriously,” said Chris Sheldon, Five Seasons’ Director of Racquet Sports. “We are committed to providing the same quality instruction that prompted the USTA to make the designation.”

The facets of USTA Player Development includes coaching education, player identification and development, sport science, strength and conditioning and player services.

The certification helps junior players in and around Northbrook because those players and their families can enroll in the USTA Player Development program close to home and don’t have to travel hundreds of miles to attend USTA camps, according to the organization.

Nationally, there are 17 USTA Certified Regional Training Centers spread across four regions.

Patrick McEnroe, former captain of the U.S. Davis Cup tennis team and younger brother of tennis legend John McEnroe, is USTA Player Development’s general manager.

“As we continue to see positive results out of players who train at USTA Certified Regional Training Centers, we are excited to be working collaboratively with these programs and their coaches to develop future American tennis stars,” McEnroe said.

The USTA is the national governing body for the sport of tennis in the U.S. and the leader in promoting and developing the growth of tennis at every level, from local communities to the highest level of the professional game. The not-for-profit organization has more than 770,000 members and owns and operates the US Open, the highest attended annual sporting event in the world.

In addition to continuing their existing programs, training centers such as Five Seasons will host USTA Player Development camps for players ages 8-13. These players will be selected in conjunction with the USTA National coaching staff and their respective USTA Section Player Development Manager and Coaching Commission.

The Centers will also run 10-and-Under Tennis programs and host 10-and-Under Tennis tournaments.

The camps will be staffed by coaches at the USTA Certified Regional Training Centers and sectional coaches from throughout their respective USTA sections with additional assistance from the USTA National coaching staff.

Debuting in 2008, the USTA Certified Regional Training Centers expand the USTA Player Development program’s reach throughout the country by partnering with academies, clubs, tennis centers and coaches that have a proven record of identifying and developing tennis players.

Five Seasons features 16 tennis courts, including outdoor hard and clay courts and indoor hard courts. The club offers a three-level junior progression through competitive tournaments, or through recreation and high school play.

In addition to Sheldon, other key leaders at Five Seasons include Casey Clagett, junior development director, and lead coach Jacek Dabrowski. The facility is one of seven Five Seasons Family Sports Clubs throughout the Midwest, including one at 6901 S. Madison in Burr Ridge that also has a highly regarded tennis program.

For more information, visit or call 847-897-5030.

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Monday, September 06, 2010

From The Stash :: What Do You Think?

For The Record: Chango loves our bed just as it is. He is not particular. Geoff, likely, is also not particular.

Back Story: In 2001 I bought the first bed covering for our bed since the comforter Grandma Nancy gave us as a wedding gift. The wedding comforter is still around, but somebody should take mercy on it and give it a proper burial. The quilt I bought almost eleven years ago is still beautiful, but its days are numbered... it is fraying all over. I put the quilt in the closet for summer, since it is heavy, and also to prolong its life.

Very recently I spent big money (29$) at Target and brought home a summer weight bed cover. It has two tones of aqua blue and a simple egg-shaped quilted pattern. I love it. It doesn't really go with anything else on the bed, or in the room, but that is typical of everything in the room and on the bed, so there you go.

Chango is resting against the thrift shop shams, and across the thrift shop duvet. Love the duvet, which is really too small for our bed, but is too cheery to resist. The sheets are not my best buy. They are almost too dark, too serious. I settled for them in desperation, and hoped they would make me sophisticated. I am not sure anything will ever make me "sophisticated."

Ready for the Pity Party portion of this post?

Only two weeks old, and the bed cover came out of the washing machine seriously damaged. Seriously: What in the world goes on in that washer? And why am I still using the darn thing?

Big rip, right?
I was so sad when I saw this.
But also, I was super calm and mature. No F bombs were uttered, or teeth gnashed during this pitiable occurrence. Hey, maybe I am a little bit sophisticated. However, when you see my solution, my idea for salvaging the not-really-very pricey bed cover, then my sophistication rating might drop again...

Could I-Should I patch it?

Okay, maybe it won't be classy enough for a bed, but it would preserve it for picnics, camping, spreading on the lawn activities. And honestly, I would still put it on my bed, I think. It could look good.

What do you think?

This I am prepared to veto outright, but it's there for general contemplation.

In real life the blues are not quite a match, but overall it's a pleasant combination. I like keeping it cool.

Cool, yes, but maybe too blue?

Now, this is the best color match, working with what I have on hand, but it's kind of eh. Or maybe, not? I often admire subtle and yes, sophisticated, but I usually fail to achieve the look of subtle and sophisticated... S&S Oh, but wait I am talking about patching a cheap bed cover, so I think I have already tossed out all hope of S&S.

So, moving away from subtle, I thought: Color!

But. Hmmmm...

I love this print. Is love a good enough reason to execute a plan? Either I go subtle and sort of be on the down low about patching the hole, or I declare it boldly: This is a patch. Bright and beautiful. Isn't it interesting?

Yeah, not sure which way I am going.

Possibilities. I have enough to make a pillow, maybe a throw quilt.

Chango, what do you think?

Oh dear. I guess I cannot expect everyone to find this as interesting a debate as I do.

Like I said: I am not concerned with "matching" anything in the room. Our budget style has always been Ethnic-American Eclectic... very cutting edge. It has taken me four years to post this picture of the green bed. Either the color and super sheen have calmed over time, or my senses have deadened.

Do I have something here?
I mean something pretty?
Should I bother?

I was going to say our look is Mix-n-Match, but I think it's more like: Mix and Mix and Mix, and maybe something good will come of it.

  1. My half a cent? I like all the blues and would cut out larger shape ovals (same as the stitching) and just make different sizes of patches. Scattered about. Then make a couple of pillow cases with the rest of the scraps.
    Neat cover. I like the color.

  2. You're right. I should spread out... not just cover the hole. I like this.
    Oval shaped... good idea. And yeah, I am definitely leaning with the blues.
    Thank you so much!

    BTW... you were sweet not to mock my twenty prints of "Science Sunday." Forgot to delete my extra photo templates, and published a bunch of nonsensical images... lol

  3. I like Tara's idea a lot! I was thinking with all your skill that I've observed reading this blog, patching up a comforter would be right up your alley! : ) And just for the record - I like your style, whatever you want to call it!

  4. I reckon your room looks really homely and welcoming - perfect look for a bedroom.
    If I had the ripped blue quilt, I'd cut it up into large sections, cutting close to and getting rid of the ripped bit, and then piece it together again, with a new border made from one of your colourful stash fabrics. Cutting it into just six, or even eight sections, could do the trick.
    Then you could piece it back together with the eggs running in both directions, which would break up the overall regularity.
    If the look of the seams on the reverse upsets you, you could back it and machine stitch over some of the egg shapes to make sure the back is well attached.
    I don't think you can beat the combination of aqua, white and pinky red.
    But patching it is also an option!

  5. I like the combination you put together at the end! I love the blue paisley. I have had a thing for paisley since the 60! I would veto the first one, too.

  6. Nice comments and feedback. Thank you so much. It is helping me see that I might actually be on a good course.
    I am very tempted by Lesley's suggestion that I cut out the *bad* and add the *good.*
    I was at Costco, and they had gorgeous bedcovers... king size for less than 30$, which is crazy... I can't decide if it is better to spend time or money, know what I mean? Both are valuable.

  7. I am so unskilled in the sewing/decorating department I hesitate to offer any opinion - but I really like the fabric with the blue background and the pink flowers.

    The REALLY interesting question is what happens inside our washing machines when we're not looking...

  8. Yes Natalie, you "could" buy a new bed cover. But would you have as much fun? Or better still buy the new one, and stil fix the other one.Then you will have a change of decor on hand :). If you decide to "fix" it. I like the idea of the reconstruction. More work but how pretty it would be. I love the colors. Any thing aqua/blue and red is ok by me. I like all your choices so you can't go wrong there. Recently I purchased some fabric for a table cloth at a second hand store. I found out it was a shower curtin on closer inspection. It's been re purposed and is just fine with some "adjustments"
    My washing machine spits icky brown stuff on the clothes from time to time. Or is it the dryer. Grr new ones in just a few months :)

  9. wow. i love the colors you choosen. expecially the combintation of blue and red .. not so much the blue on blue.

    a think a patchwork of sorta could be really beautiful!

    good luck. hope to see what you decided.

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Saturday, 12 April 2014

CHIGO COMPERE @ TW brunch with Mrs Alakija

 So I got this fantastic call from Aunty Adesuwa Onyenokwe to come compere this absolutely fab event which had the crème of career and business women from fashion, oil, telecoms, banking and more. I was delighted. Searched endlessly for what to wear, knew there would be so many lovely dresses in the room, afterall its TW...HALLO! we all want our pictures in the mag.

I decided to go for a look that would make it clear I was the compere...Lol! Always a pleasure to serve, don't want to compete with my host or guests for best dress, hence I put together this ensemble. It worked. We had a blast, event was at the civic center and some of the pictures are out in the latest edition of TW Magazine so grab your copy.

It was such an honor to compere this event HONESTLY! Mrs Alakija is such a delight and very inspiring. Some other speakers shared like Mrs Akpobome of Heritage bank and Mrs Rotimi of Xclamation. Too fab for words. If you want to be a part of such events in future just subscribe to TW magazine and they will send you mails to keep you posted. Trust me its worth it.

Mrs. Folorunso Alakija
(Forbes listed wealthiest black woman in the world
- Yes! she replaced Oprah
Moi *clearing my throat*-
(Forbes soon to be listed best female compere in the world)
L-R Moi, Mrs.Adesuwa Onyenokwe Editor in chief TW magazine
and our host, Mrs Alakija,
Mrs Akpobome (wife to Alibaba and director at Heritage bank),
A guest at the event
L-R Aunty Adesuwa, Jodie the "Oh Baby" crooner of  WA Idols fame, Mrs Alakija and another guest

Love this picture

L-R Aunty Adesuwa, Mrs Akpobome, Moi and Tobi the event planner

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  2. Nwaka Tayo-Ilori12 April 2014 at 23:44

    I'm soo excited for you.... Soon na aso-rock go begin call you. Then Michelle and co..

  3. Aunty Chigo, you have abandoned us o! Heard you are back to 9 - 5 :-( No time for blogging again *wails*

    1. Oh my dear Linda.....I shall try to do better. Meanwhile I have always had a 9-5 job ohhhhhh but compering is my life beyond 9-5 and sometimes during the 9-5 sef...Lol

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