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In Mexico I’m Tom Cruise

Posted on July 7, 2013

Funny thing about Mexico, it’ll always be there – Dylan McKay “Beverly Hills 90210″ Just before college I took a journey to Play del Carmen, Mexico. “Down the block from Cancun” I called it. I never heard of the place until then. Almost everyone I knew never heard of it. We all knew Cancun. So what the hell was I doing? A relative of mine had the foresight to start investing in property in Playacar. He saw it as the next Cancun, which shortly after my visit it started to become. He gave me the use of a condo he owned near the beach in what I think was a hotel too. When I got off the plane I was the only one who…

C2E2 Chicago 2013

Posted on April 28, 2013

A few pics from this weekend’s Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, or C2E2. Not so many words this post, just pics. The one at the end is from Reggies Music Joint, which was just several blocks away from the Comic Con. We were on the third floor, which is known as Reggie’s Trainwreck Rooftop Patio. Great environment but $6 for a plastic cup of Half Acre’s Daisy Cutter? That’s not a wreck, it’s a disaster.