Lists, etc.
Favorites
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Books
Non-fiction -- those which I have found valuable for insights, thoughtfulness, and/or provocativeness -- ones I re-read and occasionally give.
Today and Tomorrow in America, Martin Mayer
Enemies of Society, Paul Johnson
The Fractal Geometry of Nature, Benoit Mandelbrot
The Age of Unreason, Charles Handy
The Art of the Long View, Peter Schwartz
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Charles MacKay
Effective Cycling, John Forester
The Mind Map Book, Tony Buzan with Barry Buzan
Investing/Trading/Economics
Strategic Investment Timing, Dick Stoken
Fiction
Catch-22, Joseph Heller
Recent readings
Overcoming Law, Richard A. Posner
The Vision of the Anointed, Thomas Sowell
Sacred Hoops, Phil Jackson
Extraordinary Golf -- The Art of the Possible, Fred Shoemaker
Inevitable Illusions -- How Mistakes of Reason Rule Our Minds, Massimo Piattelli-Palmerini
The Power of 5, Harold H. Bloomfield, M.D., and Robert K. Cooper, Ph.D
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Music
Blues/Soul/R&B
Otis Clay
Ann Peebles
Jazz
Keith Jarrett
Miles Davis
Milton Nascimento
Classical
J. S. Bach
W. A. Mozart
Other
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Chicago Connections
Restaurants
Italian Village
The Berghoff
Music/Clubs
B.L.U.E.S.
B.L.U.E.S. etc.
Buddy Guy's Legends
Rosa's
Fitzgerald's
Andy's
The Green Mill
The Note
Events
White Sox opener
The Speckster's Cubs opening day bash -- beer, brats, and b.s. within walking distance of Wrigley
The Chicago Blues Fest -- late May/early June
The Chicago Gospel Fest -- early June (usually one week after the Blues Fest)
The Boulevard-Lakefront Tour -- a 35-mile bike ride sponsored by the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation (CBF), usually Father's Day (3rd Sunday in June)
The Chicago Jazz Fest -- late August/early September/Labor Day weekend
News/weather
Getting around
Bicycling
CTA/RTA -- bus, "el"/subway/rapid transit, trains
Airlines
O'Hare (ORD)
American
Delta
Midway (MDW)
Southwest
Kiwi
ATA
Date created: July 22, 1997
Last modified: August 25, 1997
Copyright © 1997, Greg Cramer, O.M.S.
Maintained by: Greg Cramer
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