
Our regular readers, which we hope is all of you, are probably aware that I have been slightly MIA over the course of the last ten days or so. And if you have really been paying attention, you are also aware that my absence has been due in large part to my recent move to a new condo in Chicago's wonderful Ukrainian Village neighborhood, just down the street from everyone's favorite venue The Empty Bottle . I had hoped that today's Hodge Podge would be the first column written from the comfort of my new home, but unfortunately the [...]