since we had another edition of Thursday Random Thoughts:
- Speaking of zoos, the Peoria Zoo is having a big free bash on Memorial Day featuring music and other entertainment. One of the acts performing will be the Lady Bugs, a group of four singing sisters who are currently based in Champaign after being uprooted from their Mississippi home following Hurricane Katrina. Who knew?
- Someone got the bright idea to open up a kids’ hair salon in Normal. Like, weren’t we just talking about this?!?!? The grand opening is scheduled for June 9, but it sounds like they are already cutting as we speak.
- Lisa from Champaign Taste recently visited the new Seven Saints bar/restaurant in downtown Champaign. She took pictures, too.
- I don’t know about you, but I’m all over the C-U Humane Society Garage Sale this Friday and Saturday. I figure even if I don’t find any treasures, it was worth the donation.
- I’ve always wanted to go into the palatial home, now a retreat center, at Allerton Park. Turns out the staff is offering tours of the building on Memorial Day, from 10 to 4. I wonder if the Brown Bag will be open that day …
3 responses so far ↓
Mark J. // May 24, 2007 at 8:35 pm
I was just discussing Allerton with some colleagues yesterday. Supposedly there are statue gardens galore. Sounds like an interesting place.
Mark J.
khanada // May 24, 2007 at 10:00 pm
Great that 7Saints is open… we’ve been watching them work on that place for ages. I remember going in there when it was Johnson’s with Old Man Johnson himself helping my (then-boyfriend) husband buy a pair of hockey skates.
Lisa // May 25, 2007 at 5:52 am
The giant garage sale sounds like something I should go to; thanks for the heads-up. And thanks for mentioning little me!
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