For your listening pleasure, check out Edie's latest radio documentary, aired on Chicago Public Radio's "World View".

I am proud of my soon-to-be Fatherhood.

I do not take it lightly and have in fact studied baby-stuff for many years, albeit unknowingly. For example, I know (FOR SURE) that an umbilical cord can be cleanly cut with a Magnum .357 in the heat of battle from several yards away. I also know that an infant can be safely/easily dropped from heights of at least seven or more stories into the arms of robotic enforcement officers. I have also learned that if the grandparents have African masks everywhere and creepy music suddenly plays at every mention of my baby's name, my kid is likely the Anti-Christ, and I will die a fiery death in some coincidentally filmed location only seconds away from rescue.

That, of course, is stuff every new dad likely knows from the get-go. The point here is to share NEW info. So here we go. We all love our little baby, but HOW we love that little guy is a mystery I hope to (partially) solve here:

For you viewing overload/pleasure, we now have ALL our wedding photos online in our photo gallery.

One collection is the impressive ninja-like work of Maria Foutz. The second collection is from our hired photographers/friends from Creativo.

Sincere thanks to all of you for the great memories.

Click here to see the photo galleries

Calming, quiet, yet ominous..

Ibanez AG95 Hollowbody Electric

After shopping around for an acoustic guitar, I started looking at hollow and semi-hollow body electrics and settled (happily) on this Ibanez. It is a full hollowbody and thus plays well unplugged, but also has a very vibrant sound when run through an amplifier. It is slightly smaller than the classic hollowbody Jazz guitars and has a slightly narrower neck, which when combined make this a very comfortable and playable guitar.

Edie and I had the pleasure of attending the BPI "40 Who've Made a Difference" Awards where her father, Leonard S. Rubinowitz, was being honored for his notable service in the public interest. The Awards coincide with the 40th anniversary of Business and Professional People for the Public Interest (BPI) , a Chicago-based public interest law and policy center and are intended to "honor 40 of the Chicago region's public interest heroes by shining a light on these exceptional individuals whose efforts have made a significant difference".

1988 Gibson Epiphone Nouveau Spotlight CMT (Curly Maple Top)

This is a guitar I've owned for over 20 years. I purchased it in Grand Rapids, Michigan sometime in 1988. There's very little information available for this particular model online and virtually no markings or serial info on the guitar itself. So I decided to post whatever info I've been able to piece together in case you own a similar guitar and are looking for some background.

UPDATE: The wedding was beautiful, fun and far beyond my expectations! Thanks to everyone for making this such an outstanding day for Edie and I!

Greetings!

First off, thank you for visiting this info page. It pertains to a very wonderful and exciting event -- my betrothal to the beautiful and intelligent Edie Rubinowitz. We've created this page as a running list of posts offering as much information as we could muster on various details of our wedding ceremony, reception and related events. If you have any questions that are not answered, please feel free to contact Edie or I directly via E-mail. And feel free to leave a comment below!

Whether from far away or nearby, in spirit or in person, we thank you for celebrating with us!

This was the second trip Edie and I took up to Door County, Wisconsin. The first was purely exploratory for us and we stayed in the Britannia Bed and Breakfast in the town of Algoma. For our second trip we decided to take a couple extra days and seek a more private, lakefront setting, which we found in the "Whispering Pines" cottage at Sister Bay.

The cottage was just beautiful and as quaint and comfortable as we could have hoped. We had a wonderfully quiet few days there listening to the waves hit the shore just a few feet away and warming ourselves by the fireplace.

We happened to be there during a huge annual festival which seemed to involve only battered fish and beer. Rather than join in, we found a wonderfully stocked specialty store, Top Shelf Cafe & Gourmet‎, which wined and dined us throughout our visit.

On each trip up to Wisconsin, we also have the pleasure of visiting Aunt Toots and Fred, who always graciously open their warm home to us. Its a great place relax, catch up on Rubinowitz family history, and hear a deep analysis on the current season's Packers line-up.

Here's the itinerary and rundown on the road trip Edie and I took in late May, 2008. It was a blast and we had a great time throughout. Below you will find the basic framework and links to the specific days.

Our trip lasted a total of 10 days and by its end we had driven over 3400 miles. Here's how it went: