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Pretty cool green event on Thursday here in the city. I’ll be going and so should you! Here’s the deets:

Tease The Senses Event

by Pallandrome
October 23rd, 7-10pm
NV Penthouse Lounge

Join Pallandrome and VeeV Organic Vodka at NV Penthouse Lounge October 23rd from 7:00pm - 10:00pm for a party to celebrate the senses, benefiting TreeCago.

Enjoy complimentary VeeV cocktails, Mystic Tarot readings, massages, aromatherapy, and more…

With the “Tease Your Senses” event, Pallandrome is bringing green products and services to a new market - people who are not necessarily already interested in being “green”. Our mission with this event is not to preach to the choir, but rather show people that you can still have fun and look great, but be conscious of the small changes you can make with simple choices that can help make a difference in the health of the earth.

“Tease Your Senses” is a party sponsored by VeeV organic vodka on Thursday, October 23rd at NV Penthouse Lounge from 7-10pm. A few green or holistic focused businesses will come and showcase their products or services in a fun, festive ambiance. Enjoy complimentary cocktails and more for a $10 cover charge to benefit TreeCago.

And so begins the first step in the road to the World Series for the Cubs, an opening round matchup with the Dodgers. I’m confident that our team is much better and should take this series in 4 games. That’s my prediction- Go Cubbies!

[photo via Yahoo! Sports]

Announced just recently, the Blackhawks will indeed play the Red Wings at Wrigley Field on New Years Day 2009. This is so awesome. Tickets will likely be ungettable, but where theres a will theres a way. Click the photo to get some more info on the game and more pics of the Hawks at Wrigley.

My girlfriend and I went to the Taste of Chicago yesterday and for the first time I didn’t catch fire. It was a very nice day, temps in the low 80’s and a decent breeze. Perfect eating weather! This year we attempted to stay away from the classics and try the somewhat bizarre and exotic. So the first thing we tried was coconut rice with roasted goat. Sounds really out there, but it was actually very simple. The rice really didn’t have coconut flavor, and the goat was comparable to a beef roast with some spices. Without a doubt though, the most exotic food we tried was grilled shark. Not surprisingly, it was very thick and tough; much more like pork chops than any normal fish fillet. The shark was topped with some kind of tomato-olive red sauce.

Here’s a list of what we ate:

• Roasted corn on the cob with Cajun/Creole spices
• Stuffed sausage pizza
• Cheesburger from Billy Goat Inn
• Coconut rice with Goat
• Italian Beef from Buona
• Gazpacho with avocado
• Chicago-style hot dog
• BBQ Pork and teriyaki chicken Bao
• Tiramisu gellato

As you’ll notice, we didn’t completely stay away from the classics, but we sure tried some different foods.

Back to the ballfield this weekend. After being swept, the Sox look to back up their trash talking at home. Without the rats, bad smell and idiot fans, perhaps the Sox will play better. But I’m guessing not so much.

Check out this video preview of the series from Yahoo! sports.