By Steve Rhodes
Posting will continue to be sporadic until we return in full on Wednesday, though we might not really return in full until Monday. We still have a lot of end-of-year housecleaning and beginning-of-year planning to do. And by “we,” I mostly mean me.
Still, the Beachwood rolls on . . .
* America Tweets Jenny McCarthy’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve.
* The College Football Report: NU & NIU Are Both In New Year’s Day Bowls And Other Oddities.
* Local Music Notebook: Wacos As T. Rex, Polkaholics Go Vinyl.
* TableTalk: Cheaters, Liars & Bell Ringing.
* Posted late yesterday: The Weekend in Chicago Rock.
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* In other news . . . in case this was in your plans:
The Forest Preserve’s “Happy Canoe Year” trip is cancelled due to extreme cold temperatures.
— Toni Preckwinkle (@ToniPreckwinkle) January 1, 2013
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* And finally, Accuweather remembers snow:
Between Jan. 2 and 4, 1999, a massive blizzard impacted the Midwest. It is the second-worst blizzard to hit Chicago in the 20th century, behind the Blizzard of 1967.
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The Beachwood Tip Line: A winter wonderland.
Posted on January 1, 2013