June 29th, 2010
as you saw from my wild and beyond hectic pictures from this weekend , it was a crazy past couple of days hanging out with john mayer , hosting the annual piven theatre workshop benefit with jeremy piven, appearing live on tv and radio and just exploring chicago! so crazy in fact that jimmy kimmel mentioned it last night on his show! and it was featured on new york post page six , the huffington post , and perez hilton !
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June 28th, 2010
If you follow me on twitter , you know my life is crazy, and that last weekend was no exception. Photos showed me splitting a bottle of patron tequila w/ buddy John Mayer at underground , vacuum packing Jeremy Piven’s cell phone in rice after he dropped it in the toilet at sunda , jumping on a dozen tv & radio stations live talking about raising money for art & theatre programs for kids, taste testing more food than most eat in a week, trying to fit more crazy tasks & adventures in a day/night than humanly possible to do whatever I can for my team & city!
It occurred to me though that some of you aren’t following me on twitter and are missing out on it all! That’s not good! So I included a sample of my tweetpics / life in the last couple days here so you can get a feel for what you are missing! It’s always random, always crazy, always entertaining.. and most important.. a great way to stay in touch and create a relationship as I have with so many others! Enjoy- and then click here to follow me on twitter too!
jeremy piven dropped his phone in the toliet & i took it & vacum packed in rice at sunda right before we hit rockit & the underground- he tweeted to 1.1 million people- hilarious!
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john mayer and me at the underground coming to visit me again like he always does right before crossroads. crazy conversation! good times!
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chicago cubs randy wells & derrek lee w/me & jeremy piven @RockitChicago &
white sox manager kenny williams on other side.. awkward?
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interesting that this all started w/ annual checkup (i know TMI) & fell before my big press push to raise money to support kids, art & theatre. all is good even though my back is out!
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on kiss w/ ty for big give away & supporting the arts & theatre! not only was the winner awesome, but she also had the most amount of people tweeting at us- another reason to follow me on twitter!
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comcast sports net
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me on live tv
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thanks to people tweeting me pics when on live tv- i never get to watch bc i dont know how to use my beta recorder- so appreciate it!
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me & david kaplan- thanks for having me!
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popped out to pick up 15 slabs of ribs for test trial for rockit- i love my job!
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5:59 am- up for ABC news!
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holy spread!
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makeup- not too much!
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had to take picture of robotic camera!
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gettin mic'd!
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with hosea sanders with robotic cameras coming at us!
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wrapping up wih hosea before doing radio with pete mcmurray (the loop), bob sirott(wgn), drex(kiss) & jay & julia(b96) all to raise money for kids!
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my fav meat & cheese plate with all my interns & staff!
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jamie from office loves jumbo shrimp!
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walkin into madhatter's ball & cameras come after me- realizing how heavily medicated i am
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rambling- realizing how delusional i am from steroids for back!
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madhatters ball with senior vp at sara lee john harris!
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my best friend joey slotnick reminicing over how we hosted first one with buddy david schwimmer 10 yrs ago! (& how joey hates twitter!)
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my assistant katie rose cronin, joey slotnick & my interns!
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cameron croft & friends!
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the cast of lookingglass’ “alice!”
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absolute's ice luge!
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on ice bar!
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lunch 1- meeting w/ guy about opening new restaurants
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lunch 2- meeting w/ woman about a tv show!
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beef!
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cubs/sox game
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stop hate- i love chicago!
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me peacing out to go do live tv! got stuck in traffic & was almost late to do live tv!
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I MADE IT! They had to take camera crew to curb I was so late!
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shes a good sport event when im messing with her
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until next time allison rosati!
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cutest blue pitbull lab mix!
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corn = summer!!! stopped for corn & a beer at st joesphats summerfest.. sooo goood!
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Dragon Roll calling me- in the mood for some eel- not sure why? @SundaChicago sushibar chefs flyn warp speed
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After blowtorch eel, we put it on blowtorchd brownsugar on watermelon, top w/mango & a couple Sunda secrets!
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Me & Chef Jesse in Sunda Kitchn split'n this 2lb ribeye not on menu (but u can say I told u we have it- ha!)
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Ok seriously, last thing Im eating is this Chicken Toban.. Getting full @SundaChicago.. @UndergroundChi nxt!
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stoppin at ms. illinois table to say happy bday!
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john mayer & i at underground- can't wait till he comes back to play in august!
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my fav snack while watching soccer game next morning!
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as soon as we got to sunda- jeremy drops his phone in toliet! funny bc he was saying how he just how he shot an episode of entourage last week where he did the same thing!
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exhausted having to open my mouth & bummed cant drink- still feelin loopy from meds
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jeremy piven & friends!
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me & jeremy with his mom joyce, founder of piven theatre
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derek lee & randy wells came to support! along with white sox manager kenny williams- not awkward at all!
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rockit packed to raise money & support theatre in chicago!
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everyone is attacking the cupcakes, rice crispie treats & chocolate pretzels @RockitChicago like kids.. haha
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Fox TV's Jan Jeffcoat having fun!
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cheers to a successful event!
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here's my fav tatoo of night.. happens to be on one of my @RockitChicago bartenders.. who are all too cool!
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drummer matt walker from morrisey & smashing pumkins!
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rocking out on drums with morrissey's matt walker
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jeremy rapping & rocking out on drums
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this pic represents all the craziness that happened at the underground on twitter- for those pics gotta follow me on twitter- gotta save something for my followers!
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next morning working on blog- got asked to be on pride float but tv manager would kill me if missed flight to NY- coming home tomorrow to do it all over again!
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June 25th, 2010
it’s always a pleasure to chat and catch up with my buddy david kaplan on comcast sportsnet – we covered all things chicago but more importantly, our hometown champs – the chicago blackhawks (you have to see these stanley cup pictures , they’re a riot!) – the annual piven theatre workshop benefit i host with jeremy piven every year (you can check me out on the set of entourage by clicking here ) and lookingglass theatre’s madhatter’s ball which was a blast last night!
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June 25th, 2010
was up bright and early this week to spread the word about arts/theatre in chicago and two events that i have been a part of for just about a decade – last night’s lookingglass theatre’s madhatter’s ball (which i’m sure you saw my tweets about!) and saturday night’s piven theatre workshop benefit (to see me on the set of entourage with jeremy piven, click here! ) check me out on abc 7 with hosea sanders, i’ve known him for over 10 years, such a fan, he’s truly one of the hardest working guys in chicago!
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