We Choose a Hot Spot - Very Interesting and Fun Gourmet Shop - "The Chopping Block" - at the Heart of Lincoln Squre.

      For this last week of October 2016 - the Halloween Week - we chose a very interesting, cozy and fun gourmet shop - "The Chopping Block" which offers tons of cooking and wine tasting activities for all kinds of "foodies" and everyone else who likes good food and good wines.
      Justin - the wine expert offers wine tasting every Thursday during the early evening "Happy Hour" - from 5pm till 7pm which is one of my favorite and relaxing things to do at the end of the busy day during the holiday season - especially towards the end of it. The big glasses are reasonably priced and many of their varieties of wines are for sale during the evening.
     They also offer various cooking classes with the demonstrations and sampling during the weekends. Last weekend - Crystal - the chef - fixed the samples of pork slides, chicken barbecue. My favorite was smoked sausage with a terrific, sweet yellow mustard - reasonably priced because the big jar will last you a good while.
      At any rate - it's a fun shop with extremely friendly and knowledgeable staff. In addition you will find tons of ideas for gifts for all your "foodies" friends and other friends since you can't go "wrong" with a food related gift. You don't have to worry about the size and color too much. Plus - they always have a complementary coffee and tea of excellent quality over the weekends. Their address, phone number and the website where you will find a schedule for their cooking classes are as follows - "The Chopping Block" - 4747 N. Lincoln - Chicago, 60625 - Phone 773-472-6700
Website: http://TheChoppingBlock.com
     Have a great Halloween week - everybody - and don't forget to click here next Friday - Nov.04-2016 for the update on the weekend sampling of tasty morsel and wines!

    Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2017

    

Our Choice of YouTube Video of the Week for the Fourth Week of Oct. 2016 - Another Vid by Paul Joseph Watson - Uploaded on Oct. 19 - 2016.

         For the fourth week of October 2016 as our Choice of YouTube Video of the Week - we choose another video by Paul Joseph Watson uploaded on Oct. 19 - 16 - titled "A Letter to the Mainstream Media" in which he savages all the mass media venues for shamelessly advocating for Ms. Clinton's candidacy.
       All the major famous journalists/celebrities are also openly in "the tank" for Mrs. Clintons' - Democrats since evidently "big money - talks - big time" and to hell with journalistic integrity. There are some notable exceptions to this ugly picture - according to Paul Joseph Watson.
      The alternative media like YouTube became a very powerful tool for disseminating a lot of information and they don't even have to be pretending to be unbiased.
      In conclusion - we express concerns about either candidate having a mandate to govern the U.S. population since Mr. Trump and Ms. Clinton are distrusted and disliked by two thirds of the American electorate.

      At any rate - have a great fourth week of October 2016 - everybody - and don't forget to click here next Friday Oct. 28 - 2016 for our Choice of the YouTube Video of the Week for the last week of October 2016 at which time we will wish you a Happy Halloween 2016!

     
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For the the YouTube Video of the Week for the Third Week of Oct.2016 - We Chose Joseph Paul Watson's Video Uploaded on Oct. 12-16 titled "Stupid Hipster Hillary Millenials (Casey Neistat Response)".

       Paul Joseph Watson's videos are fearless, funny, fascinating and involving so no wonder - that they generate thousands upon thousands of "clicks" - immediately after he uploads them. We will not even mention that he delivers his snappy, on-target political commentaries in an enormously attractive manner. I bet that tons of ladies find him very attractive - mainly because he is fearless. Nevertheless - we still all need to continue praying hard for his safety since the mighty powerful Clinton Machine doesn't like the views opposed to their "socialistic" paradise vision for the U.S. and now - it looks as if all the mass media establishments are in huge "cahoots" - to elect another Clinton to the highest office in the U.S.   
       The autumn is always a glorious time of the year with the the rich colored pumpkins and other fall gourds of various shimmering hues - adorn the neighborhood houses. The month of October - normally - goes by entirely too fast but the coming November will also be very beautiful for all of us.
      Have a great third week of October everybody and as always - don't forget to click here next Friday Oct. 21 - 2016 for our choice of YouTube Video of the Week for the fourth week of October 2016!
     
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Our Choice fot Youtube Video of the Week for the Second Week of October is Yana Gray's rendition of "Come Prima" uploaded on Sept. 02 - 2016.

         Yana Gray is an American vocalist with a smooth, husky, magnificent alto voice who specializes in Gypsy romances and Tangos. However we picked a different piece for the second week of October. "Come Prima" was a huge hit in the sixties which sounds like some Domenico Modugnio's hit song - who was enormously popular and widely hummed and professionally performed in all the countries of Europe and a lot of them even conquered the United States.  This hit was written by Vincente di Paula and Sandro Taccani - duo.
       A French singing star - a very beautiful but evidently - unhappy - singing star - Dalida - performed it first with a tremendous success. She - unfortunately - committed suicide at a young age and all the musical world - cried after her. They made several movies about her life. I can vividly recall the times when "Come Prima" was constantly played - every place known to mankind. I remember watching Dalida on television and thinking that this gorgeous star -  has all the luck in the world. She - evidently - took it very hard when the love of her life - died suddenly. Yana Grey - the American vocalist does a very good job with this famous hit from the sixties.

      Have a very good second week of October 2016 everybody - watch the second presidential debate - have fun and don't forget to click here next Friday Oct. 14 - 2016 to check on our choice of YouTube Video of the Week for the third week of Oct. 2016!

     
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Our Choice of YouTube Video of the Week for the First Week of October 2016!

         For the first week of Oct. 2016 - we chose a video uploaded on Sept. 23 - 2016 - by Big Band Lou - titled "Love Your Magic Spell is Everywhere" from a famous old movie with Gloria Swanson - titled "The Trespasser" from 1929 - who also sang that tune quite well in that film. It was her first "talkie" so she didn't disappoint her fans by not having a good speaking voice - in addition - she could carry a tune quite well in spite of not having any considerable vocal training. 

     She was a tiny - super dynamo - only five feet tall - beautiful, wiry, energetic and talented. Her long-time affair with Joe Kennedy, Sr. enabled her to showcase her talents since he produced a lot of Hollywood movies. The numerous rumors circulated freely regarding Joe Kennedy, Sr. being the father of her only son. The gossips were largely - unsubstantiated - as were the freely spread "anecdotes" regarding his - initial - alleged admiration for Hitler which Joseph Kennedy, Sr. - reportedly - expressed on numerous occasions when he was an American ambassador to England. He - allegedly - stated that "we need to hold our noses and do business with Hitler" which he - subsequently - vigorously denied.

      It needs to be noted that his oldest son - Joseph Kennedy, Jr. was killed in the Second World War - as he flew war planes - against the Hitler's Third Reich - from England.

      According to Gloria Swanson biographers - their hot affair ended abruptly when he was asked by her - for his share of money committed by him - to some - "bomb" at the box office - movie - they produced jointly - which "laid an egg" - at the box office. He - reportedly - walked out of the meeting - never to be heard from again by Miss Swanson. 

      At about the same time Joseph Kennedy Sr.'s - wife - a powerful Kennedy matriarch - Rose Kennedy - was getting a "whiff" of his affair with Miss Swanson so - evidently - he needed to cool it. He - after all - had 8 children which needed his attention.
      Back to our Video of the Week - this version of - "Love Your Magic Spell is Everywhere" - uploaded by Big Band Lou - is performed nicely by Ben Selvin's famous Jazz Orchestra with the vocals handled magnificently by handsome vocalist Smith Bellow - a very popular vocalist/heartthrob of his day - circa 1929. This enormously popular in its day - song - was written by a less known composer/lyricist duo - Gold/Janice.
       At any rate - enjoy the video and the comments where yours truly also contributed her "five cents worth" of a professional opinion. 

      Have a super good first week of Oct. 2016 - everybody - and we meet here a week from today - as every week!

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Our Choice for the Youtube's Video of the Week - for the 4th Week of Sept. 2016 - is Joseph Paul Watson's Vid - Uploaded on Sept.21 - 2016!

            For the fourth week of Sept. 2016 - our choice of the YouTube Video of the Week - we choose again - the vid uploaded by Joseph Paul Watson on Sept. 21 - 2016 - titled "Hillary Clinton Will Have a Bad Surprise for Trump in October 2016."
      As we mentioned here before - we admire brave journalists/warriors who risk their safety when they expose some unscrupulous, famous politicians with tons of money which they can use to "silence" the voices which they find - "annoying". Thus all of us - continue - to pray for Joseph Paul Watson's safety - as well as that of the other brave journalists/warriors.
     At any rate - enjoy the vid and - as always - don't forget to check our channel - tango3721.

     Have a great fourth week of Sept. 2016 - the fall officially started - hurray!

     Please - click here on Fri. Sept. 30 - 2016 to check our Choice of the YouTube video of the week for the first week of October 2016!

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For Our Youtube Video of the Week - for the Third Week of Sept. 2016 - We Chose a Video uploaded by Paul Joseph Watson on Sept. 15 - Titled "Ten Signs That You Are a Basic Bitch".

       In this funny video - Paul Joseph Watson takes "potshots" at a lot of well meaning, "eager beaver" type - totally misguided and phony - "lefties" who strive to bring socialism and "collectivism" to every country of this globe. While we agree that some of that might work a bit - under the name of "progressivism" in some rich countries - however - over all - Margaret Thatcher aptly observed that socialism works well until there are no more "factors" left to take their stuff away from them - to "distribute" to the parasitic elements which claim to be "entitled" to someone else's fruits of their talents and efforts. 

      Let's not forget that the government big enough to give you almost everything you need - is big enough to take it all away - in a blink of an eye.
      At any rate - enjoy the video and have a great coming third week of September 2016!
     We meet here a week from today - as every week!

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