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The very hungry caterpillar was hankering for some Confection Connection deliciousness:

On Monday, he ate some  amazing english toffee…but he was still hungry.
On Tuesday he ate a pail of nonpareils…but he was still hungry.
On Wednesday he ate several raisin and nut clusters…but he was still hungry.
On Thursday he slurped down some gummy worms – and a couple bears for good measure…but he was still hungry.
On Friday he couldn’t resist Confection Connection’s white chocolate pretzels…but amazingly he was still hungry.
So on Saturday, he had one rum infused truffle, one chocolate covered ’shmellow, 2 slow moving carmel turtles, one savory fudge meltaway – ok fine – 3 irresistable meltaways, 1 door-stop sized chunk of milk chocolate, a couple laces of licorice (several varieties), one itty-bitty bite of almond bark, a handful of Halloween candy corn and that’s it – except for the peanut butter smoothie to go!!!!

After swiping his Chase Bank “one’s free every 5 minutes” debit card for $20 bucks ($13.25 plus $6.75 for sales tax), he thought to himself ”oh no!”  He had a tummy ache. 

The next day he ate a wafer-thin mint leaf, dipped in a lil’ dollop of hot fudge - and ok it’s true – he couldn’t resist a handful of  Confection Connection’s amazing toffee  – IT’S JUST TOO GOOD! – But that was it – and it was worth it because he felt much better…

From whom was the roof (below) separated at birth?

1400 Block Forest Avenue

The Sphinx?

George Washington?

18th Century English Barrister?

It’s a tough call. Both streets have closely packed houses with short driveways which minimize down-time between stops.  Both streets have their share of generous homes, king-size candy bars are not out of the norm.  Marion, however, benefits from more latch-key moms, who leave a “please take one” candy bowl dish at the front door.  If you time it right, that could mean “please take one bowl” of candy.  It’s the trick-or-treat lottery, and one lucky bird is bound to hit the jackpot and have enough candy to last until summer camp. 

The downside to Marion is 1) no sidewalk and 2) the secondary market. If you finish with Marion, sure, you can scoot through the woods and get to Stonegate, but then what?  More work, more downtime between houses, and the candy trickles in slower and slower.  Sound familiar?  With Barberry, you can run right over to Sumac and Edgewood - significantly better turf than Stonegate et al.

Perhaps most importantly, Barberry is flat.  That hill on Marion off Green Bay is treacherous, and we’ve seen too many pirates and princesses sprain their ankles navigating down it.  So unless Marion comes up with some shuttle bus service to navigate that stretch – and closes down the street in light of a lack of a sidewalk - we’d go with Barberry.

With that said, no HP schools opted to go with the Unicef Trick-or-Treat program last year – Perhaps this is our year…

In January 2009 the HP Police Department was awarded an Illinois Commerce Commission grant to be used for Operation Lifesaver, a public education program that promotes railroad safety education and enforcement efforts.  However, the grant proposal was modified to purchase an electric Segway Personal transport patrol device.**
 
From safety education to a Segway Scooter — that must be one of the better trades in history.  Possibly even better than my wife re-allocating the kids’ tutoring budget into a stunning Diane Von Furstenburg tunic. Dress it up with pearls, dress it down with jeans. Gorgeous AND enormously practical for 2 months of the year.

Which reminds me, did they at least get snow tires for their Segway?

**  Source – Page 5 of the October HP Highlander Newsletter

Bolts gone AWOL

Hopefully they weren’t from the 200 pound traffic-light dangling directly overhead.

Big HP Daily shout out to Harold Ramis who’ll be visiting the HPPL to discuss some of his classic movies with nudity including Animal House, Stripes, Caddyshack and the near-miss moment of the century that was the Christie Brinkley  pool scene in Vacation. 

Mr. Ramis is expected to answer the age old question – Who would he rather get stuck on a ski lift with?
Russell Zitsky from Stripes or Egon Spengler from Ghost Busters?

7pm Tuesday, October 27th at the Highland Park Public Library