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“We have to take points at home, that’s for sure,” Berić said. “You know how difficult for us it is to play away. I mean, in every league it’s difficult to play away. … It’s really crucial (at) this point to take points because after, if we are not in a good spot, we will have difficulties. So it’s really, really important.”
In fact, when we spoke on a recent Wednesday afternoon, the wait was over two hours. That’s impressive for any restaurant, especially for one that just opened its doors Feb. 28. But behind the restaurant’s phenomenal success has been years of hard work, a successful pandemic pivot and one incredible sweet tea recipe.
Blackhawks right wing Patrick Kane and left wing Alex DeBrincat celebrate a goal by DeBrincat in the second period against the Lightning on March 4, 2021, at the United Center. The pair combined for 47 goals and 75 assists in 2020-21, but the Hawks need more scoring punch throughout the lineup. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune)
“For us, the sky’s the limit,” Giolito said. “Last year, we got that little taste, and now we want the whole thing. So we’re going to do everything in our power to make that happen, and that means taking every single game seriously, motivating each other and also having a lot of fun, which is what we’re doing.
“That’s when it hit me hardest,” he said. “I had never been to Chicago, Illinois. As soon as I landed, I felt like a tourist because I was looking side to side, looking out all the windows like, ‘Ooh! Aah!’ I was trying to sightsee when I was in the plane and when I got into my car too.”
“I added a little flair to it,” Paprocki recalled of his first PA job. “I had a catchphrase that I took from our vice principal. I always ended it with, ‘Let’s make today, like every day, a great day.’ That was kind of something that stuck along with me throughout the years I was on that mic.”
Across the peninsula, guided tours of Eagle Bluff Lighthouse (10249 Shore Road, Fish Creek, Wisconsin; 920-421-3636) will be available to festival ticket holders. A carbon copy of the building on Chambers Island, the house is decorated with period furnishings, some of which belonged to William Duclon, the keeper for 35 years. He and his wife, Julia, raised seven boys in the home; the children slept in a second-floor bedroom containing two double beds, a trundle bed and a crib.
Bartlett, whose research includes working to improve the safety and effectiveness of antibiotic use in children, will be answering questions about the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines, the impact they might have on routine childhood immunizations, what steps families can take to support their children’s physical and emotional health, and more.
Francisco Andres Pedro, 19, and his sister, Eulalia Andres Pedro, 17, at West Side Park in Champaign on May 14, 2021. Both traveled from Guatemala by foot and sometimes by car to the U.S.-Mexico border in 2015 when they were 14 and 12. She has been granted permanent residence, while Francisco’s asylum case is still pending. (Abel Uribe / Chicago Tribune)
Bartlett, whose research includes working to improve the safety and effectiveness of antibiotic use in children, will be answering questions about the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines, the impact they might have on routine childhood immunizations, what steps families can take to support their children’s physical and emotional health, and more.