Making music in Midtown

No, Steve, we got milk. We need cornflakes.

Our nephew Steve Letnes moved from Colorado into our Midtown condo with Kathleen's brother Dan today.
It didn't take long for Steve's road warriors (parents Ron and Stan's sister Linda) to disgorge Steve and his goods from their Prius, bid everyone adieu and head for home in Blaine. They'd been on the road for a couple of weeks and it was time for the final leg. They'll return to Lake Street tomorrow.

The Bachelors of Unit 1015
Have The Ladies of the Lofts been notified?

For his part, Steve set about to arrange his music composing studio in the new sound booth Uncle Stan has been preparing for the past month. Our former bedroom carpet now covers the former walk-in closet walls, deadening the sound, and hopefully enlivening the creative process therein. We expect nothing but genius to emanate.
But before he began unwinding and replugging his maze of wires and equipment and keyboards this afternoon, Steve reacquainted himself with the Chicago Lofts amenities, checking out the exercise center, party penthouse and the private media room, and then wandered through the Midtown Exchange Global Market, where hosts Dan and Stan pointed out their favorite eateries. They inspected the dairy case, squeezed the fruits in the grocery market and walked past the butcher shop. Steve was pleased to learn that the organic grocer carried a fair representation of that most nutritious food group, Beef Jerky.

Yes, we have no bananas.

Brother Dan, (aka "Thumper" for the tell-tale sound his cane makes as he approaches No. 1015) kept up the pace reasonably well, but was plenty tuckered by the time the tour had returned to home plate for pizza.
Dan has an appointment Friday with a hip specialist just down the skyway at the adjacent Abbott Hospital. We hope he'll have his new joint soon and be swinging for the fences in July.
It's time, and the Minnesota Twins could use the help.

In an obvious takeover bid to the "Upper Crust," Danny's popular Tenth
Floor Bakery, Midtown Steve offered a doughy pepperoni pizza treat tonight.