Larry around the world! Cont- Uallachán!

Virgil, Wow, Larry sure did have a blast in the Big Apple! He looked so jubilent in each and every picture. I didn't realise what a little 'pee wee' he is and so cute; he mustn't weigh much; he looks like a feather-weight! The big city really dwarfed the little feller. He was totally in his element, amidst all that magic and glamour in the air at Christmas time, there in the big city and it certainly was appropriate and thoughful of him when he cleared the skating rink for the proposal of the nice young couple (my son proposed in NYC at the Today Show - well actually outside but there was a crowd). Larry did seem to be indicating that he would like a Guiness; his tiny expressive arms were reaching for the sign. Funny how, given different environments, Larry has such different expressions that just seem to fit the situation - he truly is magical!
It looks like you might have to get a permanent Larry for Brandy, she looks totally enamoured and will miss him when he has to leave.

By the way, Virgil, your photos are just great! It must have been so much fun in NY on Saturday! Thanks for posting them and sharing so many.

Virgil those pics are wonderful! It sounds like you guys had a really good time! And i'm jealous of the snow. What a really lucky little Leprechaun having such a great holiday. Dont forget to write up his adventure in teh book Virg.

great pics, Virge! I want to visit NY :bawling:

your dog is so cute!

I love the pics! He really does look like he is having sooo much fun!

So where is Larry, and what adventures is he going to have next?

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So where is Larry, and what adventures is he going to have next?

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I sent him to Petrarch on Tuesday. He should be there any day.

Larry just arrived today. He's quite a lively little guy! The minute he got loose he started chatting a blue streak and vivaciously running all over the apartment dancing out a tune on the piano:

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playing with the bird:

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Finally I was getting a bit worn out and fortunately remembered that since he's a Lit. Net leprechaun he probably likes to read, so I set him up with a book. He seems to be quiet and content for the moment resting from his journey and reading my copy of the Kelmscott Chaucer:

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We should have a fun evening and tomorrow I may take him to see the University with me (perhaps his leprechaun magic can help me transport some of the piles of library books that need to go back before I leave town). Saturday he gets to go sightseeing around downtown Chicago. We'll keep you posted on the further adventures of Larry!

Glad he got there safely Petrarch. :)

Me too. Thre cheers for Larry. Hip-Hip-Hooraay! Hip-Hip-Hooraay! Hip-Hip-Hooraay!

well, I'm not in line to show larry around (and anyways, he's already been to NY), but it's quite fun to see everyone's pictures. My favorites are of Larry in the snow! :) And good luck returning those books Petrarch! I'm sure Larry can help. ;) I totally know how you feel.

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well, I'm not in line to show larry around (and anyways, he's already been to NY), but it's quite fun to see everyone's pictures. My favorites are of Larry in the snow! :) And good luck returning those books Petrarch! I'm sure Larry can help. ;) I totally know how you feel.

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Well if I had to only hand it off to you Kratsy, you woud have saved me the postage. :p :) Unfortunately Larry doesn't fly on his own. What kind of Leprechaun is he anyway? :D

Woohoo! Looks like Larry's having a blast. Thanks for the pictures, virg and petrarch.

I love larry's smile; even when he's drowning in snow or standing next to a parrot twice his size, he's always smiling. It's addictive!
Funny pictures! (I like the Guinness one)

good to see he has arrived safely in chicago Petrarch! Sounds like he got overly excited once he jumped out of the package! I love the pic with the book.

I'm glad he made it safely and can't wait to see more pics!

Larry went with me to campus this afternoon and had a grand time. He even ran into one of our numerous Nobel prize winning economists in the elevator, since the econ. department is on the floor just below the English department. The laureate in question was curious as to what I was doing with a leprechaun peeking out of my pocket but highly resistant to the idea of being photographed with my companion (I'm sure this just served as more fodder for our sober minded economists to gossip about those crazy literary people they share a building with). Larry predicts that the Chicago school of economics will soon be down on its luck for snubbing a photo op. with such a fine leprechaun.
Instead he had fun exploring the library while I returned some books. The librarian nixed flash photography, but I still got a sort of dark and fuzzy shot of him in one of the reading rooms:
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Then he got a tour of campus and he kept gleefully leaping into snowbanks everywhere we went:

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Indeed, his first taste of snow in New York evidently got him really excited, because he insisted that we stop at a park on the way home so that he could build himself a snowman. He was so proud when he finished that I had to take a picture:

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After spending all that time playing in the 25 degree weather, however, he was awfully cold, so I gave him a thimble of whiskey to warm the bones:

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Right now he's full of whiskey and pep, and dancing a little jig around the apartment. Hopefully he'll settle down and get some rest soon before he goes to see downtown Chicago tomorrow.

:lol: Love the photos Petrarch. I see you have a bit of snow already. Larry looks great.

You have already got snow!!!! Wishing I could be in Larry's shoes right now!

PS: That whiskey bottle does not look open at all! Are you sure it is whiskey that you are giving him? ;)

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Love the photos Petrarch. I see you have a bit of snow already. Larry looks great.

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You have already got snow!!!! Wishing I could be in Larry's shoes right now!

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Yep, it snowed Tuesday night, all the day Wednesday, and then a little more last night, so we've got a nice five or six inches lying around. It looks like a winter wonderland around here: just beautiful. We're supposed to get more over the weekend. I just hope it stops in time for me to fly out Monday.

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PS: That whiskey bottle does not look open at all! Are you sure it is whiskey that you are giving him?

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As for the whiskey bottle, it's true that the bottle pictured is as yet unopened, but only because Larry hadn't gotten to that one yet. He polished off an old bottle first and was getting set to have seconds. ;) It's also actually Scotch rather than Irish whiskey, but Larry seemed happy to drink whatever I had on hand. :D

A dumb queston. How did you get the thimble to stay in Larry's hand? :lol:

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A dumb queston. How did you get the thimble to stay in Larry's hand?

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He held it of course! (sotto voce: duct tape; I used a tiny amount of duct tape. :lol: )

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He held it of course! (sotto voce: duct tape; I used a tiny amount of duct tape. :lol: )

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:lol: I wish I had thought of that.

is that University of Chicago? It looks so familiar....

:lol: those pics are brilliant! I love the little snowman! He must be very proud of himself!
I'd hide that red label Johnnie Walker if i were you!;) :p
I'm With Scher at the moment. I'd love to be in Larrys shoes! (we dont exactly get snow, and i'm sure its been a few millenia since larry has seen snow like that!)

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is that University of Chicago? It looks so familiar....

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Yes, that's where I am.

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those pics are brilliant! I love the little snowman! He must be very proud of himself!
I'd hide that red label Johnnie Walker if i were you!
I'm With Scher at the moment. I'd love to be in Larrys shoes! (we dont exactly get snow, and i'm sure its been a few millenia since larry has seen snow like that!)

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Glad you like the pics. Yes, I should have hidden the Johnnie Walker last night. Larry dipped his thimble a few too many times, and kept me up into the wee hours dancing on the piano again while lustily singing every imaginable verse of "Whiskey in the Jar." Around 1 am he wanted to go running out into the night to share a drink with his mate the snowman, but fortunately he toppled over on the way to the door and I tucked him in bed to sleep it off. It took a rather large cup of tea to get him going again this morning:

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He seems invigorated now, and ready for his afternoon out on the town.

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A dumb queston. How did you get the thimble to stay in Larry's hand? :lol:

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Ah, trust an engineer to ask such a question! :D

Larry seems as delighted to have tea as he was to have whiskey! :)

Those pics are awesome, Petrarch. I like the last one, with the tea.

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Glad you like the pics. Yes, I should have hidden the Johnnie Walker last night. Larry dipped his thimble a few too many times, and kept me up into the wee hours dancing on the piano again while lustily singing every imaginable verse of "Whiskey in the Jar." Around 1 am he wanted to go running out into the night to share a drink with his mate the snowman, but fortunately he toppled over on the way to the door and I tucked him in bed to sleep it off. It took a rather large cup of tea to get him going again this morning:

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...rningTea-1.jpg

He seems invigorated now, and ready for his afternoon out on the town.

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:lol: :lol: :lol: And you gave him Irish Breakfast tea and All! He must love you Petra! :D

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Larry seems as delighted to have tea as he was to have whiskey! :)

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:lol: And thats not surprising seeing as he is Irish and we are the biggest consumers of Tea in the world!!:D Do you wanna join in Scher? :)

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Ah, trust an engineer to ask such a question! :D

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I may have mentioned this once, but I was once dubbed "the asker of stupid qestions" at work once by a smark aleck engineer. ;)

Well, Larry and I had a great day out on the town, and took lots of pictures despite the gray and snowy/sleety weather this afternoon. We started out at the Art Institute where Larry first posed at the base of one of the giant lion statues out front (you can just make him out toward the left side of the base of the statue):

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I got Larry in free with my museum membership, and he was very excited to see all the famous artwork. We even got some shots of him next to some of the museum's best known paintings. By Seurat's "La Grande Jatte":
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Picasso's "Guitar Player":
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Here's Larry trying his best to cheer up the subjects of Wood's "American Gothic":
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After viewing the collections we had lunch at the museum restaurant where Larry shared in my wonderful dessert (white chocolate and peppermint mousse on Chocolate cake):

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After the museum we took a walk up to Millenium Park. Here's Larry walking along in the city:

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...and in Millenium Park with the Frank Gehry amphitheatre in the background:

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Larry loved the reflective sculpture, known as "The Bean" which sits in the middle of the park:

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After seeing the bean, we walked over to State Street where Larry posed in front of the famous Chicago theater sign:

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Then it was up to my favorite spot by the river on the Michigan Avenue bridge. Larry by the Wrigley building:

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The river, and Larry posed on the bridge:

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...just a few more to come...

last time I was at the art institute, they wouldn't let me take pictures...I snuck some, of course! I'm pretty sure Larry cheered them up :D

To cap off the day, we went to my favorite place in Chicago for drinks at the top of the Hancock building: 96 floors up with a view commanding the whole city of Chicago. Unfortunately the pics of the view came out fuzzy, but here's what the building looks like from below:

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And, as the drink symbolic of Chicago sophistication, here's Larry enjoying a gin martini:

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After his martini Larry went dancing in the streets:

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He got so tired out that he practically collapsed into his seat on the bus and was pretty quiet on the ride home:

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So, that was our day in Chi-Town. Larry's pretty tuckered out right now, but luckily we both have a day to rest before we fly off to California on Monday.

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last time I was at the art institute, they wouldn't let me take pictures...I snuck some, of course! I'm pretty sure Larry cheered them up

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Yeah, I asked before I took any pictures and they said to go ahead as long as I didn't use flash. Since I go up there all the time I had never tried taking pictures of the art before, and was surprised that they were so easy going about it.

I love the pictures in the museum. It is so funny to see Larry in front of various famous works of art! That was a great idea. :)

Aw Petra those pics are wonderful! Now i want to go to Chicago! (wonders if aerlingus still has €199 special offer to chicago.......)

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Aw Petra those pics are wonderful! Now i want to go to Chicago! (wonders if aerlingus still has €199 special offer to chicago.......)

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I know, you guys are making me want to visit my friends in NY and Chicago all the more. I can't believe I'm actually missing snow.

I think that when this is finished we should all try to meet up somewhere with larry as a special guest. That would be nice.:)

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I know, you guys are making me want to visit my friends in NY and Chicago all the more. I can't believe I'm actually missing snow.

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Trust me papaya, once you're in snow you'll wish you weren't.

Hahahahaha! Yay! Look at him! Larry will be quite surprised I'm sure when he comes to California, what with the sunshine and no snow. Is he there now? I can't wait until AdoreroDio gets him so we can take some pictures.

This is such a cool idea. LitNet togetherness.