David Jacobs Chicago

No Sleep But Happy And Loving Everything

The Hoob — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 03:52:07 +0000

Ava is 3 1/2 weeks old and doing great. Christine and I are loving being new parents and also very sleep deprived. I don’t have much time to write here but I am also posting tons of Pics and Videos on www.babyjacobs.com

Things are awesome and I hope to post more on both sites but check out www.babyjacobs.com for update and to see our little angel.

Nothing Else Matters

The Hoob — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 22:48:55 +0000

Well I am not a huge Metallica fan but I love the song Nothing Else Matters. I have to say that after today and becoming a father, Nothing Else Matters. I am so thrilled and happy to become a father and Christine and I are so super excited to welcome Ava May Jacobs to the world. Ava was born 7/24 at 6:26am after about 17 hours of Labor and she is such a cutie.

I am going to cut this post short after 9 months of posting the count down. A new chapter has become and I am so excited. Watch for things going on here and don’t forget to check out www.babyjacobs.com for pictures and info coming soon about Ava and things going on with BabyJacobs

Progress 87%-Days To Go 37

The Hoob — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 23:01:02 +0000

I really can’t believe that I am going to be a father in less than 6 weeks. Christine and I are doing great and the baby is a little gymnast all day and night and driving Christine nuts while trying to sleep. We have been really busy going to classed at NW and also packing getting ready to move June 30th. We have been plenty busy with dinners and movies and even snuck on a Cubs game and Vince Vaughn at Chicago Theater. Nothing really compares to the anticipation we are both feeling as the count down to the big day creeps closer.

I am sure there are tons of things I could fill this post with but I just going to say Holy Moly we are going to parents very soon. We don’t know the sex but I am pretty sure it is a girl and Christine is positive that we are having a boy. We both will be thrilled no matter what and we can’t wait to get moved in our new place and get it all set up for the baby.

Well that is it for now and get ready for much more baby news and info and pictures soon,

Mid May and almost 29 Weeks

The Hoob — Sun, 13 May 2012 23:12:41 +0000

Not a whole lot to report but we are almost 29 weeks and Christine is feeling pretty good and looking great. We have both been busy working and spending time together and getting ready for baby. We are moving July 1st to a much bigger place that will be better for us and the baby and having guest over. The last month has been pretty boring with not much to report. We enjoyed my old friend Swetal’s wedding yesterday at the fairmont for a Indian formal ceremony followed by lunch and back for an incredible black tie formal reception in the evening.

Lockdown is doing well and the patios are all out and open. Phil’s Last Stand is busy and doing great and keeping me very busy. We are looking for another location and ready to expand.

Everything is great and we will be updating more as things get busier.

Summer Came Early

The Hoob — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 22:31:25 +0000

They weather has been amazing the last month or more and it seems more like summer than early spring. The Stand has been extremely busy since we opened and we have gotten all kinds of amazing press. Great review in Chicago Serious Eats and then we were on 190 North and then Kevin our head Chef was featured on WGN grilling live at the studio before the Cubs Opener plus we are going to be on Chicago’s Best Sunday April 8th. Business has been fun and I am learning a ton and I am looking forward to opening up more places in the next few years.

Nothing super excited on the food front besides many dinners and brunches at my new favorite place Prasino in Wicker Park plus a dinner at Topolobampo and few regular spots. Betsy and the kids came in to visit for a few days and we did Dave and Busters and Rain Forest Cafe and hung around a bit. I also went to DC for a quick trip to join Christine ant her mom to do some sight seeing and hang out. I ran my 1st Half Marathon of the season April 1st and I actually did much better than I expected finishing at 2:03

Christine is 23 Weeks right now and the baby is kicking up a storm. We are playing music before bed and doing lots of talking to her/him and we are both very excited and also very nervous and looking forward to seeing what our little baby looks like. Well that is it to catch up for now, I will be working on a new website for the baby soon to share everything www.babycjacobs.com. Till Next time..

Baby On Board and Phil’s Last Stand

The Hoob — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 20:00:32 +0000

Well the amazing year just keeps on getting better and better. Christine and I found out we are pregnant and due August 1st and we are thrilled and can’t wait to be parents. I am thinking about writing a book called from 39 and single to 40 married with a kid. Things have been great and busy since Phil’s Last Stand opened February 2nd and I have been putting in a ton of hours and affecting Christine’s sleep schedule but things have quickly settled down and business is great and we have a solid team keeping the place running through the night.

Between all the craziness we have found some time for movies and a couple nice dinners and even spent the weekend with Amy when she came in to surprise Christine at Cirque. I have not had a ton of time to see friends but I have some great visitors to the stand from Ed, Julie and the boys to Scottie G and Gary, Lyssa and the boys.

I am very excited for 2012 and all the great things going on and especially the baby coming. Christine and I have been enjoying everything since the wedding and the 1st 6 months of marriage have been wonderful.

Well that is is for now and I will hopefully be updating more.

Amazing 2011 Has Come To A Close

The Hoob — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:31:39 +0000

Holy Shit was 2011 a whirl wind and an incredible year. I can’t really recap everything but I will run through some of the highlights that come to mind while I look back on the amazing year while I celebrate my 40th Birthday in Jamaica with Christine.

2011 started out with PJ and I finishing our trip in Colombia and while we were away enjoying ourselves my good buddy Sol happened to have lunch with an old friend of his that he went to High School with and had not seen in about 8 or 9 years. Sol was enjoying brunch with Christine whom I had known about 15 or so years ago but mostly just as Sol’s friend that I would see from time to time. While they were at brunch catching up they started talking about dating and what she was looking for and somehow the list of what she was looking for instantly brought my name to Sol’s mind. Sol asked Christine if she would consider going out with Dave and she said Dave Jacobs? Your buddy Dave? Sol was like yes, you just mentioned all of his qualities. When I returned from Colombia a few days later Sol asked me if I remembered Christine and I would want to go out with her. Of course I remembered her and Yes I would be interested in going out with her. I totally remembered her and how cute and nice she was, I waited about a week and sent her a text and caught up a little bit and we made plans to go to Sunda for dinner January 19th…

Christine and I had our 1st date 1/19 and since we knew each other from the past we were very comfortable right away and got together a few more times right away. Well all I can say is 2011 will go down in history as an amazing whirlwind that continues to be incredible almost a full year later. We took our 1st vacation to early March to Beaver Creek and got Engaged in Paris middle of April followed by a couple trips to Salt Lake City and then Turk and Caicos to pick a spot to get married on the beach. We decided that Mexico would be easier and more fun so we chose The Grand Velas in The Riviera Maya and we had an amazing beach wedding with 40 friends and family on August 6th. The following weekend we had the party of the year for about 130 people on the rooftop of my dads building that was so much fun with awesome food and friends and family and was beyond perfect.

The whirlwind year included so much more than those few highlights. I started running quite a bit when Christine and I started dating and ended up running many small races. We ran multiple 5k’s and 8k’s a 10 miler and 6 1/2 marathons which I never even thought I was capable of running and to finish off the running season I Ran the Chicago Full Marathon and less than a month later I ran NYC Full Marathon with Christine. The year was full of dozens amazing meals at restaurants in Chicago, NYC, Colorado, Turks & Caicos and also Mexico. We went camping, apple picking, hiking, runs and Yoga. We spent the holidays in Salt Lake and New Years in Chicago with friends. We are now starting 2012 celebrating my 40th birthday in Jamaica and I now that 2012 is going to be an incredible year also.

Outside of the amazing new relationship that quickly turned into an engagement and shortly after became a marriage I have had a busy year in many other ways. Lockdown has grown into exactly what we had hoped and becoming a favorite place for the neighborhood and all of Chicago. We are looking forward to spring and all the hard work to paying off. We have decided to open up a new dream of a late night hot dog stand serving a small but amazing menu. We are opening up Phil’s Last Stand around the 3rd week of January and we are sure it will be a winner. I will be putting in a lot of time and love into PLS with Phil’s food expertise and personality keeping the people happy and coming back.

Well that is my end of the year post and even though I have missed many things that we dad and happened I know that 2011 will go down as one of the best years of my life and I am excited for the future and to continue living my dreams and making more of them come true.

I promise to post more often this year and share a little piece of our lives

Till next time

Two Marathons In A Month

The Hoob — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:46:48 +0000

Well 2011 is going to go down as the year of me making some pretty big changes and so far they have all been for the better. As everyone knows it started with a new relationship that turned into a awesome engagement followed by a fantastic wedding in Mexico and Chicago party. Also in 2011 I started running with Christine in early February and for a pretty lazy Jew Boy from the North Shore that never ran more than 4 miles in my life I somehow have completed 5 Half Marathons and a handful of other fun runs from 5k’s to 10 milers Etc… I also can’t believe it but I ran 2 full Marathons within a month that started with Chicago as my 1st Marathon on October 8th and I just ran NYC Marathon November 6th. I feel great and I am so happy that I ran them but I should have trained much better for NYC but was not really sure how much rest I needed after Chicago. I am happy to say that I finished NY but around mile 18 my legs totally failed on me and I struggled ran really slow with a funny limp the last 6 miles.

Another big change going on this year is we are opening up a new restaurant on Chicago Avenue and it is the life long dream Hot Dog Stand. We are opening up Phil’s Last Stand and it is going to be a combination of Poochie’s and The Wiener Circle serving Char Dogs, Polish, Burgers, Char Salami, Mac & Cheese, Fresh Cut Fries and Fresh Made Fried Shrimp. We are in the middle of remodeling and adding granite counter tops and a few new windows and we should be open early December with the best late night fast food around.

Well that is about it, married life is great and I wish winter was not coming.

Till Next Time

Working and Running

The Hoob — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:03:30 +0000

So the week after the marathon was a little bit of a dull downer week as Christine warned be about, it seems that after such a build up and training and feeling so high after completing such a huge task that you kinda come down and feel a little depressed. I have been reading some books written by Ultra Marathoners and you can see why after they finish these long runs that they are always looking forward to the next one. I am going to try to run the NYC Marathon with Christine 11/6 and hopefully I can finish as strong or stronger than Chicago. I ran the Rock ‘N’ Roll Half marathon this past Sunday in St louis and after taking two weeks off from running it was much harder than I thought but we actually finished with our best time yet of 1:53 and maybe should not have been drinking the night before.

Married life is great and the weekend in Chesterfield was so much fun and Hoober had the best time ever that started with 5 mile morning run with Tine followed but 5 hours playing with Ella and then a hard hour of swimming in the creek behind Betsy’s house. We are busy with the new venture of opening up Phil’s Last Stand on Chicago and Oakley and getting ready to give the Wiener Circle a run for the money for late night Char Dogs.

Till Next Time

Chicago Marathon 2011

The Hoob — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:55:40 +0000

I completed the Marathon and I am happy to say I survived and loved it. I had a goal in my mind of finishing the race under 4:15 and I came in a little over a minute under my goal. I was given advise to start the run out slow and I think I did a pretty good job staying at a comfortable pace and I am proud of myself for sticking exactly to my plan for drinking my fluids and taking my salt tabs. Christine joined me at mile 13.3 and ran to 25.5 with me and it was a huge boost and besides for the last 3 miles I felt pretty damn good for the entire race. In my entire life I never thought I could finish a full marathon or even attempt it and I have proved to myself that I can do anything and my body is way more capable than I thought. I started running in early February and had never run over 4 miles before that and I may have only run 4 once and since that 1st 5 1/2 mile run with Christine I have completed 4 Half Marathons the soldier field 10 and a bunch of 5K, 8k and 10K’s plus as of Sunday I completed my 1st Full Marathon.

During training a few times I said that once I complete Chicago I will not be doing any more Marathons and really like Half’s instead but 2 days after finishing I am already looking forward to completing another Full. I am working on getting a BIB for NYC 11/6 and planning on running it with Christine. Well I am not sure how long I will have the running bug but I am going to take advantage of it while I do.

Not much more to report but lots of interesting things coming soon….