My parts came in today and everything works great now! I heated the grill to 525 F for 20 minutes to burn off the "newness" and then seasoned the cast iron "grid" with one coating of PAM, then about six coatings of vegetable oil. Everything went well with the first batch of boneless chicken breasts!

This information was in an ad in the August 15th Chicago Tribune, in the Good Eating Section. The Weber 2001 Factory Sale is this Friday and Saturday, August 17th and 18th, 8am - 5pm, in Huntley, IL, a 1/2 mile North of the Huntley Oulet Mall. The Huntley Outlet Mall is off of I90. From the ad "5% discount on cash sales, Visa, Matercard, American Express, Discover and checks are accepted, all sales final, no phone orders, merchandise as is, save up to 50% on discounted items and seconds, etc." Hope this information helps. I have been waiting for this ad to appear.

If the area can support it, this property is begging to be turned into a high end condominium that retains all its old world charm or completely modernized to ultra modern finishes inside but retaining the outside intact. I linked a property below. This is right next to a hospital in a very urban area. All the units sold around $1 Mil for larger units, I think. It is a stone building, evoking old Europe. Extremely rare in a West Coast city that I am in, Seattle. The building is exquisite from the outside. There is a beautiful large stained glassed window that they kept. The ouside has been meticulously preserved. Palimpsest is completely right in what he says about the breathing in old homes versus trapping of moisture of new homes. The unfortunate by product of the new energy requirements is the air-tight homes that rot. A while back, I read a newspaper article about a mansion in Philadelphia build by a man who made money selling meat to the Union Army during the Civil War. The mansion has exquisite gardens without an equal. Because Philadelphia did not go the way NYC went in terms of growth, the property did not have any demand and has become an institution over the past century. Now the institution is selling the furnishings, scuptures, and ornamentations to get money to maintain the place. I wonder if this place is it... Much of the old villas, palaces, and mansions etc in the cities of Europe from the last several hundred years have become condominiums or institutions. The phenomenon has been going on for several hundred years. Here is a link that might be useful: church turned into condominium.

I found one pair of Hokas today at TJ Maxx. They were 9 1/2 ( I am usually an 8 1/2 or 9) . I tried them on and they were actually pretty comfy.........but they were blue and orange and $79.99. I think if they looked a bit more "normal" I might have bought them. I want to be able to wear sneakers with a little nicer outfit ( like I was wearing today, for when we travel.... still casual but a step up from gym clothes).. These really looked like clown shoes on me and for the price, I just couldn't. But I was excited to see them in TJM. I would have been happy with the ones Jane shared above. These were like medium blue with orange flames. oh well.