Tumble outta bed and stumble to the kitchen
Pour myself a cup of ambition
Yawnin’, stretchin’, try to come to life
Jump in the shower and the blood starts pumpin’
Out on the streets the traffic starts jumpin’
And folks like me on the job from 9 to 5
Workin’ 9 to 5, what a way to make a livin’
Barely gettin’ [...]

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If you haven’t already figured it out from Tien & Will’s comments, by teaming up with our friends at Gothamist, Jen Chung and Jake Dobkin, Margaret Lyons and I launched a new site called Chicagoist. The site is about Chicago and everything that happens it in - news and events, restaurants and bars, happenings and [...]

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Riley Magen Lucille Galica, Chiquimula, Guatemala

Announcing Riley Magen Lucille Galica, Highview Park, Appleton, WI

Rachelle & Nancy, Highview Park, Appleton, WI
Saturday I went up to Wisconsin for the day. Nancy and Josh are adopting and we knew it could be any day that they get the news that a baby is available for them, so in [...]

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My Morning Jacket, Metro, Wrigleyville, Chicago

My Morning Jacket, Metro, Wrigleyville, Chicago

Kristin, Metro, Wrigleyville, Chicago
Dallas recently looked up My Morning Jacket on Rhapsody and they were listed in the Country Music genre. The album I have of there’s, The Tennessee Fire, is mellow and haunting, but definitely not Country Music. The My Morning Jacket that played [...]

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Yesterday the song Bootylicious came on my iPod and the bass was rattling so badly in my right ear bud that I couldn’t even hear the song. So last night I finally bought some new headphones. These are Apple’s in-ear model.
Confession: Since I returned from vacation I have been cheating on rachelleb.com and writing [...]

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