A couple more photos of Tessa. I like the one of her tiny pudgy hand.

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This week in Washington DC the weather was fabulous. Sunny and in the high 60s/low 70s. On Wednesday Kelly and I took Tessa for a long walk around the Tidal Basin where the cherry blossoms are all in bloom and everyone is celebrating the National Cherry Blossom Festival.
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My last week of leisure. For quite a while I’ve been spending my days going to the gym, lunching, exploring neighborhoods, working on Chicagoist, going to museums, cooking, hanging out in coffee shops with wifi access: taking it easy. Today I’m going out to Virginia/DC to visit Kelly, Jeff and Tessa. Kelly is my fellow [...]

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This is the last of the series of photos from Roscoe Village. Belmont is a busy street on the southern border filled with shops and restaurants and bars and just a few houses.
Previously in Roscoe Village:
» Roscoe Street
» Western Avenue
» Addison Street
» Damen Avenue
Other neighborhood walks:
» Noble Square: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
» Ukrainian [...]

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Victoria Lautman & Elizabeth Kostova, Magnificent Mile, Chicago
Since I’d had so much fun when Frank McCourt was on Writers on Record with Victoria Lautman, I decided to see this month’s guest, Elizabeth Kostova. She’s the author of The Historian, one of my favorite books last year. Kostova took 10 years to write this book and [...]

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