Curried Cashew, Pear & Grape Salad, Roscoe Village, Chicago
I made this salad for a barbecue a few months ago. Jessica, Jen, Chad and Quinn were over and Dallas was out of town. Everyone said they liked it. On AllRecipes, where I got the recipe, 45 people rated this salad an average of 5 out of [...]

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Erin got a new job and she works from home now. Since her home is a 5 minute walk from my home, on Thursday we made plans to lunch on salads from Robey’s while sitting outside in the sun. Nice time. Erin had her bike in at Roscoe Village Bikes and while we were waiting [...]

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Rachelle & Charlotte, Oak Creek, WI

Rachelle & Stephanie, Oak Creek, WI

Back: Jacob, Tessa, Caitlin, Gavin, Brice. Front: Jessica, Kayla
My brother had a barbecue at his house on Saturday. I took the Amtrak up to attend. Amanda and maybe Richard (?) have done a lot of work on their yard these past few years and it’s [...]

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This weekend has been a pretty good birthday weekend for me, not that it’s over and I’m not still trying to use it as an excuse to get Dallas to do things for me.

Special Birthday Menu at Spring, Wicker Park, Chicago
On Friday my parents sent me flowers and then on Friday night Dallas and I [...]

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Jordan, George, Dallas

Jordan cutting cabbage for the sashimi plate

Tammy baking cookies

Uncle Dee

George

Caroline, Carrie, Heather, Tammy

Chris & Mitch playing ladder golf

Dallas, George, Kathy, Caroline, Auntie Kathy, Jordan, Rachelle, Uncle Dee
More photos from our barbecue on Sunday. It was fun to have all of the family over, both from out of town and the suburbs. We’ve been [...]

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