Cost Plus World Market, Lakeview, Chicago

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For the last hour or so, Jen, Chad & Quinn joined me, but mostly I just sat in the sun and read, took dips in the pool and people watched.

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On Wednesday Stephanie and I ran some morning errands, grilled corn and zucchini for lunch and then were finally able to go to the pool. We were at “open swim” until 3:45 p.m. and then had to get out for an hour of “parents and tots swim.” We used that time to go and get [...]

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On Tuesday, Stephanie and I went to the farmers’ market. I don’t know if she’d ever been to a farmers’ market before. She wasn’t too terribly interested. Vegetables are not cool, apparently. Although, I must admit that she did try some things I doubted she would. Thank you baba ganoush for all of that. Back [...]

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Hamlin Park, Lakeview, Chicago
Yesterday I spent a lot of time reading outside. Some of that time was at Hamlin Park where there were 3 baseball games going on. I watched the games, read a little, walked around. I think it’s nice that Hamlin Park has so many activities throughout the summer to keep kids occupied [...]

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