We used to order Peapod a lot years ago, but when we lived in Roscoe Village barely did because we were within walking distance from Jewel, Dominic’s, Whole Foods, and Trader Joe’s. Now that we’re in Logan Square I think we’ll be using Peapod a lot again. As far as I can tell, there is [...]
Back With Peapod
November 18th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized
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I’m Going To Marry My Kitchen
November 16th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Uncategorized
On Friday night I was back at the Village Tap to celebrate Danny’s last day of work. He drove out to the suburbs every day for years for a programming job he didn’t enjoy and just had enough. It will be interesting to see if he decides to do something completely different or if he’ll [...]
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On Owning a New Construction
November 12th, 2008 · 12 Comments · Uncategorized
Dad being funny when measuring windows for shades :: Logan Square, Chicago
I meant to write this down a while ago but never got to it. Been buuusssyyy. You know how that goes.
I just wanted to comment on my expectations on going buying a new construction versus something pre-owned. I went in thinkging that when [...]
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Yes We Can
November 5th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Uncategorized
Logan Bar & Grill is just around the corner from our new place and since we don’t have our TV hooked up yet, we planned on eating dinner there and watching election coverage on all their TVs and then going home and streaming video from the internet. There was no way we could go home. [...]
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Getting Settled
November 1st, 2008 · 10 Comments · Uncategorized
I’m up kind of early and not motivated to start organizing and unpacking yet. Yesterday after we moved in we had a lot of house calls.
The Latino dry waller who worked on this building came by looking for our developer, David. He had 6 containers of homemade salsa that his wife made and I [...]
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