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 [...]
Getting Settled
November 1st, 2008 · 10 Comments · Uncategorized
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They Say Oysters Are An Aphrodisiac…
August 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
El Barco, East Ukrainian Village, Chicago
… but Oysters a la Viagra?
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Chicago History Museum
August 12th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Uncategorized
Chicago History Museum, Old Town, Chicago
I’ve never been to the Chicago History Museum but I’ve passed by it on Clark and always thought, “I should check that out.” Online I found out that on Mondays admission is free, so I made my first visit yesterday.
I thought the Chicago History Museum was well put together. [...]
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FeedBurner Reunion
June 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Adil, Tom, Alden, Traci, Eric L., Eric O., Charley, Jessie, Giuliana, Paul Baker, Chris, Joe, Jon
Chris wore his FeedBurner bike hat for the special occasion.
Sorry, everyone! I forgot to post these photos that I promised I’d post weeks ago. The night before Dallas and I left for Connecticut, I went to a FeedBurner reunion party [...]
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Dallas’ Birthday Dinner @ El Barco
December 11th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
Dallas, El Barco, East Village, Chicago
Yesterday was Dallas’ birthday so we went out for dinner at El Barco with a few close friends. Dallas got the red snapper that he always gets except they were out of the usual and he had to get the extra large red snapper for two. He still had no [...]
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