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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Retro on Roscoe, Roscoe Village, Chicago
Retro on Roscoe was this past weekend and we all attended, of course. It’s hard not to when it’s so close. There’s a stage about 3 houses from ours, so even if we didn’t attend the festival, we’d be listening to the bands anyway.

Stephanie with empty chili samplers, Roscoe [...]

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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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On Saturday Jen and Chad invited us over to watch the Cubs game at noon and a soccer match at 2 p.m. It was a gorgeous day and you’d think we wouldn’t want to spend time inside watching TV, but that’s why Jen and Chad have an outside living room! That way we can enjoy [...]

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Last night we watched Quinn so that Jen and Chad could get some time out and go to see a show at the Old Town School of Folk Music. Quinn celebrated his first birthday last weekend but we weren’t able to go to the party because we were in New Orleans. (Btw, that was the [...]

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