These photos are from a Packers preseason game I went to on August 28. My cousin Kelly and her husband Jeff had a set of four tickets and Jeff’s brother had another set of four tickets. Kelly and Jeff sat by Jeff’s brother and his girlfriend. I sat with my dad, my brother and my [...]

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Google Bike To Work Day, River North, Chicago
Today was the Google bike to work day. I used to bike to work all the time last year, but hadn’t done it yet this year. It made for a brutal ride. Not bad, just tiring. I realized how out of shape I am compared to last year [...]

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Wrigley Field, Chicago
Someone had extra Cubs tickets and the only ones in our entire office who could rearrange their schedules to go were Ed and I. So, off we went! It was chilly outside, maybe in the mid-40s, but not as bad as we thought it might be. The Cubs lost, but they lost to [...]

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Rachelle & Dallas, Messners, Wrigleyville, Chicago
On Thursday I avoided watching basketball because it was “Lost night.” On Friday I avoided it by playing Rock Band with Paul and Kate. By Saturday there was no avoiding it. A whole lot of our friends were all at Messners watching all of the games. It was a nice [...]

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Today I think everyone I know emailled, IMed and Twittered the news to me that Brett Favre is retiring. And just about everyone assumed that I’d be outraged or sad. Honestly, I don’t think he could have repeated his performace from last year and I’m kind of happy that he is leaving on a high [...]

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