(They think of everything at the Taste)
Last Wednesday I met my most adventurous culinary tasting friends at the Taste of Chicago. Basically, you’d have to be nuts about food and the lovely idea of getting all of the foods you like in one place at one time in order to brave the crowds, the heat, [...]

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(Mail spinning the silk with the silk spinning guy who always goes on before the poi fire spinners come out.)
Sometimes I think I’m sick of living in such a big town. The traffic, taxes, stupid parking stickers and street cleaning signs and the potholes and the late buses and the sad park buildings and playgrounds [...]

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(One view from the walk)
As some of you know, I lost my stepfather this year to cancer. I also lost my grandmother 8 years ago to cancer on the day my son was born. For that reason, the past 3 years I’ve been doing the Chicago Walk and Roll 5 mile walk in their honor. [...]

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(Tracks before the thaw)
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This past weekend I had the rare opportunity to swim in an indoor/outdoor pool at Pheasant Run while feeling my hair freeze. As if that weren’t enough, I was attending the 11th Annual In-Home Conference with a hundred or more of my best friends. We’ve been going for years and have [...]

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(I think I might start calling her Chewie.)
So, maybe inspired by the legion, last night we decided to watch the Empire Strikes Back for a family movie. It’s been awhile since the kids have seen it. I only made it to the Ewoks before I passed out on the floor.
It did equip me [...]

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