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the US election

November 1, 2008 – 8:20 pm

with the US election only three days away, everybody’s obama or mccain signs are posted. here’s one from chinatown. for the last few months, there have been barricades with secret service and police only a few blocks from where we live, securing the street with obama’s house. i wonder what it will be like after read more »

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italy trip 2008 (part 3)

October 21, 2008 – 11:23 pm

our next stop was Cinque Terre, a group of five small towns on the Mediterranean coast. we stayed in Riomaggiore from where we explored the neighboring towns. there is apparently a Department of Good Taste, which keeps the paint colours looking good. again we tried to use the local ingredients to cook every night. the read more »

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italy trip 2008 (part two)

October 13, 2008 – 12:59 pm

the next leg of our trip was to siena and florence, to get a taste of tuscany. we stayed a little bit outside of siena, so it felt like we were right in the middle of the countryside. the air smelled so good…especially with the fragrance of grapes being fermented into wine. siena is a read more »

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italy trip 2008 (part one)

October 8, 2008 – 2:58 pm

hello…from rome! we are here with my side of the family for a two week holiday in italy, which so far has been going well. we did have a rough start though as we witnessed a robbery on the train, so we’ve been extra careful with our pockets and belongings. one of the first things read more »

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election polling

September 28, 2008 – 10:43 pm

Despite the fact that I am Canadian, I’ve found the coverage of this year’s U.S. presidential election extremely fascinating. (Even Sherwin is hooked!) In particular, I’m very impressed by the sophistication of a number of websites that have been tracking the plethora of polls and (in some cases) make predictions of what will happen on read more »

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baseball night

September 19, 2008 – 5:42 pm

we headed to US Cellular field (aka Comiskey Park) with our friends Tom, Anne and Ibrahim to watch the White Sox play against the Detroit Tigers in an evening game last weekend. after a couple days of pouring rain, we were lucky the rain stopped just in time. we sat right behind home plate (although read more »

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obama fever

August 23, 2008 – 8:54 pm

some of you may know that hyde park is barack obama’s home neighborhood. not surprisingly, many hyde parkers are very supportive of his campaign. at our local walgreens, you will find OBAMA YES WE CAN buttons, OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT baseball caps and t-shirts, obama books, and now for only $14.99, even BARACK OBAMA DANCING ROCKSTAR read more »

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improv night

August 13, 2008 – 9:11 pm

we celebrated joe’s birthday with a night at second city, an improv club in chicago known for featuring many comedians who later became more well known, including people like tina fey and steve carrell. it was really fun and impressive to watch the actors up close! we’ll definitely have to go back another day.

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day at the zoo

August 6, 2008 – 8:52 pm

before helen and mom left, we had time on the weekend to go the zoo! yes although we are 3-0 not 3, we went with our mommy and had fun looking at the animals. we saw camels eating a snack, beautiful giraffes, a sleeping aardvark and many more. thanks for visiting us! we miss you!

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feist at ravinia

July 12, 2008 – 3:25 pm

Ravinia Festival is an annual concert series that is held in the summer, just north of Chicago. it features many different artists and you can either buy a more expensive concert ticket, or cheaper lawn tickets where you can sit back and picnic while listening to the music. we had lawn tickets to go see read more »

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