30th birthday surprise

Remember how it was my brother's 30th birthday last week?
One thing I couldn't share at the time was that my sister-in-law, Greta, was throwing him a surprise weekend.
Some of my brother's high school friends, their significant others, and Karen & I all surprised him in Wichita.

Here's some photos of the weekend

Welcome to Kansas

Sun setting over Kansas horizon

this was the view from our hotel
HELLLLOOOOOOOO Kansas!

And of course, I have to post some Charlie photos

Jess & I ~~may have~~ had just as much fun if not more fun than Charlie with this toy.

Getting back to Chicago Sunday evening, I was a teensy bit annoyed the west side of the L was closed in the loop. So I got off to walk a few blocks to the bus and had a lovely surprise...

I got to see them finishing up Color Jam! I don't really know the point, but it's fun anyway.

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Fall Photos

After admiring the leaves on our runs and my bike to work, we recruited my parents to take some photos of us there this weekend. After these photos (and tackling some IT issues for my parents) we went to a birthday gathering at the jazz festival on Cherokee Street. I liked it more than I thought I would. As the night wore on, I started chatting with one of the friend of a friend's there. I started going in to what a crazy year and some change it's been and, whew, it really started to overwhelm me. This morning, Mike woke up overwhelmed by our world/specifically our country. I woke up with that conversation still in my head and also felt overwhelmed. We treated ourselves to Sump Coffee and had a chat. It's not always we sit down and talk about what we want and steps to get there. Fall feels like the perfect time to reset. As we went through the day I also thought, it's okay to miss things in the past, but it woul...

Kitchen Safety

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Last week was an exceptional concert week for me. I was lucky enough to catch San Fermin, The Mowgli's, & American Authors. In one week! My sister, Karen, and I found out San Fermin would be in Chicago at LouFest when we went through the artist signing line. (Correction: Karen participated in the artist signing line, while I hid behind her shoulder and Ellis, the composer/writer, reached out to me to introduce himself. This band is full of quality people. Just sayin'. I get awkward around bands.) So we followed through. Found their show at the Metro (which could not be more convenient for us) and met up with Rubina, my friend, to enjoy their show. So good. We were not disappointed. I was only minutely disappointed because for some reason I assumed they were headlining so when they didn't come out for an encore I was confused. But then I realized they were the middle act and it made sense. ...

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