We live about three blocks from the ginormous Hilton Hotel on Michigan Avenue—the one associated with the 1968 Democratic Convention. Well, things are a lot more peaceful there these days, and we go there to work out—the health club sells memberships. A fair number of people from our neighborhood are also members. Beth swims there […]

I was one of the last kids in school to actually see Hamilton the Musical here in Chicago. Before I saw it, I was regaled again and again with frenetic excitement from those who’d just seen it. So much so that I expected that Hamilton could not possibly live up to the hype when I […]

Amid the inflamed political climate that is being deliberately sown, it’s easy to get so distracted that we’re never, ever discussing substantive issues. It’s so easy to get caught up in name-calling and labeling, instead of having respectful back and forth. And from what I’ve seen, either the Democratic Party and its constituents will do […]

I read an enlightening, if somewhat saddening, piece in the New York Times over the weekend. Times staff reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones pointed out that for all the hubbub about Kamala Harris busting Joe Biden for opposing busing, there has been no discussion about what it really was—or that, it actually worked. She writes: That we […]

Here’s the thing about Beth. She has a way of, shall we say, complicating things. Some times, in a delightful way. Here’s what I mean: It starts with an invitation from her longtime (high school) friends inviting us to meet up in Glen Ellyn Sunday (yesterday) afternoon. This is where the light bulbs start going […]