Well, that was some week, huh? I had in mind to collect some of the better political pieces I’ve come across lately. Some of them have come from you – thanks, and you can be sure I’ll share them eventually. But I also read that the conventions are earlier than usual this year—and that means […]

Regular readers know that Hackney’s is our local pub. We’re there enough that Ulrich Sandmeyer, of Sandmeyer’s Bookstore halfway down the street between our condo and Hack’s, calls it Beth’s office. It’s a luxury of sorts to finish up a day of work and have a friendly place just a block away. Apart from the […]

Whew. I’m tired. Beth and I traveled to Oconomowoc, Wisconsin Saturday afternoon—a strategic location for our long awaited trip with our son Gus and his Aunt Bev to a Milwaukee Brewers game. But not just any game. At this game, every single attendee received an alarm clock. But not just any alarm clock: A Bob […]

The temperature was 90+ degrees in Chicago Wednesday. Our time at a rap concert outside at Grant Park that night was hot — in more ways than one. I wrote a post earlier this week about my quest to understand what young people are listening to these days. If the musicians we heard in the […]

Here we are on July Fourth, and as a show of patriotism, a big American beer brand decided to rename its beer America for the summer. This Canadian brand did something very different to celebrate that country’s own independence celebration, Canada Day, July 1. Your assignment: Compare and contrast. For our part, Beth and I […]