Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
The weather conditions could not have been better for us to introduce our two youngest children to the magic of Pulaski Polka Days. A booyah breeze wafted over us as we took our customary place in front of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church. Chubby babies meandered, proud veterans represented, and then, with [...]
I took a crash course in Blackhawks as we headed down to Chicago for my first NHL game at the United Center. "I should know the words to Chelsea Dagger, shouldn't I?" I said. Turns out, the words aren't the point of Chicago's famous goal song. Good thing, too, because I ended up singing Chelsea [...]
We kicked off one of our favorite weeks of the year with 27 Elsa-of-varying-age sightings, four kinds of cooked pumpkins seeds, three jack o'lanterns, two giant meals and one pretty peacock. Our love of Halloween, well-documented here on this blog, spans generations and shows no signs of abating. Six days before the actual event, we [...]
Our seven-year old niece/cousin Erin, whose singular devotion to the unicorn has led to her wearing the same pink and purple Halloween costume each year since 2007, would have loved the Color Run, billed the happiest 5K on the planet. Erin's favorite magical creature played a prominent role in the run happy jog, which asks [...]
Badgers rise early on game day. You can see them emerge under the bright morning sun in small packs of Rose Bowl red. They migrate amiably down city streets, stopping at periodic watering holes and gathering momentum. Lured by the smell of grilling brats and the sound of snapping pull tabs, they make their way [...]