Never again
The never-agains are starting to come thick and fast. I realized already that I may have eaten at our favorite Greek restaurant, Aliada, for the last time. But just now I realized that I will never...
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Crunchy!
The cicadas have arrived in Chicago! I'm relieved, because I was a little worried about how we would eat when we get there....
Goodbye, piano!
Bill the Piano Mover was quick and efficient, but it was still a sad morning: Treat her well, Zach!...
Of shoes—and ships—and sealing-wax—
So █████ and I spent last weekend in Chicago. Saturday was a long, long day of looking at apartments, some of which were very tempting and which we had to reluctantly conclude were not right for us....
Undeliverable
It must be a year now since we moved from our old place. Last week we received a whole mess of holiday cards, automatically forwarded from our old address, from folks who apparently didn't...
Things we've learned in the last few weeks...
...include: * 20% of the stuff takes 80% of the time to pack. (Corollary: 20% of the stuff takes 80% of the time to unpack.) * If it's valuable and you don't pack it...