So this year I was able to turn my annual Cannes trip into a bigger “Euro” tour, visiting Dublin along the way, and catching some of the Euro 2016 football matches.   Cannes as always was delightful, I always forget how hilly and mountainous it is, and while the conference…

We’ve had very summery weather ever since the Memorial Day holiday! Here’s some of what we’ve been up to.  We are having our floors sanded and varnished, and as part of the prep I cleaned out the spare room by the dining room.  Thought Rory might enjoy seeing some teddy…

Despite some rain at the end of last week, we ended up having really great weather for our Memorial Day 3-day weekend. Today, John and I rode bikes to Northerly Island then back by way of the lake front to Chicago and over from there. Here’s some of John documenting…

In early May, I went back to New York (shocking two visits in a couple of weeks!) for a conference. I enjoyed it quite a bit. I went for a run in Central Park one morning and came across a grove of American Elm trees. Our tree in the backyard…

We have a 3-day weekend so I thought I’d catch up on some blog posts. About a month ago when Liam was home for the weekend we took some portraits in the back yard. Since then, Miles has had a haircut and it’s warmed up about 20 degrees F – it…

Like everyone else we wanted to see the Broadway musical Hamilton in New York, but tickets are a combination of impossible to get and crazy high prices sold by ticket resellers. Plus it’s coming to Chicago later this year so we made what I think was a very mature decision…

Monday we spent the first part of the day in lower Manhattan. We saw the 9/11 memorials at the   trade center site, which we thought were pretty powerful.     There are pools for each of the former twin towers buildings, with water running down the sides and another pool…

Sunday we started off with a subway ride to Manhattan, where we rented bikes in Central Park. The women’s half marathon was on and it was fun to ride alongside the runners ( except maybe the time when it was runners, bikers, and horses and buggies a bit too close…

We left O’Hare the first Saturday morning of Chicago public schools spring break, and met what seemed like 400,000 families at the airport! Crazy long security lines but we got to our flight on time. Phew!  We went straight to Williamsburg, the neighborhood in Brooklyn where we’re staying. First stop:…

We made plans to go out to a “new” restaurant on Sunday – only to realize when we got there that we’d been there before. Who can keep track of ramen restaurants in Logan Square anyway? It was delish. They have a noodle Sunday special that Liam and Miles got…