A belated thanks to everyone we shared Thanksgiving with, the extended Haasen-Knox family, my parents, and Vanessa and Will! We had a great time. Here's Vanessa, who with John Knox, lit the many candles in record time. Note the lovely china that mom and dad brought from their house in…

We went to flying saucer last weekend and, seeing our waitress's haircut, I realized I was done with long hair for now. I did some haircut thinking during the week and Beatriz came over yesterday morning to cut my hair. I really like it! And fortunately I have an excellent…

We got a couple of inches of snow! Also, John ordered a cover for the smoker, here he is, putting it on in the snow. By the way, he took it off again today, we are smoking a brisket right now!

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The mayor has put up all these posters in the loop. We like how “chicago” gets higher billing than the “united states”

Liam lost his last baby tooth yesterday! He had an orthodontist appointment last week because there was some concern about the way those two big teeth are growing in outside his other teeth and the orthodontist told him to really work on getting the last baby tooth out. It really…

amazing first families of Illinois Here we are at Grant Park, huge crowds but it was all very calm and relaxed–I was trying to figure out what the feeling was and I think it was relief and joy, felt at a really fundamental level. This is so good.  Some things…

The younger Kennymen spent Halloween evening on the famous trick-or-treating circuit of Bernard Street in Logan Square. It was the warmest and driest Halloween we can remember and there were huge crowds, making it a really fun night. Miles dressed as a scary clown and Liam dressed as a ketchup…

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