If you’ve just recently moved to Edgebrook or Sauganash, the annual Edgebrook Festival at Kinzua and Devon is a great way to learn about some companies/vendors/restaurants/hospitals that you may be frequenting in your new neighborhood. Heck, the exhibitors even come from as far as North Park.
I had a chance to take my family this [...]

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Summertime, and the livin’ is easy…
Well, for a couple of days, at least. My family and I have been engaging in our annual Independence Day holiday ritual: Visiting extended family in the North Woods, where the air is clean, the boating is fun, kids’ laughter is contagious, and the darkness at night gives a whole [...]

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A clogged storm sewer has been misinterpreted as a pond by these two friendly ducks. That’s what I’m talking about when I say: Suburban living in Chicago.

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Hat tip: The Phoenix Real Estate Guy

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I admit it: I’m a telemarketer, sometimes. But there are two traits that set me apart from your garden variety telemarketer: 1. I strictly adhere to the FTC Do-Not-Call List, with no exceptions. 2. I only call people (of course, not at dinner time) of whom I have definite or reasonable knowledge that they have [...]

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