The mouth of Chicago River
Willis Tower – seen from the boatride on Chicago River
Riverwalk Chicago downtown on a hot day
The political exhortations might be a bit more persuasive if the flag was at least put the right way up
There was a bit of a weird feeling…
… getting on the plane with Sharmila without a passport in my pocket. One of those rare, domestic flights together.
Off to one more of those weddings of a friend’s daughter. I have reached that age, I guess. This one is special though. The aforementioned bride was a colleague in my previous company too! So, technically, I am attending the wedding of somebody who had to suffer through my meetings!

New month, new coffee!!
Ran into Lauren after a long time
It used to be the case that we met Lauren virtually every day when she managed our local Chiringa. In fact, during COVID, the tent she put up outside the store for social distancing was our refuge on cold evenings. Then she moved to run the Belt Line store and then got promoted.
While walking with Jay Jay downtown this evening, I suddenly noticed Lauren at Chiringa. She saw me at the same time. We stood outside and talked for over half an hour, catching up on each other’s lives.
We miss her a lot!








