In keeping with the marriage theme....

a picture that I took during my lunch walk yesterday, I am calling it "Bound"...


around

Congratulations to Rita and Daniel...

if your marriage is just one-fourth of what you committed to each other in your written vows this past Saturday evening....

your married life will be a glowing success!

bless bless bless

A Family Wedding.....

and graduation party this weekend...so I am home today...packed and ready to hit the road for some related-by-blood fun!!

hopefully a ton

ps - myra lee finally joined the 21st century and is now a proud owner of a cell phone - send me an email and i will give you the number to her cell.

ring the bell

Last week during a Snippet’s lunch walk…

I saw someone that made me think of the “be thankful for what you have” saying that my Momma always quotes....”I thought I was poor because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet.”

Except in this case...


it would be “I thought I was poor because I had no glove..."

his hand was let go of

A Chicago Greektown Tradition

Unbeknownst to me until recently, Keith’s family has been going to The Parthenon restaurant in Chicago’s Greektown, for over 30 years!


And for more than 12 of those years, they have had the same waiter – Sal.

So last week when I got an invite to join them for a family lunch...I said "YES!!"

And WOW was it fun!!

From the meeting of Sal...


To the choosing from the menu...YIKES!



To the flaming of the Saganaki cheese...



A cold bottle of white wine, some crusty sesame seeded bread..


and a deliciously prepared entrée...


all rolled up with some really cute dining companions...


and the cost to me...

free

thanks phat daddy

rat a tat tatty

And the Heat is On!!

In keeping with Chicago’s weather traditions...we have been thrown from Spring directly into the deep of Summer – 90 degree temperatures, humidity, mosquitoes, etc.

This sudden change makes for some “glistening” moments during my walks thru this concrete jungle...wherein I have to remind myself, that at the end of a hot, hot day, I get to go home and enjoy the fruits of this heat...

which is a backyard full of flowers that are popping with color...


and Buddy the Wonder Dog, who, in all his aged black/white furriness, still loves nothing more than to just lounge around in the sun.


bring on the summertime fun

Father’s Day Reflection

Like many others yesterday, I visited my father here....


So to the fortunate ones that still have a father in their lives, from a daughter that does not...

Love him;

Cherish him;

Respect him;

Be patient with him;

and allow him to tell you those stories of long ago.

because you just never know