barschicago

Neighborhood bars

Growing up in suburban Texas, the neighborhood bar I saw on TV was exactly that: a TV trope. The nearest bar was twenty minutes by car, and with a wife and four kids, there wasn't time to spend...

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Chicagograndkids

My grandkids in Chicago

So this will be a fairly short post, I just wanted to share some cute pics of my grandkids when they came to visit in Chicago for Spring Break. The weather didn't always cooperate, but we managed to...

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faithpolitics

Talarico and Faith

One of the last things I did before making the move to Chicago was voting in the Democratic primary in Texas. Our choices were Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico. I voted for James, because though...

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moving

Moving to Chicago

I recently moved to Chicago from Leander, Texas. When people inevitably ask why, I usually quip "for the weather", since I don't expect they really want the lengthy version. I was born and raised in...

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