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The next Chicago Food Swap will take place on May 12 at The Scrumptious Pantry in Logan Square. Registration is now open. As always, to find out more about the Chicago Food Swap, check out our website or join the conversation on our Facebook page.

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10th Anniversary in Paris

This time next week I will be walking along the Seine with my husband.

West of the Loop will be on hiatus next week. My husband and I are going to Paris sans kids to celebrate our tenth wedding anniversary, which will occur on May 26. (I’m fairly optimistic at this point that we [...]

May 3rd, 2012 | Tags: , | Category: marriage, Parenting, Parents, Relationships | 14 comments - (Comments are closed)

Being a Daughter, Being a Mother

My parents with their grandkids

As many of you have heard, my father is gravely ill at the moment. I don’t want to discuss the details of his illness because my father is a very private person and because it is not my place to do so. But I am compelled to write about the conflict I [...]

August 1st, 2011 | Tags: , , | Category: Parenting | 29 comments - (Comments are closed)

Surprise! I Saved That Email

Thank you to Yahoo! Mail for sponsoring this post about staying connected. I was selected for this sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective, which endorses Blog With Integrity, as I do.

A baby Zuzu at the Law Quad where her parents began their clandestine romance.

When you write someone a pen-and-paper letter — [...]

June 16th, 2011 | Tags: , , , | Category: Friends, marriage, Social Media | 8 comments - (Comments are closed)

In Praise of Rituals: A Father’s Day Guest Post

Today we have a guest post about being a dad in honor of Father’s Day from none other than Zuzu and JR’s dad, that is to say, my husband. I hope he realizes that publishing his guest post here actually constitutes his Father’s Day gift from me.

My kids are lucky to have such a [...]

June 13th, 2011 | Tags: , , , | Category: Parenting, Work-life balance | Comments are closed

Can You Affair-Proof Your Marriage?

In honor of my ninth wedding anniversary later this week, I’m writing about divorce and infidelity.

My husband and I will celebrate our ninth wedding anniversary this week.

Not to worry, no one in my house is getting divorced or having my affair. To the contrary, I rather like my husband. We are united against our common [...]

May 25th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: marriage, Parenting, Social Media | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)
 
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