Today I took two little my kids into Chicago for a special treat: lunch at the Peninsula. (Number one son was toiling away at high school.) Last winter we met my sisters-in-law there for lunch and had such a fabulous time, we decided to make it a tradition. Normally I stay home … [Read more...]
An afternoon with Mary Glickman
This afternoon I attended a fabulous talk by author Mary Glickman, whose novel, One More River (Open Road, 2011), I reviewed back in August. Glickman is in Chicago as part of the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies' one book program. And as luck would have it, she spoke just … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Home is a Roof Over a Pig
I've been a bit quiet on this blog because November is not just the start of the crazed holiday season (especially when you have 30 people over for Thanksgiving and don't bother to clean your house until the day before), but it's also National Novel Writing Month. Yesterday I … [Read more...]
Gifts from Myanmar: owls and longyis
Today in the US it's Black Friday, a day of frenetic shopping that officially kicks off the Christmas season. Although I drove to downtown Chicago today, it wasn't to shop. I went out to brunch with my kids, my mom, and an old friend.When we returned to my mom's apartment, … [Read more...]
Mrs. Kason Goes to Washington
It's funny how some parts of childhood come full circle later on in life. Thirty years ago, I got an early start in independent travel when my mother accepted a summer job in Washington, DC with her Chicago-based accounting firm.I was 11 going on 12 and my brother was 9 going … [Read more...]
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