Thanks

Yesterday we enjoyed a Happy Thanksgiving in St. Charles.

Dave, Fran, Mimi, and Chris: some wine, some cheeseball, and all is well


Fran, Mimi, Chris


Mimi: notice the new sweater--she's getting pretty handy with those knitting needles, no?


Dave working on the turkey


then we're agreed


at the table

A fabulous feast. My personal favorite: the sweet potatoes with corn and ginger. Recipe's from the Chicago Tribune. Tasty.

Hope you too, reader, had a happy day.

Congratulations!

We had the pleasure of attending Chris and Carrie's much-anticipated wedding, at Maxim's in Chicago. A grand time.

Rev. Dr. Lee, Chris, Carrie, Mrs. Lee


A shot of the band, the Reinvasion (because they play a lot of British Invasion covers--get it?) they were pretty damn good, I'd say (if anyone has heard of them, we'd love to have a link to their website (do they have a website? doesn't everyone have a website?))

Please enjoy this brief film of the couple's first dance:



Greeting the crowd after the (lovely--of course!) ceremony

This clip is long, and you can't see much . . . but if you play it, you'll hear Deron's toast to Chris and Carrie; a treat, I promise:



Paul and Angie


Deron and Haley (can you believe it? Deron's in a suit!)


And away they went

too good not to post

this campaign season has me pretty weary, but I do really like this ad:


What about it, reader? Pretty good, no?