Summer Nights

I made the mistake of having green tea with dinner ... the caffeine is doing its best to keep me awake and full of jitters now. I'll have to remember not to do that again.

After a scorcher of a day, we went into Chicago for sushi tonight at a favorite hangout of Brian's from his days at the University. The restaurant is on a hip block and in a happening part of town, where tons of young people were congregating at the bars and restaurants. With all the windows and doors open to the hot summer night's air, I was reminded of Davis Square, Landsdown Street, and downtown Boston after hours. After spending nearly a decade in Boston (where the are population annually swells by 250,000 after Labor Day from all of the students in the colleges and universities), walking down the street dominated by the college age/young professional demographic this evening made me feel right at home. Honestly, living in Oak Park with tons of families with their little babies and kids all around, and seeing very few college students is strange. I guess this is what most American towns are like though.

We're still searching for the camera-computer cable to download our latest photos and post them here online. Also, we finally re-entered this century with the modern day amenity of DSL for our connection to the internet last night. We got a phone line too! No T.V. here though, which is fine by me, except that I am missing Lance Armstrong race his final Tour de France in his trial to win a record 7th win this year. Win or lose, he retires this year after this race. The advent of a kitchen table and a kitchen cart, has meant devoting significant time to assembling such pieces of furniture. So along that train of thought, yesterday's quote of the day by Brian was, "Power Tools are Cool!"

-Kelly