Little Bunny Fru-Fru

Well,its a quiet weekend in the neighborhood. The heat wave has broken and people are back out on the street. Also back out are the neighborhood bunny rabbits. For some reason, our street is overrun by lots of little bunny rabbits. We call them little bunny fru-frus, a take-off of the nursery rhyme, and they really are quite cute. We see them in our backyard through the window, we see them from our front porch. The baby ones, with their tiny ears are the cutest little things I've seen until recently.

Its quite a different feel, this new neighborhood, compared to our old apartment in the heart of downtown Oak Park. Its all single family homes, lots of young kids running around, and bunny rabbits. Looking out our front window, seeing the kids across the street playing, its so wholesome I can't stand it sometimes. I suppose its part of growing up, a new phase in our lives; we're no longer carefree singles anymore.

Although I do miss the "excitement" of downtown Oak Park, with the restaurants, movie theaters, and cafes, our new location does have its ammenities. We're now (sorta) within walking distance of a Dunkin' Donuts. Ah, just like being back in Boston.

-Brian

Hot, hot, hot (and fat?)

Well, its been another two months since our last post. We've got a really good excuse, but we can't tell you about it, its a secret for now. What we can talk about is the weather. Its been something like 1000 degrees for the past week or so in Oak Park. We've pretty much been inside the house cranking the AC. We just got a new central AC unit installed last month which is super high efficiency, but I'm still afraid to find out what our electric bill is going to be. Its hard to imagine that in six months its going to be about 100 degrees cooler than it is now. Crazy midwestern temperature fluctuation.

By the way, did anyone hear about the Oak Park - Lane Bryant fiasco? I found the whole thing somewhat amusing. To summarize, there's a new retail building going up in downtown. The developer wanted Lane Bryant as a tennant, and the Village vetoed it. It got spun as "Oak Park hates fat people" story. I think its actually more a class issue, as the rest of the building will have a high-end fitness center, a trendy bar, and luxury condos, rather than a size issue. Not being in the target demographics of Lane Bryant, I'd prefer something like Crate and Barrel in that building (its right next to Chipotle), but I think any retail will be a big improvement over the parking lot that was there previously.

-Brian