Work Retreat in Michigan

We haven't gotten up to Michigan (much/at all), but Mr. P had a work retreat at the Marina Grand Resort in New Buffalo.

20th Wedding Anniversary Festivities

We celebrated our trio of wedding and wedding related anniversaries with Legal Day at Half Shell, Sin Day at Grant Park and the Cityscape Bar and 7/17 with Dinner at Agami Sushi. And we splurged for a very nice tea and sugar service set combining china and platinum.

Coast to Coast

Spent a couple of days at Northwestern for the annual gathering of "we're big powerhouses but we are not the Ivies and Stanford" development folks.

All Star Game

Goodbye to Yankee Stadium. Suuuuuurreeee I stayed up for all 15 innings.

Brunch with Mr. and Mrs. B

Our friends are moving to North Carolina, and they had a Thai barbecue at their place with their cute new baby. The wind was wicked, and we met the sales crowd from Saks--who knew Mr. B had been moonlighting.

Dinner at Mr. R and Mr. C

A lovely dinner with Ms. S's workmates at their home. They are the ultimate home fixer-uppers, and their outdoors space is spectacular.

Goodbye for Mr. S with the Dean

We had a lovely dinner at the Dean's house to say goodbye to Mr. S, who is moving to DC. (And I'm cheating on the photo...this is from Mr. S's facebook, but I like it.)

Dead Man's Cell Phone at Steppenwolf

A little piece of fluff from Steppenwolf, but perfectly fine for something in July.

Bonnie Raitt at Taste of Chicago

Here's a short video.

Fireworks from the T family household perspective

We went to Ms. S's workmate house for our best view of the 4th of July fireworks ever.

Barcelona

We wrapped up our Europe trip with three nights in Barcelona.

Bilbao

After Paris, we spent 24 terrific hours in Bilbao. Full photo link is part of the set in Paris entry.

Paris avec Les W family

We had a lovely time with the W family in Paris. Full photo set is here. Password is our street name.

Summer Visiting Committee Meeting

OK, so for me, the highlight of the this meeting was the 15 minutes beforehand, when the chair of the committee came in to sign a gift agreement for a professorship. My first "start to finish" professorship.

Cool, and for a cool purpose: The Rebecca Anne Boylan Professorship in Education and Society. Great people, great gift.

Comedy of Errors at Chicago Shakespeare

Thought this was a great, fun production. Really fun to see Kevin Gudahl in comic, over the top, different kind of role.

From CST's blurb: "Director Barbara Gaines transports Shakespeare to the golden age of film as an eccentric group of stage and screen actors gather on the fictional English movie set of Shepperton Studios in the midst of the London blitz to film The Comedy of Errors.

It worked for me.