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Full Pockets and Best Impressions . Chicago Market

Two quarters, eleven pennies, seven dimes and four nickels. Three Hotwheels. And a small Altoids tin.
My sons are four and three. These items came from their pockets tonight.
In what order and according to whom? I can’t tell you, though typically Jackson (four) is prone to carrying multiple cars in his pocket and he never parts [...]

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Open House Visitors and Conversations about Chicago Real Estate

The folks who came came at the end, walked about the Lincoln Park home, and talked about what they are looking for. I, a pleasant sort, traded anecdotes with them about what they seek. And so goes another day in the Chicago real estate market.

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from the morning’s darkness a voice emerged

Amid the early morning dark a single voice emerged from the darkness, a spring-boding bird whistling its plaintive song for my ears to hear, helping me to chart my course of hope toward the arrival of warmth and green. Now mixing metaphors and the like from Casablanca and Disney I go to the rest of the day imitating the feathered friend, whistling as I work.

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open eyes . open house . 2035 charleston . bucktown loft

A rainy Sunday in January – a good day to stay beneath the blankets. But with a busy schedule today and the whole month, now is not the time to stay abed amid the Chicago real estate market.

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Where Do I Want to Go Today? Showing Chicago Listings and Beyond

Where do you want to go today? The centerpiece of Microsoft’s 1994 ad campaign this question has rested well in my mind since. It conjures hope because the response is of my making.

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