Lakeview – Wrigleyville
Clear to Close – Get it in Writing Before You Waive the Mortgage Contingency
“Clear to close.” These are the words we await when a house or condo wends its way to closing when a loan is involved. And in the current market what we know to be true is simply “it ain’t over ’til it’s over.” Last week on Friday morning my buying clients received a verbal “clear [...]
Thoughts of Icarus (Or Even Sunny Days Have their Downside)
So there’s Icarus, a young dude who found a moment’s exhilaration so great that he ventured on a path with a literally terminal end. There he was, outfitted with a gorgeous pair of wings by the hand of his dad, Daedalus, who constructed for his son and himself wings with which to soar and escape [...]
Lessons from Lucas – PJs All Day
Maybe my son Lucas has it right. Last week when my wife said it was time to get dressed he responded simply and succinctly, I stay in my pajamas when I stay at home. I wear outdoor clothes when I go outdoors. Right now I am at home so I am in my pajamas. I [...]
Triple Tens on Marathon Sunday in Chicago
If ever there was a day to stop on a dime, today would be that day. Three of them in a row. Ten / ten / ten. A few years back, when the days lined up in a sequence of sevens, we traveled to Vegas. Like droves of others I figured that since numbers don’t [...]
A Fall Chill Beneath Blue Chicago Skies
Today Chicago. The boys and I returned home to Chicago Monday evening, an unfurling bit of ribbon that traced the sky from Dallas to Austin and from Austin home to Chicago. Jackson and Lucas won the admiration of surrounding single-flying adults for their big-boy behavior and smiled heartily in the momentary celebrity of praise. Nicole [...]
