A few weeks back my friend Gianfranco visited from Chicago.  We had a great time while he was in town and even got a little work done!
We had a picnic in the park!

Franco helped Brandon get started building the shed.

The instructions were confusing.

We went to the Farmer’s Market with Christa and Lars. Christa bought leeks and was VERY […]

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Went to the Des Moines Farmer’s Market and brought back lots of delicious food! Not all of it is locally grown. Our growing season just started. But it’s all very fresh and from pretty nearby, so that’s good.
Here’s Zoot contemplating stealing a tomatillo.

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 This month’s meeting was hosted by a charming couple, Hal and York. Well, York did all the actual hosting. Their house is a late 1880s Victorian mansion in the Sherman Hill neighborhood. The people who built the house were Jewish and kept Kosher, so they had the house built with two kitchens, […]

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Well, really Washington came to us. Being in Des Moines, these past two months leading up to the caucus have been exciting. I was stranded in Detroit on New Years Day and got to spend some time talking to journalists from all over the world who were on their way to cover the caucus. […]

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