There's No Party Like a Jogging Suit Party

Amanda, Frances, and Megan getting ready for the Jogging Suit Birthday Party for Katie and SME

Nick and Andrew

Nate

Dancin'!

forget running shorts! Straight to the boxers!

This is the girl I am going to marry

What does Bullwinkle have to do with "Greetings Taco Lovers?"

DAVID LEE ROTH!

Nice. I wish you could see its face a little better...

"The Pants"

Me, Frances, and Amanda

The obligatory ugly shot

Dagmar!

Amanda and Katie. No idea what Amanda is wearing. Katie is technically wearing a parachute suit. But, we'll let it slide as it is awesome and it is her birthday and her apartment...

Practice for our wedding pictures

Karli and Dagmar

A character from a Wes Anderson film stopped by...

Happy Birthday SME

Good Times!!!

Now to some serious business:

And I've been having the blood of Christ for all of these years...

a garden on a wall...

The new hospital we're building at work. We still need donations: www.HeroesForLife.org

This should keep everyone occupied for a while. Megan and I are going to Rochester this weekend to take care of some final wedding details. So, it's getting more official everyday. If you have any questions on anything, go to the website: www.mywedding.com/bellkraus. If you have any questions that it doesn't answer, ask me!

"I Always Dreamed of Having a Bar-Be-Que Wedding!"

What kind of outfit could Megan possibly be looking at?


Yet another sign of a society gone mad...


Either the Chicago River has bubblers in it or the industrial pollution is really churning these waters. Happy Earth Day!


One of my favorite weird Lincoln Park sculptures is broken. Not sure what happened. It looks like a crime scene now. When you walk past it, it's surrounded by yellow tape.


so very weird


GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!


What is in the tree?


A little angel of course...


Holy Name Cathedral in downtown Chicago. I'll let you have a million guesses of why I was here and you'd never guess. Never...


The Chicago Police Department's new hot wheels


Which one ate your baby?


Which one at your garbage can?







That's about it. HAPPY BIRTHDAY SME! Good luck with Tennessee!

You can't do that on a Tuesday!

It reads: "ATTENTION! Dan the dog walker will eat your dog! Don't be another victim, you have been warned!!!" I don't know who "Dan the dog walker" is, but he seems to have a bad reputation. I don't think he really ate anyone's dog because something like that would have ended up the on WGN morning show for sure...


Best couple in town




A look at the rocks under the water in Lake Michigan








Just hanging out at the zoo like the rest of us.


Look at the size of this lady's canvas. About 5' x 7'. It's a rather ambitious plein aire painting.


Another weird Lincoln Park sculpture. I should really make a book because they have the strangest stuff in this neighborhood. My favorite thing about this sculpture though is the security. Notice the sign to the top right. They have a huge camera mounted on the house as well. The front of the house is half sculpture garden, half prison. I kind of want to just sit on it and that's probably why they have the camera in the first place...


Not sure what this is either. It's just a few house down from the one above. It appears to be a lady whose head is the rear hood of an old Volkswagen Beetle. As for the rest, your guess is as good as mine...


Restoration work on the South Pond of Lincoln Park. They drained the pond and have been putting in walkways and all sorts of stuff. There's a half circle wooden tunnel in the rear of the picture. Not sure what that's for. Should look good when they fill it with water again.


Like the Robins in spring, you know it's summer when Kermit and Barbie return from their vacation home and take up residence in my backyard.