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That’s a lot of ifs, but Chicagoland residents are already making plans, counting on the state lifting remaining capacity limits, social distancing requirements and health screening mandates. Illinois will be fully open for the first time since Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s stay-at-home order went into effect March 21, 2020.
Built in 1928, the Cortopassis’ new house has been updated and has three full bathrooms, two half bathrooms, a living room with a marble surround fireplace, a family room with a wall of built-ins and two walls of windows, a back staircase, and a kitchen with newer marble countertops, a farm sink, top-of-the-line stainless steel appliances, shutters and a breakfast room. The house also has a primary bedroom with a walk-in closet and a wall of closets, a primary bathroom with a cathedral ceiling and dual vanities and a fully finished lower level with a recreation room, a large laundry room and a wine room.
“Especially now, I think fans are happy to be out of the house and very happy to be at Wrigley and the team is playing well,” first baseman Anthony Rizzo said. “The fans are always top notch, but when we’re playing well, they jump behind us even more. And when we’re not, they’re still behind us. That’s the beauty of it. That’s why being a Cub is so great.”
“We weren’t sure going into that Detroit game how he was going to be able to hold up physically and mentally, and so I’d say the very first thing is that he aced that test,” coach Matt Nagy said Wednesday. “And we just kept giving him more and more and more. Now it’s our job to make sure that, as we go into this season, he gets a lot of opportunities.
The Art Preserve, opening June 26, is committed to the care and study of these immersions, most made by people with little or no formal training. It is a satellite campus of the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, 3 miles away, and a lasting legacy of the late Ruth DeYoung Kohler II, a woman of wealth who saw value in what unheralded people created, often with castoff materials.
“We have Democrats from downstate, from areas where people are deeply concerned about protecting their gun rights,” he said. “And then we’ve got people who live in other parts of the state who believe, as I do, that we need to have a greater focus on gun safety, but it’s a complicated challenge in order to get enough votes put together.”
My point is that you are alternately pushing him to stop and then cushioning him when he doesn’t, and so you are absorbing some of the real consequences of his drinking, which for him might be having to face and choose treatment for his depression without you distracting him by making empty threats to leave. Your conflicted feelings are keeping both of you in place.
“Obviously you feel terrible for someone when things happen like this,” Sox starter Lance Lynn said. “But as a team, you’ve got to do everything you can to make sure they’re good, keep them upbeat, keep them ready to roll and keep them pushing to get back. And then the guys that are active that day, it’s the next man up.”
“We realize it’s going to take some time because she’s been off for a couple of weeks, but just having her out there, it helps morale,” Vandersloot said of Parker. “She’s a playmaker, she can do a lot of things on the court, so it’s just different when she’s out there in a uniform. It’s just going to get better from here.”
Fun fact: Chicago was built on swamp land. So it should be no surprise that as we enter the height of summer, the days become long and humid. Of course, Chicago is a playground in summertime, even as sweaty, muggy heat waves punctuate the more temperate weeks. Thankfully, this city is full of ice cream and frozen treat spots that will help fight the heat. Looking for nostalgic flavors of bygone eras? Check out mainstay Margie’s Candies for humongous sundaes, or more contemporary Spinning J’s for a hit of throwback charm. Want something more adventurous? Don’t miss frozen cookie dough from Cookie Dough Creations, paletas made from fresh tropical fruit at any number of vendors, or even trendy Thai rolled ice cream, which is popping up around town. There’s no better time to be an ice cream lover, and we’ve got the scoop.