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You can write to your friend: “We’re so happy that ‘Adele’s’ wedding has been rescheduled, but unfortunately, we won’t be able to attend. This last year has taken a lot out of us, and we just can’t make the trip, I’m afraid. We’re so sorry, and hope you have a wonderful celebration.”
Dr. Luce Kassi, from left, a second year resident, Dr. Constants Adams, fourth year resident, Dr. Eseohi Ehimiaghe, first year resident, Dr. Tamara Weddington, first year resident, and Dr. Mary Tate, third year resident, attend a Zoom meeting with other residents and instructors in a conference room at Prentice Women’s Hospital in Chicago on May 21, 2021. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)
“The Very Hungry Caterpillar” came with us everywhere: To the pediatrician’s office, in case it took awhile. To restaurants, to ease the wait for our food. On road trips to see our Ohio family. On plane trips to see our Maryland family. At naptime, at bedtime, first thing in the morning, in the middle of the day, in the middle of a park, in the middle of a meltdown, always, that caterpillar and its endless appetite joined us.
“The Animal Farm collection is like an illustrated diary that collects childhood memories, life in the countryside, fairy tales with animals represented as prodigious protagonists of natural life,” said Baldereschi. “Nature never stops reinventing itself, and is for me an inexhaustible source of inspiration.”
Dear Disappointed: I agree that your parents are taking a risk by traveling, unvaccinated. Not only are they risking their own health, but if they contract the coronavirus, perhaps during travel, they could spread it to others without even knowing it. As you know, the vaccine protects people from the more severe forms of the illness caused by the virus.
Judy Mahoney is hugged upon her arrival for a news conference outside Byrne Elementary School in Chicago on May 25, 2021. Chicago Public Schools is extending Judy Mahoney’s position at Byrne Elementary for one more year, if she doesn’t find another full-time position at a different wheelchair-accessible building before next school year. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)
Roots & Streams shows the faces of various musical artists in a circle on the screen. Tap on an artist whose sound you enjoy — say, Chaka Khan — and the display will show the musicians who influenced her (Billie Holiday, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Wonder and Etta James), her peers (Donna Summer, Maze, the Ohio Players and Patti LaBelle) and her followers (Janet Jackson, Erykah Badu, Mary J. Blige and Beyoncé). Now you have the names of almost a dozen additional singers whose music may have a similar sound that you’ll enjoy.
Andrea Ng, 30, and Mark Higgins, 45, kiss as Capt. Len Besinger, right, prepares his boat for departure from Belmont Harbor on May 22, 2021. Higgins, Ng and Michael Waitkus, center, chartered Besinger’s boat using the GetMyBoat app. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune)
Andrea Ng, 30, and Mark Higgins, 45, kiss as Capt. Len Besinger, right, prepares his boat for departure from Belmont Harbor on May 22, 2021. Higgins, Ng and Michael Waitkus, center, chartered Besinger’s boat using the GetMyBoat app. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune)
This summer, as Illinois opens up without COVID-19 restrictions, more people are using the GetMyBoat app — which connects customers directly with charter captains for quality time on the water in a wide range of watercraft. Leonard Besinger, with his boat the Bellanzi, has been a charter captain in the city since 2016 and has been with GetMyBoat app since 2017. He is rated “Best of” for Chicago from 2017-2020.