May 2008

Fun at the Botanic Gardens

May 31, 2008

Yellow Blues Originally uploaded by Matt Stratton. Today Carrie and I rode our bikes up to the Botanic Gardens. Well, we didn’t ride all the way; we drove about halfway, parked the car, and rode the rest. We wandered around and looked at flowers and I took a bunch of pictures. We had an overpriced [...]

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Cubs Win!

May 30, 2008

Cubs Game 5/29/2008 Originally uploaded by Matt Stratton. I went to the game last night with my sister Debbie. We had a pretty good time. Well, four beers’ worth of a good time at least. The game wasn’t exactly a pitchers’ duel (is it possible to have a pitchers’ duel when Marquis is on the [...]

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Happy Anniversary to Us!

May 27, 2008

Carriage ride Originally uploaded by Matt Stratton. Yesterday was our first wedding anniversary. Everything turned out pretty much super awesome, although it was a bit of a hectic (but fun) weekend. Saturday morning, I woke up super early and headed out to Hillside to play nine holes with a couple co-workers. Considering I haven’t picked [...]

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Matt @ Fullerton

May 25, 2008

Matt @ Fullerton Originally uploaded by Matt Stratton. We just got home from Bike the Drive. We didn’t do the entire route, but we started at Grant Park, rode up to the Bryn Mawr turnaround, then headed back. We exited at Fullerton and rode home from there. Once Motionbased stops being a pain the ass, [...]

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Bike the Drive

May 25, 2008

Bike the Drive Originally uploaded by Matt Stratton. We are currently at the Bryn Mawr turnaround. Fun!Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

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Happy Birthday, Sam!

May 15, 2008

“Mmm…Beam and Coke…” Originally uploaded by Matt Stratton. Today is the first birthday of our little buddy, Samuel Ray. Happy berfday, Sam!

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Entry-Level positions in the Chicago area

May 13, 2008

I’m reaching out to my network to see if any of you have some insight. My recently-graduated sister-in-law, Meggie, is looking for a job in the Chicagoland area. She’s pretty wide-open in her interests (her degree is in Organizational Communications). If any of you know of open positions within your firm that might be interesting [...]

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