{"id":862,"date":"2013-07-25T16:00:17","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T20:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesauerbrunreport.com\/?p=862"},"modified":"2013-07-25T16:00:17","modified_gmt":"2013-07-25T20:00:17","slug":"862","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesauerbrunreport.com\/?p=862","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesauerbrunreport.com\/?attachment_id=861\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-861\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-861\" alt=\"Morton Arboretum - 7-24-13\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesauerbrunreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_2552-e1374782351810.jpg?resize=584%2C352&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"584\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesauerbrunreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_2552-e1374782351810.jpg?w=1250&amp;ssl=1 1250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesauerbrunreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_2552-e1374782351810.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Greetings from Glen Ellyn, IL where I&#8217;m on day 3 of a 17-day stretch of vacation.<\/p>\n<p>I broke slowly out of the gate to start this run of leisure.\u00a0 The Southwest 737 that lost nose-gear function on arrival at LaGuardia Monday evening put a punctuation mark on a difficult couple weeks at work.\u00a0 The incident forced cancellation of just enough Chicago flights Tuesday to push me over to Newark.<\/p>\n<p>I arrived here Tuesday night.\u00a0 The weather has been great.\u00a0 Sunny, dry, cool, low humidity.<\/p>\n<p>My brother has become friendly with two neighbors across the street who maintain and share a refrigerated keg of beer in a garage.\u00a0 The primary custodian of the keg is a guy named Bob who grew up in the neighborhood and engaged me in a vigorous discussion of Mike Bloomberg&#8217;s legacy and the issue of how best to handle gun violence.\u00a0 The beer was cold and strong.\u00a0 Brewed in Michigan.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t recall the name.<\/p>\n<p>I joined my brother, his wife and my two nieces for a visit to the Morton Arboretum on Wednesday afternoon.\u00a0 The 1700-acre property in nearby Lisle is a well-maintained shrine to trees.\u00a0 The space stands in stark contrast to the clusters of strip-mall suburbia and heavy vehicular traffic that surround it.<\/p>\n<p>Scooter brings his newborn son to town for a party at Guz&#8217;s Friday night and then I&#8217;m back to New York for about 48 hours to see Woods play the Ballroom before heading to the left coast to see the A&#8217;s and Blue Jays play three.<\/p>\n<p>It sure beats working.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings from Glen Ellyn, IL where I&#8217;m on day 3 of a 17-day stretch of vacation. 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