Labor Day in Chicago this year.
In Chicago the kids go back to school after Labor Day.
In Park Ridge school starts two weeks before Labor Day.
As a result, Anne and I always thought of it as a little extension of summer. We would try to get out of town.
For many years our extended family would head up to Wisconsin to Lake Geneva. After a while we were joined by friends for all are part of the weekend. It became known as Camp Klonsky.
It would include an annual grudge match of doubles ping-pong on the porch of the main lodge. The porch was situated in a sweet setting, but it was never designed for a ping-pong game. The ball would always go over the railing. Most of our exercise was about constantly climbing over the railing to look for lost ping-pong balls.
During the years when Leigh went to the University of Wisconsin, she would take the Van Gelder bus to
Ten minute drawing: Christie and Romney in an elevator.
