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ready for trick-or-treaters
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poolside with Johanna at the start of my visit
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The house next door gets a second story.
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They made immediate use of our kitchen bar.
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Moving mishap: a bicycle tire melts to the top of this stool.
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Preparations: Matt hangs the piñata.
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girls in the dining room
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Take that, bird!
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Matt delivers the death blow.
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Leslie's desk in the kitchen
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This kitchen is a dream to cook in and gets great evening light--at least until the house next door gets walls.
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We ate it for lunch (and dinner).
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She also likes it assembled.
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boys on the patio...and the gender segregation is complete!
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Sous makes herself comfortable on her one authorized couch.
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living room, version 1
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more house next door
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Mr. Miles comforts me.
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the kitchen
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squash soup with tomato and scallion salad, and a manchego toast
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The next morning I take a series of trains over to the old hood, where I haunt my old life like a ghost.
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We fortify ourselves for the party with an Amore dinner.
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Emily, Liam, and Susie
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Thijs shops for vegetables on Saturday morning at the Noe farmers market.
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an early meal: trout with dandelion greens
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Our fairy godfather (wait, that doesn't sound quite right) sent us home from Dallas with a rack of baby backs from Peggy Sue.
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A repurposed political sign clears up any confusion about the party location.
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Miles and Lyla also checked our tree for climbability.