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The Live Aboard Backyard

On May 1st we cruised to Belmont Harbor for the summer, leaving a South Loop backyard that looks like this:


For a northside backyard that looks like this:


This season we're on G-Dock, which puts us smack in the middle of the harbor, away from Lake Shore Drive and the bike path and fishermen who jump the fence to snag salmon beside our kitchen window. Now when we get up in the morning, we can watch the sunrise over the lake, and the only fishermen we see look like this:


But when you live in Lincoln Park, you never know what you'll find in your backyard. Like tonight, when I looked up from my dinner to see this:


Yes, that is a photo shoot of a naked lady.


Maybe our car, aka "the landboat," will make a guest appearance in the October issue of Playboy?