Never noticed this thread until now. Always great to see people's backgrounds and where they're coming from.

I'm 37 and live in Naperville, IL (west suburbs of Chicago). Married for almost 14 years with 5-year old twins in kindergarten. A lifelong Chicagoan outside of the 4 years that I spent in Champaign. B.A. in Finance from the University of Illinois and J.D. from DePaul University. Currently work as senior corporate counsel for a large IT and management consulting firm dealing with a whole range of issues (i.e. technology solutions, cross-border transactions, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property, employment). Huge Illini, Bulls, Bears, White Sox and Blackhawks fan. Pretty much bipolar from a political perspective: I'm a complete fiscal conservative (believer in small government, low taxes, adherence to free markets and open free trade) and social liberal (pro-gay marriage and pro-choice). Seeing some others' retirement plans in this thread, I'm planning for the day when I can spend the summers and fall in a condo in downtown Chicago and winters and spring in either Naples, FL or Scottsdale, AZ. (I REALLY love the beach in Southwest Florida, but the amount of cultural amenities in and around Scottsdale is greater, so I go back-and-forth.)