Last week was a tough one. Our country experienced disasters from the Texas blast to the Boston bombing and then here at home flooding that pushed people out of their own homes and shut down businesses. Our hearts go out to all who were affected by last week's tragedies.

Due to such a heavy week of bad news, we were looking forward to lightening up the mood with our event at the Metropolitan Club on Thursday last week. But Mother Nature had something else in store for Chicago and hit us with such heavy rains that caused the worst flooding in years...