Aug 22 2010
Ever since I’ve lived in Chicago, I’ve always heard great things about Door County, WI and had never trekked northward to visit. My current work assignment has me “roughly” in the vicinity…since driving northward on August 1st, I had over 200 hours in the office with only 2 days “off” by the time I left [...]
Jul 18 2010
For the last several years, June has meant a weekend trip to Michigan with my sister. This year the tradition continued, although we were along the shore of a different great lake. In March, Rebecca was enthralled by the daily locale picture on the Bing homepage…Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan. Since my current work [...]
Jul 27 2009
Chicago is known as a blues town. This summer, I’m experiencing a different twist on local blues. I’ve mentioned numerous times that one of my favorite parts of summer is the fresh produce – whether it’s attempting to grow a few things on my deck or my weekly treks the farmer’s market on Saturday morning. [...]
Apr 05 2009
A little over two weeks ago, I escaped the Chicago winter for my own bit of a spring break – it was time to head down to Dallas to spend a long weekend with my favorite little girls (& their mom)! After what has seemed like an interminably long & white winter and everything surrounding [...]
Nov 17 2008
It seems like life has been rushing by at a million miles an hour for the last several weeks. Blog silence hasn’t been because of having nothing to blog about – just the opposite. It’s hard to believe that Thanksgiving is just around the corner. As always seems to be the case, October was full [...]