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Home Sweet Home: Day 4
Sunday morning was our last day in downtown Chicago. We decided to go back to Yolk since was so delicious the first time. It was full with a 15 minutes wait. No problem. I forgot to mention the man we had to pass each morning on our way to the restaurant. He was an older […]
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Sweet Home Chicago: Day 3
Saturday was our last planned day at Blues Fest. Our plans were set. This would be my second day of waking without the help of a wet nose. Sascha normally starts wanting out between 6:00 and 6:30. That means prodding mom to get moving. We got up early and headed down the street to Yolk […]
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Sweet Home Chicago: Day 2
Friday is Day 2 of our adventures in the city. We were not in any hurry this morning. Rich wanted to do breakfast burritos at a place we saw last night. So we trekked back up to Adams. It turns out that the Taco Al Fresco was run by an Eastern European couple. They didn’t […]
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Sweet Home Chicago: Day 1
Ah, vacation. It’s a short one, but hopefully we’ll have some fun and adventure. To get things started, we headed out to breakfast at The Canteen in Barrington. I keep seeing the place when we drive by and hear about the great breakfast they serve. Of course, it doesn’t hurt when they appear to have […]
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Trip to Southern Indiana
I recently went home to Southern Indiana. Rick had his plans fall through, so he joined me. The drive down was good. Even going through India No Polis on the day before the big race wasn’t too bad. We arrived in the late afternoon. I gave Rick his choice of things to go and do […]
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Ah, the sounds of winter
So it is officially winter here. We have the gentle buzz of snowmobiles out on the river. The last week has been very cold and the river finally froze over solid enough for the steady stream of machines to be buzzing up and down that temporary highway.We went out to dinner this evening and then […]
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Our holiday season 2012
The holidays are winding down. We had a great Christmas, twice. New Year’s Eve has come and gone. Now it is 2013. Hopefully, it’ll be another great year for us. So let’s get caught up on the holidays. Christmas is a quiet, family affair at our house. It’s just Rich, Rick, and I. Oh yeah, […]
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Cincy Blues Fest 2012 Day 3: Up Close AND Personal
I slept in this morning again. I got up about 8:30 and started preparing for the day. Rich continued to sleep on though. Finally, he opened his eyes and started moving around. Time for a shower and then off to breakfast. That’s two days in a row that we’ve eaten breakfast late. We headed down […]
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Cincy Blues Fest 2012 Day 2: Up Close
Those days when you can sleep are so nice. For me, that meant sleeping in to 7:00. Sascha wasn’t there with a wet nose and the alarm wasn’t trying to tell me something. Now if the housekeeper doesn’t try to roust me out before I’m good and ready, it will be glorious. I think the […]
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Cincy Blues Fest 2012 Day 1 Welcome to O-HI-O!
The drive out of Chicago is always a nightmare. Traffic moves, but you just see one of every kind of possible disaster waiting to happen. And it takes so long! I think it was 2 hours to finally get out into the countryside and away from the cars and trucks.Then you have to follow I-65 […]