Todd and I took a long weekend trip to Chicago in January. The primary purpose of the trip was to see a Blackhawks game, but we ended up doing a lot more than taking in the Hawks vs. the San Jose Sharks, among which was the second event we made reservations for: dinner with Leesa [...]

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I finally had some time off this past week, so you know what that means: CHICAGO! Yes, we already covered that ground earlier this year . . . but that was during hockey season. Now it’s time for some BASEBALL! We were only in the Midwest for a slightly extended holiday (Kamehameha Day) weekend, which [...]

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I know, it seems like there should be an entire blog devoted to food in Chicago. There probably is one, but that blog isn’t mine, so Chicago food is only going to get a few entries here – a few entries per year, anyway. I thought I’d tackle salads first. Here are my favorite salads [...]

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The first things we did when we got to Chicago were eat and ice skate. Since we were planning on hitting up the ice, we needed to eat something light, but we didn’t want to waste time on McDonald’s. Thank goodness for Portillo’s, which is just a block away from our hotel in River North [...]

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When the Keola Beamer wrote “Honolulu City Lights,” I’m pretty sure he was inspired by something like this: These aren’t views from my house in the valley, but from the 30-something-th floor at the Hilton Waikiki Prince Kuhio, where a friend of a friend was staying a few weeks ago. We went up to the [...]

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Since everybody seems to think I’m always on vacation anyway ;o) . . . here are some highlights from our trip to Kona a couple of weeks ago: Madagascar day geckos are more commonly found on the Big Island than anywhere else in Hawai‘i. They are delightful to look at – and, fortunately for photographers, [...]

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Yes, it’s that time of year again: time for me to visit the Midwest and love it but not be able to resist complaining about how freaking HOT it is. Because it is. As cold as Chicago gets in the winter, it gets pretty damned hot in the summer. And I’m taking “what WINDY city?!” [...]

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I just realized that I only covered half of our last trip. For shame! We also had a great time visiting with my aunt and uncle in Maryland and the surrounding area, including our nation’s capital (where only one tree along the tidal basin actually had any cherry blossoms left) . . . . . [...]

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I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted, and I apologize to the few of you who are actually here for updates. Most people know to look for me on Twitter and Facebook, but some of you are a little stubborn (not mentioning any names, but she lives in Provo). ;o) Anyway, I’ve been [...]

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I didn’t realize that I’d completely neglected to do a Kona post . . . which is particularly unfortunate since my experiences there are about to be eclipsed by our upcoming trip to Boston. So, here goes: A couple of weeks ago, we made our way over to the Big Island for three days of [...]

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