2016 marks 20 years since I graduated from college. How 20 years could have passed so quickly, and how I can still feel like it has been, maybe, 10 years, are questions I continue to contemplate. Nonetheless, the math checks out. Being the advance planner that I am, much earlier in the year I inquired …
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Having completed our tour of Tennessee, it was only fair that we keep the camera at the ready for our trip to Illinois. Let the snarky comments ensue. I’m sorry, but what does this even mean? You can barely see the joke here, but Steve insisted on taking this picture. In real life, it is …
The final activity planned for our Columbus Day weekend was seeing the King Tut exhibit at the Field Museum in Chicago. Steve is really into archaeology and particularly Egyptian archaeology and he really wanted to see the exhibit. It wasn’t coming to San Francisco but, as luck would have it, it was at the Field …
The second event of our long Columbus Day weekend was a surprise 40th anniversary party that my brothers and I threw for our parents. My parents knew Steve and I were going to be in town; the reunion was our alibi. The “plan” was that we were going to meet my brother (Gg) and sister-in-law …
Well, that was pretty much a bust. Over Columbus Day weekend, Steve and I headed back to Illinois for a long weekend chock-full of activities. I multi-tasked when planning this trip as I’ve never multi-tasked before. First stop: my 10-year college reunion. We took the red-eye Thursday night, arriving at Chicago Midway at 1:00 AM …
This August, Steve and I embarked on a whirlwind tour of Illinois and Tennessee in pursuit of the perfect wedding and reception site. After 4 days in Tennessee and 4 days in Illinois, we finally had it narrowed down to 2 choices. . . Tour of Tennessee I spent several months before our trip researching …
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Hello Friends! It has become apparent that I am unable to keep up a reliable stream of correspondence (translation: I suck at writing letters). I hope my Web page will work to update everyone about the exciting goings on in my life. With this in mind, the following briefly narrates the most recent trips I’ve …