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I Just Had to Go
Back... to the Islands
Returning to the Fox Valley, I added to my resume various positions at another
half-dozen or so venues before being offered and... turning down a position as Food and Beverage
Director at a very high-end yacht club in the British Virgin Islands. Many
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A Double Tribute
Part one of my plan consisted of a trip to Chicago. Yvonne and I took an early
train to the city for lunch. (The train I recall from many, many years ago was a
Christmas-time ride on the Kate-Shelly: it was an express train that stopped
only in Geneva on its way to Chicago from Iowa.) Mom
would take my sister and me downtown for some shopping at Marshall Field's...
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City of New Orleans
(Part 1)
The temperature was 75 degrees and still rising as we waited for the Metra
train that would take us to Chicago on March 17th. No, we were not headed
to the City for St. Patrick's Day. Our destination was a bit farther away.
We were headed for Union Station and the awaiting City of New Orleans train that
would take us to...
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A
Weekend in Wisconsin
The destination is only about ninety miles
from home in Batavia, and getting there was once a fairly easy undertaking.
We had decided to head up on Friday and take advantage
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A Weekend at Indian Lakes
Resort
Erickson's original vision included eliminating "much of the stigma of
conventional hotels with their stark, non-ending and uninteresting corridors
and shoebox-like guestrooms". The result was... |
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Shadow
Divers and the U505 German Submarine
If you haven't toured the U505 since it was moved to it's new home
inside the Museum of Science & Industry, maybe it's time to revisit... |
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Boston's
Freedom Trail
Having never been to Boston was as good a reason as any for me,
especially when I considered the seafood available there.
But a bigger reason was the existence in me of a burgeoning
desire to know and understand more of...
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Dinner at Topolo and a
Birthday Fiesta
Sometimes, there is nothing that can quite compare with the
sheer joy of a little spontaneity. Such was the case just this
past week when...
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The Seth Peterson Cottage on Mirror
Lake
Our selected destination was a small, one-bedroom cottage located on a hilltop overlooking the placid
waters of Mirror Lake, in a remote area of the...
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The
Amana Colonies, Cedar Rock & Cedar Falls
The drive was an easy one with a surprisingly small quantity of
traffic for a Friday morning and we were in Iowa City in just
over...
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On the Bourbon Trail
There is
so much more than just caves associated with the Bluegrass State. In a long list of activities and attractions available in
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different areas of the state, one could easily include such diverse interests as horses
(Derby Festival, Louisville), Daniel Boone, the
Civil War and even bourbon... The full list
includes...
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Aboard the Spirit of Peoria
We arrived in
Peoria just after noon and easily found the
waterfront where the Spirit of Peoria was docked. Peoria is a great destination with plenty of positive
attributes: it is a college town with plenty of dining
opportunities and exciting things to do...
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The Lincoln Museum and
Dana Thomas House
My
parents were always of the opinion that our family should see our own
country before we traveled outside of it to see the wonders of say, the
Eiffel Tower in Paris or perhaps the Pyramids of Egypt.
On numerous occasions, they
tried ...
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An Anniversary in St Louis
by Rail
It all started because of an upcoming
anniversary and we knew that we wouldn't have all that much time to go
someplace far away. I have been known to drive long distances for
great dinners and other special affairs, but this time...
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