by Julie | Mar 29, 2019 | Chicago, Travel & KC
We’re just back from four days in Chicago, where we attended the wedding of the daughter of some dears friends of ours. We’re in that stage of life where our friends’ kids and our kids’ friends are getting married. We have ten (!) weddings this...
by Julie | Nov 17, 2017 | Chicago, Travel & KC
I know we’re all knee deep in Thanksgiving planning but Tom and I are just back from a trip to Chicago, so can you handle a trip report? We’ve been to Chicago many times, but this was one of our favorite trips so I want to document some of the things that...
by Julie | Nov 20, 2015 | Chicago, Travel & KC
We are just back from four days in Chicago, our favorite place for a quick getaway. This time we went with friends for a KU basketball game (which we won’t talk about) and I kept my iPhone handy to take quick shots of some of things that inspired me. Starting...
by Julie | Jun 25, 2015 | Chicago, Travel & KC
When Tom and I were headed to Chicago last fall, my friend Lynda, whose daughter lives in Chicago, said to me, “You have to go to Eataly! Emma took me there and I loved it.” How to describe Eataly? The Chicago location (there are also locations in New...
by Julie | Oct 17, 2014 | Books & Reading, Chicago, Travel & KC
One of the things I wanted to do on our recent trip to Chicago was visit Oak Park, a village ten miles west of downtown Chicago that happens to be where the home and studio of architect Frank Lloyd Wright are located. It’s also the birth place of Ernest...
by Julie | Oct 7, 2014 | Chicago, Travel & KC
I was apprehensive about entering this new phase of life we’re in. Technically our nest isn’t empty since Lindsey moved back home after college graduation, but with Grant, our youngest, off to college out of state, we’ve definitely transitioned to a...