Posted in Travel, Vacations, Weekend Update on September 25, 2007 | No Comments »
Some time last year I looked into cheap flights and hotel packages to Washington D.C. Then I went to the opticians and had to give away about the same amount of money to get new milk bottles for seeing. We didn’t fly to Washington that weekend, as I recall, we stayed at home and ate [...]
Posted in Chicago, For giggles, Life in America, Weather on September 19, 2007 | No Comments »
Well Y’all. (See how I am fully assimilated - not just a job like a local, but I also talk like a native.)*
I had permitted myself to buy a sweater. I found the fall boots, which are like winter boots, only suede, so totally impractical once it starts to rain. For this reason, I also [...]
Posted in Chicago, Chicago Restaurants, For giggles, Life in America, Me, Restaurants and Hotels on September 11, 2007 | 5 Comments »
In lieu of explaining why posts are once again not coming regularly - in part because the USA has finally given in and employed me somewhere, or that baby sister is still here and still shopping and marveling that the time difference feels larger when you’re here than when you’re in the UK - I’ll [...]
Posted in Chicago, Life in America, Me, Weather, tales from the gym on September 7, 2007 | No Comments »
We’ve been spending the week sightseeing. It doesn’t matter how many times I see ‘the Bean’, or Anish Kapoor’s Cloud Gate, I could stand watching for hours. A lot of the time, most of the enjoyment comes from other people’s reactions.
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It has been a hot and humid week, with downpours the last few afternoons. Chicago [...]
Posted in Chicago, Holidays, Life in America, Weekend Update on September 4, 2007 | No Comments »
One of the things I love most about Chicago is the possibility of rounding off a weekend with a Monday afternoon at the beach. I’m sure that people who live the near the coast in the UK are able to indulge in a beach picnic on Bank Holiday weekends, however, we both grew up in [...]
