Author Archives: George

Finally we find a moment to go over to Western Avenue for an authentic Rainbow Cone, complete with orange sherbet, pistachio, Palmer House (Venetian vanilla with cherries & walnuts), strawberry and chocolate.  NYDQ!  That is: “Not your Dairy Queen”. We … Continue reading →

In the afternoon we drive down to Orland Park to visit Jan’s cousin Tom and his wife Patte, we tour their antique filled home, meet their two dogs, and they take us for a lovely dinner at a nearby restaurant/winery, … Continue reading →

Being retired, on vacation, or whatever it is we are, we seem to find it harder to get up at the crack of dawn these days.   But today we get a fairly early start and drive up to Millennium Park … Continue reading →

We’re off to Michigan for the day, a couple of hours’ drive to Clear Lake to see Nancy & Doc in their lakeshore cottage.  The road there seems to be the main drag for Adult Bookstores (no windows) and “Buy … Continue reading →

We’re off to the Subaru dealership at the crack of dawn, the dash lights are all off again and it turns out all the car needs is its normal 3000 mile service – but the synthetic oil it requires makes … Continue reading →

We stop by to see Nancy and Doc Wallace at their home in Oak Lawn right next door to EP.  Nancy and Jan have been closest friends since they were born (probably before),  we had flown here last November for  … Continue reading →

By a lovely coincidence, Elizabeth and Jen (co-owners of Liddabit Sweets) are on a 48-hour visit to Chicago for the Snacks and Sweets convention at the McCormick Center, and we get to meet them for dinner at Moto in the … Continue reading →

So after our visit-to-Amana adventure we got back on the road with our mud-free car (sorry, Maile), and crossed the Mississippi and all of Illinois.  We arrived in Evergreen Park (which borders Chicago’s south side) in the evening, and had … Continue reading →

Our last morning in Iowa City, Maile drives us to to visit the Amana Colonies before we head off toward Chicago.  There are unpleasant construction delays on the roads, and George checks his Android phone’s GPS (a new toy) and … Continue reading →

So now we were down to just the three of us, and Maile drove Jan and me to the MacBride Raptor Center which is operated by the U of I. They’ve got quite a collection of birds which they care … Continue reading →