What happens when you go home after a year of COVID in a new state whose cuisine doesn't exactly excite (if you could go get it anyway?) Foodganza! Here's a rundown of the restaurants we hit. Not all in Evanston, but pretty close. It's been a whirlwind, so I may have them out of order, …
Kickoff to Travel Season
We mentioned that we were going to New York for Steven's 40th (plus 20) birthday. Well, things didn't turn out exactly the way we planned, but do they ever? We took the long way to New York, via Mechanicsburg, PA, because my amazing, wonderful mother-in-law (OMG! She is such a suck up!) was in Maryland …
Packing (Extra) Light
As our faithful readers know (thank you, Judie), we are heading out on a grand adventure. So many details to consider and what feels like so little time. I let Steven do most of the thought-spinning since he is so good at it, especially in the middle of the night (I practice two hours a …
Just some updates
We are continuing to make plans and knock items off the to do list. This week has been, for lack of a better term, workmanlike....oh god...sorry Sue...workPERSONlike. 😉 (Finally, my positive influence sinks in.) We are grappling with a list of necessary, but fairly uninteresting, things we will need to arrange while we are away. …
Nice is Nice
We have made our first significant change to our plan (remember when I said our plans were firmly set in Jello?). We, like the French in World War 2 have abandoned Paris. We were persuaded by two factors: First, the weather will be pretty nasty in October and November -- cold, damp, wet. If we …
Our trip to France has been cancelled
My wonderful wife was a journalist in a previous life, and I am pretty sure she will accuse me of burying the lead (I would spell it lede) on this one. Yes, we are cancelling our France trip in July. However, the real lead is that we have decided to spend nine (and maybe more?) …
Birthday in the Big Apple
Before I get to the post, I want to remind everyone that when I write the post, Sue's comments are shown in italics and vice versa when she writes. This is important today as I suspect that she may have just a few minor really unimportant comments on the post. 😉 Memorial Day weekend is …
Have spreadsheet, will travel
Ah...the joy of Excel In the world before the pandemic, Sue had booked a trip to Italy with her niece as a high school graduation gift. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 virus caused her to cancel the trip and her niece is not available for a trip this summer. We have about $3,000 of flight credits that …
I know it has been a while
We are sorry that we haven't written anything in quite a while. We have been wrapped up in lots of changes on the home front, while trying to just get through the pandemic. Let me give you a quick recap of the last few months. As I mentioned in our last post, we found a …
It’s an Adventure
I know, we haven't written anything in forever so this is going to be a bit of a long post. It has been a tough few months. A quick summary of our travel plans (or lack thereof). We had lots of travel scheduled for this summer. Sue and her niece were planning on going to …
Doing It On The Road 