I am going to have to step up my wardrobe when we move here Tuesday evening we got on a plane to Charles de Gaulle. Only 2 1/2 hours after we were supposed to take off, we actually left the ground. No big deal, since we had to wait to check into our hotel anyway, …
Moving out
We are on our way, sort of. On Tuesday, Sue finished packing up the house and we packed our stuff in the car and drove up to my son’s (and his wife’s and daughter’s) house which is about 30 minutes. All the boxes were packed and labeled, our clothes sorted in the appropriate suitcases and …
The home stretch
We are into the home stretch and somewhat surprisingly, we are thinking that the packing is nearly done. We are down to just a few kitchen things that we still need, our linens and a few clothes that are all going into the suitcases. We have decided to finish packing by Tuesday the 20th, and …
Seeing Family
Happy July 4th to all our American readers. As Sue said in the last post, we wrapped up our eating fest in Chicago and headed down to Houston to visit Sue’s middle brother. Our three-hour flight to Houston took us a couple of hours longer than expected because we sat on the runway in Chicago …
Eating Our Way Through Evanston
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?) …
Doing It On The Road 