Wandering in the Windy City!
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Tag: Illinois
The Who – Remembering the “Stampede”
An entire generation of concert-goers probably has never heard of this event. Forty-one years ago, I was just 15 years old and starting to go to concerts with my friends when the unthinkable happened. At a show in Cincinnati on December 3, 1979, eleven people died as they, and thousands of others, pushed to enter Cincinnati’s Riverfront Coliseum. News reports spread quickly, and protective parents … Continue reading The Who – Remembering the “Stampede”
Wandering across the country!
My oldest daughter is away at college. She currently lives on campus and doesn’t need a car to get around, but all of that changes next month when she moves off campus for her summer internship. We debated the best option to get her a car. Do we ship her car back to her? Do we drive it back? Do we just buy a beater … Continue reading Wandering across the country!
It’s a wet heat!
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 Chicago, IL Another business trip took me this time to Chicago during the heatwave of 2011. As “luck” would have it, the Phils were in town facing the hapless Cubs. No matter how the Cubs are playing, I always want to root for them. I just love the fact they’ve held on to tradition at Wrigley. The Ivy walls and manual … Continue reading It’s a wet heat!
Lions and Bulls and Bears, Oh My!
This trip has to go down as one of my all-time favorites. The one which all others will be measured against. And it all came together within 4 days of departure! A fellow dad at my daughters’ school, Ted, is originally from Iowa but moved to Phoenix, then back to Chicago. He’s as much a Hawkeye fan as I am a Penn State fan. We … Continue reading Lions and Bulls and Bears, Oh My!
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