Category Archives: Chicago

Meet, Plan, Go! in Your City

Meet, Plan, Go! is coming up in a few weeks and out host in Chicago, Lisa Lubin, has been doing some press for the event. Although the Chicago event is pretty full make sure you put your name on the … Continue reading

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Lithuanian Couchsurfing Weekend

Couchsurfing is a great way to meet people and experience other cultures. My first surfing experience, staying with David in Urumqi, was memorable. We’ve stayed in touch, talking via Skype, and he’s visited me in Chicago twice now—even couchsurfing at … Continue reading

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Independence Day 2010

Celebrating American Independence Day on the road is always weird for me. Often times I forget the date while traveling—when you travel by road and buy your tickets as you go the date just isn’t that important. During my last … Continue reading

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A Nice Day for a Ballgame

Its not summer in Chicago until I attend a Cubs game. Thanks to a horrible record there’s plenty of seats at Wrigley this year and we got $60 bleacher tickets for $10. I managed to avoid a sunburn but was … Continue reading

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New Year, New Me-go.

Happy New Year! I’ve finally made some headway into getting my site back up and running. The current site design is a placeholder, but at least the content is back up. I was worried about the possibility of corrupt images … Continue reading

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Air & Water Show

One of Chicago’s largest events every year is the Air & Water Show. I’ve never been and decided this would be the year that I set off to join more than one million other people sitting along the lakefront. Saturday … Continue reading

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Fiestas Puertoriquenas

Although I haven’t been taking advantage of most of the free events going on in Chicago this summer I did make it up to the Fiestas Puertoriquenas in Humbolt Park in the end of June. I had no excuse, as … Continue reading

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Three Year Anniversary

Three months since the last update and I’ve just passed the three year anniversary of flying to Korea to start RTW trip #2. I have no excuse for the lack of updating, really as I’ve been spending my time on … Continue reading

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Signs Around Chicago: Bush Gone!

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2009 South Side Irish Parade

Sunday was my first South Side St. Patrick’s Day Parade and I took my camera along. You can see a selection of my photos here in the gallery (don’t miss all 3 pages of photos). The Sun Times is reporting … Continue reading

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