The St. Andrews Society of Chicago has released their schedule for the Chicago Highland Games on Friday, June 18th from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m and Saturday, June 19th from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m at the Oak Brook Polo Grounds, 700 Oak Brook Rd, Oak Brook, IL 60523. All children under the age of 12 are FREE!
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Thanks to Melissa’s sister and one of our neighbors who watched our kids this weekend, my wife and I got to have a weekend together. We decided to spend 2 nights at the Crowne Plaza hotel on Rossevelt in Glen Ellyn. Our first choice was to stay in downtown Chicago, but the hotel [...]
Back in 2000 when Melissa and I lived in the bay area I fell into a fair bit of money from some stock options in the days of the .com boom. Instead of doing the responsible thing and saving for a down payment on a house, I went to a Jeep dealer and purchased [...]
2009 In review
Purchased a worm bin in early March and got it going. Still going strong in the garage. Spring started on March 15th for us with a trip to Scooby’s Went to the Wheaton Native Illinois Plant sale, like we do every year. Need to get in line no later than 7:30am. [...]
I finally got around to writing up our trip report for our 5 day trip up the Michigan west cost along Lake Michigan. Beautiful country up north. Great fun was had by all. Read about it here. [...]