We spend a lot of time in Florida. We often refer to it as our second home. At one point in time, when Stephanie and I were both young, it was – when the winter would hit in Chicago, Mom would take Stephanie and I down to Florida, where grandma would be waiting in Boca Read more
I’m convinced nothing good ever happens before 7:00 am. On my normal, non-traveling schedule, I don’t even wake up for work before 8:00 am. So when Stephanie found some last minute breakfast reservations for the Be Our Guest restaurant at 7:40 am and jumped on them, I wasn’t entirely excited. Wasn’t this supposed to be Read more
These always start the same, don’t they? I feel like they do. We book a trip (probably a month before we leave, unless we’re going to Europe). I write about how work keeps me busy (always true) and how things snuck up on me and suddenly, we’re leaving. This time, I kind of knew these Read more
Whenever I’m asked my favorite city to visit in the US, I don’t hesitate to give an all too immediate answer: San Francisco. I’ve never written of my visits, sharing pictures instead. A picture is worth a thousand words, and when I’m in San Francisco, all of the words float around my head, a line Read more
The worst flight I’ve ever been on was a two and a half hour flight from Florida to Chicago. We were flying home through a tropical storm that had already wreaked havoc on the last two days of our Eastern Caribbean cruise. The plane would drop suddenly, though the loss in altitude probably felt worse Read more
