Posts Tagged ‘Chicago’

Photos of the Week: Chicago

Visiting Chicago for me is like visiting the secret garden in the back yard I never realized was so damn cool. Here are some shots from a great trip in November that going along nicely with my Ten Great Ideas for Chicago.
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Ten Great Ideas for Chicago

I traveled with my parents recently to Chicago, Illinois for a week of displacement and the entertainment that ensues. My time was enjoyable and low key, full of new discoveries and ample free wifi time at Borders for work.
I thought I would share some of the things that made this trip stellar. Here are ten [...]

Consume & Update: #1, Frequent Flyer and New News

Hope this makes for excellent coffee shop reading material this Sunday morning. Gooooo travel!
We’re #1! No, really!
Even though our tourism numbers are going down the pooper because of the economic downward “flush,” we still managed to beat out countries like New Zealand and Japan in the Country Brand Index, which is “an online survey of [...]

Consume & Update: Place, Patagonia and Chicago

What’s better than good reading material on our favorite topic: Travel!
Mental Mileage
New contributor of Vagablogging, Colleen Wilde, brought a beautiful quote to the surface this week with her post of the same title:
Measure Travel Inwards
-Henry David Thoreau
I thought this was lovely, and it got me thinking about my diverse reactions to culture shock and the [...]