Category Archives: Vacation

CVH is still, after all these years, a rabid Houston Rockets basketball fan.  She watches all the games on TV. So when a business associate and all-around good guy mentioned to me that he had season tickets to the Pacers … Continue reading →

Woke up to massive amounts of snow falling on downtown.  Fortunately, the free breakfast at the hotel included biscuits and gravy so I was able to steel myself for the ordeal. We took the brown train and rode around town … Continue reading →

Another classic Chicago museum, built on the grounds of the 1893 Colombian exposition.  They had put their WW II submarine in a new exhibit since I was last there as a kid, so we decided to see that first, before … Continue reading →

After leaving the Field Museum, it was still bitterly cold outside, so we took a cab this time to the Art Institute rather than wait on the bus.  I don’t know how the natives handle this weather day in and … Continue reading →

Zero degrees Fahrenheit.  Wind chill at the waterfront of twenty below.  We bundle up and head off towards the Field Museum of Natural History.  It was so cold standing outside waiting for the bus that I thought CVH was going … Continue reading →

Once we had some food in us, we set out to brave the elements and see the Magnificent Mile of stores on Michigan Avenue. It was very cold.  The skyscrapers were pretty, all lit up in red and green; all … Continue reading →

Upon landing in Chicago, we took the train into town and our hotel.  Our hotel room was several floors directly above Eataly, the new hot trendy Chicago eatery backed by Mario Batali and his associates.  We went there and found … Continue reading →

Why would anyone go to Chicago in the winter for a vacation?  That’s a good question.  But CVH wanted to see the Big City Lit Up For The Holidays, and Chicago in December certainly fills that bill. Since the cost … Continue reading →