A Tale of Two Calders

Our travels took us from this big orange sculpture on Tuesday...

...to this big orange sculpture on Wednesday.

The second one is in Grand Rapids and we'll talk about that city a bit later. Today, we'll recap the first city: Chicago.

We had the opportunity to spend some time with my oldest brother and his family who live north of town. We visited during the week and so we were able to watch my two nieces and nephew participate in a play...

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and some baseball.

It was particularly exciting to see my nephew, while pitching, catch a line drive and strike out the two remaining batters. In his next game, he hit a double bringing home a runner on third.

We were also treated to some Lou's. My favorite Chicago pizza. Yum!

While the family was away at work and school, we wandered around downtown and took a self guided architecture tour.

Have you heard about the Chicago Club? Interesting stuff.

For lunch, we stumbled upon Miller's Pub. If you're there ask for Ann. She was full of great stories (we sat in the same booth at Vince Vaughn!) and she also convinced us that we absolutely need to visit Morocco. Thanks for the tips, Ann!

And thanks for the hospitality, Chicago Boekes!

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I spy...

I was looking for directions on Google Maps today when I realized that Google had just added "birds-eye" views for Fort Collins. So, of course, I went to see what our home looks like. Much to my surprise, I found that Google just happened to catch us on the morning of March 29, 2012. Our moving day! So, you better think twice before deciding to run around naked in your back yard. You never know when the aerial photography plane is going to fly by!

Chickens Are Scarier Than Crows, Didn't You Know?

The garden is in! If our Scarechicken does its job, we will soon have a nice crop of heirloom tomatoes, onions, hot peppers, green beans, basil, parsley and thyme! Huge thanks to my parents for their help getting the area ready. It was a jungle!

What's in Your Backpack?

I'm on a roll in the advice giving department so I'm going to keep going and pass along another hard-earned tip. This time the topic is clothing and the secret that I am about to share with you is HUGE . It might just save you money and months of psychic distress. The topic is travel clothing and the secret is... Pack the clothes that you like to wear. I know, I know, this may seem like the most obvious advice ever, kind of along the lines of Save Money, Live Better or Drink Water, Be Less Thirsty. But preparing for a long trip alters your brain. You get excited and in America, getting excited makes you want to buy things. Things like special anti-microbial underwear . And jackets that stuff into little pouches. And moderately ugly but extremely comfortable walking shoes . So you start your trip with your new purchases and with some durable, casual clothing that you feel will hold up to the rigorous experience of being washed in someone else's washing machine.

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