Yesterday I took my two eldest kids downtown Chicago to meet my husband's family and my mom for a pre-holiday lunch at the old Marshall Field department store, now Macy's. On the way home, we waited twenty minutes for a bus.An elderly woman commented on the kids and then said … [Read more...]
The wide world of Chicago airport hotels
Speaking of Chicago airports, some of my best memories of driving to the airport occurred even before we arrived.I'm talking about driving past all those airport hotels, which to my young eyes seemed so grand and expensive. We even passed these places on the drive to my … [Read more...]
Remembering the old Midway
When I flew home to Midway Airport last week on Southwest Airlines, I thought back to my first flight on Southwest.It was one you can't forget.I'd been visiting my grandparents in Santa Fe over the winter holidays during my sophomore year of college. So it was early 1990 … [Read more...]
El Tovar Hotel
Little did I know when I set out for Arizona last week that I'd run into a couple of historic hotels.Last Thursday my husband and I drove a few hours north to the Grand Canyon. It's one of our country's national treasures, and neither of us had visited it in our previous … [Read more...]
Rest and Relaxation in Sedona
I'll be taking a short break from the blog this week as I head out to Sedona for a little R&R.Armed with a bag of books and no computer, I look forward to reading more about late 19th century Shanghai. And if I finish those 500+ pages, I'll delve into a memoir about a … [Read more...]