Posts Tagged ‘Chicago’

Winding Down (the Road Tour, that is)

Winding Down (the Road Tour, that is)

We left Jax early enough, around 8 a.m., and caught a 10 a.m. flight that had a layover in Philly. Now, when I kidded about foreshadowing in a previous post and how Stephen was forced to wolf down some rather unwholesome (but probably tasty) Bob Evans food due to scheduling problems, it probably was an [...]


The City of Broad Shoulders

The City of Broad Shoulders

Chicago…While often known as “The Windy City” in doing some reading I learned it used to also be referred to as the “City of Broad Shoulders”. The latter reference as a result of its strong industrial focus well into the early 1900′s and was referenced by a poem written by Carl Sandburg in 1916. Which, [...]