Tag: Travel
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Happy St Patrick’s Day!
For those of you not from Chicago, you might not know that St Patrick’s Day celebrations are big here. They turn the Chicago River green. We have a big Irish community. This weekend was interesting. From the pictures, you’d think we had great weather. Well, on Saturday it was OK up until the afternoon, Then…
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National Pizza Day…YES!
There seems to be a “National Day” for almost anything. National Pizza Day is observed annually on February 9th. Celebrating one of the world’s most popular foods. If you were wondering what to have for dinner, choose PIZZA. Have a great day!
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Italy – Exploring, new places to travel…
More snow, more cold temps, more puzzles. I was at the thrift store and smiled when I saw this children’s puzzle of Italy. My mother is from Florence, so I had to buy it, give it a go. Look how adorable, one puzzle piece with Florence and the Duomo on it. It was really enjoyable…
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Road Trip – Good to bring some friends!
I chuckled when I saw these two stuffed dolls. When I was in my 20s, I drove from Chicago to San Francisco. My mother was concerned about me driving by myself. So, she had a blue doll with yellow yarn hair, the size of these life size dolls. She put a baseball cap on the…
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Scotland – Bus stop!
My daughter was in Scotland recently. When she got off the bus, she saw this knitted bus above the mail box. How wonderful. A closer view, such lovely details. It got cut off, but in the second photo below, lower right, you can see they even had a bus shelter for people to sit. The…
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