Christmas in Chicago: Favorite holiday things to do
Chicago: My Kind of Town at Christmas
Featured Museum: History, Chicago-style
Loco for XOCO
Featured Museum: A Suburban Chicago Gem
Travel Photo Thursday: A Slice of Chicago
I’ve just returned home from a two week trip to the Midwest that included a few days in the Chicago area to visit family and friends and participate in Walk MS. Here is a slice of Chicago life for Travel Photo Thursday. The First Slice Actually, my individual serving of…
Culture Curious in Chicago
As someone who is proud to call Chicago my birthplace and former home for many years, I’ve always known that the city is one of the world’s finest cultural capitals. But as many times as I’ve passed by the old Chicago Public Library building, I never walked through the doors…
Sweeney’s Seven Super Shots
Seven photos that I think are super shots Here’s a photo that …. Takes my breath away The surreal vistas of the Badlands in South Dakota elicit strong reactions. I was struck by the beauty of the vast desolation. The warm wind blowing on that hot summer day intensified the…
Ernest Hemingway: Chapter One
Ernest Hemingway has been a favorite author of mine since I read The Sun Also Rises many years ago.