Where you be, Endangered Species? Monday started the second half of this Cali trip, as we checked out of Disney and headed south to San Diego, via Temecula, one of the fastest growing wine areas of California. We were able … Continue reading Meet Me In Temecula
After spending a day at Disneyland, followed by a day brewery hopping, we returned to a mostly park day Sunday. My first several trips to Las Vegas for March Madness, we stayed at Planet Hollywood. Located right across from the … Continue reading Drunk Disney Is The Best Disney
…a state that’s untouchable like Elliott Ness. We got out of the park today, and headed to outer LA, driving up to Marina Del Rey-Venice and back. On the drive up, the exit signs were a love letter to my … Continue reading Now Let Me Welcome Everybody To The Wild Wild West
Today was our first full day at Disneyland, and as I type this, I am exhausted. More than 20,000 steps, a dozen or so rides. A few good meals. And some okay beer. Staying onsite here in the Grand California … Continue reading Full Day At Disney: More Steps than Step Up 2-5
American Aquarium returned to Off Broadway in St. Louis Monday night. Being a school night, the show did not sell out, but the room was full, and the energy on the stage was still high. A few years ago, I made the prediction lead singer BJ Barham was about to “Isbell the shit out of sobriety”. He just celebrated five years sober recently. And I am happy to report I was not wrong. The song writing has gone to another level, much like Jason’s did when he cleaned up. BJ can’t match Isbell’s vocals, what i call the soaring and … Continue reading Concert Review: American Aquarium
As a kid, I never visited Chicago, despite living just four hours away. Other than an airport layover, I don’t remember going to Chicago until a job interview after college. Even still, it wasn’t until the last few years I have learned how to truly partake the town. So for the second straight summer, a group of friends made the trip north, enjoying good food, great beer and for the first time in my life, some baseball at Wrigley. Of course, before we got to the brewery hopping and fine dining, we had to start with Chicago’s favorite hot dog … Continue reading Where Chicago, We go.
Iceland is mostly green and Greenland is mostly ice. Okay, that common mixup is out of the way. It is also something 23 locals now have firsthand knowledge of after visiting Iceland for a week in early July. Fairfield Community High School science teacher Scott McElravy led the voyage, with 18 FCHS students and four other adults in tow, as part of a WorldStrides educational tour of the north Atlantic island. Including travel days, the entire trip took six days, including four nights in Iceland, or at least a facsimile of night. Iceland has 22-23 hours of daylight in the … Continue reading To The Land Of Ice, Sort Of
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