Blogs from Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America - page 61

Ok, so I don't really mean so long suckers in the meanest sense. It is just a tribute to my good friend, Dan White (aka jackass, Sven, Abe, Wonder Bread, Too Tall, Stretch) . Dan came into my office during my last week at my mega law firm job and reminded me of a Simpsons episode where they build a monorail in Springfield. The monorail promoter (Lyle Lanley) had a little drawing, which Dan was kind enough to replicate on the white board in my office. The monorail promoter drew a picture of himself flying off to Tahiti with the Springfield population who purchased his monorail left behind, crying, with the term "suckers" on top. All gracefully done in fantastic stick figure drawing. But, there is a little so long sucker going through my mind as ... read more

We landed in Chicago in the evening of Inauguration Day...we braced ourselves for mahem but there was nothing going on!!! So we landed got our bags safely (phew!!) We had planned to get a cab but saw a shuttle desk and thought we would try and get to our hotel a cheaper way! The guy said if we ran we could catch him and get a ride to our hotel.....it was fine the driver was putting the bags in the back. There was only us and another guy...driving through the streets of Chicago was great...trees lit in fairy lights and the sidewalkes lined with snow. We dropped off the other guy first, the driver said that this was a very upmarket place in Chicago...the guys apartment looked very nice...a massive block with 6 apartments...each one had ... read more

Well I'm here made it this far, must be doing something right. Started at 6am Sunday morning making the long tearful trip to Manchester Airport. Was checking in when the stewardess broke the news that my case was well over 33.5kg to be exact and they could accept it. In my defence i am going to be in America for 6 months! So me and dad had to return to the car to start frantically pulling out things that i thoguht might way a lot, theres goes my cute boyfit jeans and my hot river island jeans, gutted. Anyway other than that hitch and a lot of crying i was on my way. Only took 20mins to fly to heathrow the plane was not even quarter full so everyone just spread out and had like a ... read more

Hello all and welcome to my blog for when I'm traveling and studying in Rome, Italy! Today my boyfriend Ben and one of my best friends, Meggie, just left to travel back to Ohio and the reality of my adventure is sinking in. So I am currently uploading as much of my music to my iTunes as possible and starting to think about packing. A few people have been asking me how this whole blog thing will work so here's what happens. I will (hopefully) be updating this blog weekly/every two weeks. There will also be pictures and descriptions of my trips, Rome, etc. The full web address for this blog is http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/kjennrich/ Towards the bottom of the page is a link that will let you subscribe to my blog. Do so to receive email notifications ... read more

Tourism - of the cheesy variety A recent article in January 2009’s issue of Travel + Leisure (“Opinion: In Defense of Tourism”) made me think about some recent travel experiences, and contemplate what I would like my outlook to be for next year. The article discussed the benefits and drawbacks of “touristy” locations and those people that avoid them like the plague when traveling. It starts with a debate between the author and a friend who stop at a famous cannoli shop in Boston. The friend states it is “a funnel siphoning the souls out of hapless tourists.” The author just likes the cannolis. The friend has a “counterintuitive conviction to boycott” the shop because it is “touristy” complete with photos of the Clintons on the wall and it is a venerable stop for tour buses. ... read more