Blogs from United States, North America - page 5

A few years ago, we (Mr. Mike and I) decided to fly into Milwaukee, drive up to Sheboygan, and golf up in Kohler. While the golf was okay, the food was better. I think I had only one birdie in three days of golf. I really did not care for the "fake" bunkers. But enough about golf. Travel and Leisure: When you hear the name Kohler, you might think of the kitchen and bath brand or the host of the 43rd Ryder Cup, but those in the know may recognize it for the five-star resort destination tucked away near Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Kohler — one of the nation’s first planned communities — was designed by the Olmsted brothers as a factory town and garden community for the Kohler Company in the early 1900s. Located within a few ... read more

In the early days of Instagram, people used to dislike this social networking platform. But this attitude has definitely changed. With 2 billion monthly active users, it’s safe to claim that people have finally started expressing their love for Instagram. Whether for personal or corporate purposes, people just can’t seem to get enough of Instagram. But despite having a large monthly active user base, some people are still unaware of Instagram’s hidden potentials. One of those untapped potentials is use of reverse image search (RIS) technology. By default, Instagram doesn’t allow its users to perform photo reverse search. So, people use various alternative options. But due to receiving unreliable results, they get frustrated. If you are one of them, we have got the solution to this problem here. In this post, we’ll help you unveil the ... read more

Okie Dokie! You may as well pick your seat, sit back and relax. This is going to take awhile. Our last blog ended with our Royal Carribean cruise. This one will take you along on everything that has happened or that we have done since then. Oh, Boy.….I can hear your moans now. No matter, we are marching on with it all. Like it or Not. Our microwave finally “gave up the ghost”…..what does that even mean? Google states: “to stop trying to do something because you know that you will not succeed”. I guess our microwave knew it couldn't nuke anything anymore after 16 years of use. Our dear friend, Art, helped Cory to get it out of its spot in our RV. That was a real challenge but they succeeded. We ordered a new ... read more

Some Chicago events for March: 3/16 Wizards vs Bulls (the Wiz are awful, we plan to skip it!) Pretty Woman (Broadway in Chicago) I prefer My Fair Lady, so we are going on Friday night. Portillo's (a must stop for me) Eataly (always an adventure) Yolk (breakfast in a nice clean, and quiet place) Second City Bill Murray, Stephen Colbert, Tina Fey and more honed their wit at this slick venue with nightly shows. The Mainstage and ETC stage host sketch revues (with an improv scene thrown in); they're similar in price and quality. If you turn up around 10pm Monday through Thursday (or 1am Saturday or 9pm Sunday) you can watch a free improv set. Steppenwolf is Chicago’s top stage for quality, provocative theater productions. The Hollywood-heavy ensemble includes Gary Sinise, John Malkovich, Martha Plimpton, ... read more

After a very comfy night's sleep, we had a pretty early start driving to some birding places north of Lake Pontchartrain. Sadly, the target bird (the red cockaded WP) wasnt cooperating. We chatted to a very nice local couple, where he is a pastor from Honduras and she from Indiana, and they said they see the woodpecker there frequently, but not today. Today they heard a king rail, but we did not. 6 ospreys at a big nest though and a lovely sunny but cool day. We then drove about a half hour to another place, a very nice state park with a beach onto the lake. Another very nice walk, but few birds. However, when we walked to get closer to some really big turtles around a little fishing lake, we stopped in our tracks ... read more