Travel

Detailed travel logs and trip journals live here. Expect day‑by‑day itineraries (e.g., our Switzerland & Italy trip) with weather notes, meals and family anecdotes, plus posts on museum visits, road‑trips and cruises.

April 4, 2018

Chicago.

April 4, 2018

Time for Hamilton! 🎭🎶

Family of four posing outside CIBC Theatre under the Hamilton musical marquee in Chicago

April 4, 2018

Willis Tower.

April 4, 2018

$1 million three different ways ($1, $20, and $100 bills) at Chicago Fed Money Museum.

Tilted metal-framed cube packed with bundled US dollar bills on display at the Chicago Fed Money Museum

One million dollars in banded stacks of $20 bills arranged in a circular display under a glass dome at the Chicago Fed Money Museum.

Uncut sheet of $100 bills displayed under glass in an open aluminum briefcase at the Chicago Fed Money Museum

April 4, 2018

Delicious espresso at Caffe Umbria this morning.

Yellow Strada espresso machine branded Caffe Umbria with colorful ceramic cups stacked on top, to-go cups and coffee bags on counter nearby.

April 3, 2018

Array of 3D printers at Museum of Science & Industry.

Numbered red and black 3D printers stacked on metal shelving racks in a darkened room at the Museum of Science and Industry

April 3, 2018

I love watching the Tesla coil at the Chicago Museum of Science & Industry. ⚡️⚡️⚡️

Tesla coil at the Museum of Science and Industry firing bright lightning bolts, viewed from below through large circular resonator rings.

Tesla coil firing bright lightning bolts from a central toroid, surrounded by two large metal rings, viewed from below in a dark room.

Tesla coil at Chicago Museum of Science and Industry shooting electric arcs outward, viewed from below in black and white

Tesla coil firing bright lightning bolts outward from a central toroid, surrounded by two large circular conductor rings, viewed from below.

April 3, 2018

Tammy has our summer vacations planned out for the next 5 years. Now that is planning!

April 2, 2018

Forty minute wait for deep dish at Lou Malnati’s? Sure.

Lou Malnatis Pizzeria storefront on a downtown Chicago sidewalk with a red vertical sign and red awning.

April 2, 2018

Ready for Sharks 4D movie at Shedd Aquarium!