Prairie Grass Cafe had “Chicago Magazine’s #1 Sirloin Burger” on the menu and Tyler and I couldn’t pass up an award winning burger. It delivered — so good!
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.
Browsing the Ebisu Life store at Gurnee Mall. All Japanese products.
After our flight simulator we went to Sixty to Escape and did the Mystery Manor room. It was a great room with interesting puzzles. We had to use one clue and won the room in 47 m 30s! Room 58!
Flying a 737
Tyler and I had a blast at Extreme Flight Simulation flying a 737. Tyler got the pilot chair and I took the co-pilot spot. We did a full pre-flight routine making sure everything was good to go. We then took off, did a quick fly around 5,000 feet, followed with a landing. We got …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: Flying a 737This morning we made our way to Arlington Heights and met CJ Chilvers for breakfast at Scratchboard Kitchen. I have followed CJ’s blog and newsletter for years and have a ton of respect for how he approaches his craft. It was awesome to finally meet him in person!
This Waukegan, IL Tesla Supercharger is the largest I’ve ever seen. 20 charging stations with Gen 3 capacity. ⚡️
We had a great time having our minds blown seeing Siegfried Tieber doing a guest performance at Dennis Watkins’s Magic Parlour.
We had an incredible dinner tonight at Perilla. The Korean styled steakhouse was amazing.
Great but short time exploring the Museum of Science and Industry upon arriving in Chicago today.
Captured the Tesla Coil at the Museum of Science and Industry at 120 fps and playing back at 1/4th speed. Super cool. ⚡️