Traveling Puffins » Chicago http://www.travelingpuffins.com The adventures of two puffins Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:48:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Chicago http://www.travelingpuffins.com/2009/08/29/chicago/ http://www.travelingpuffins.com/2009/08/29/chicago/#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:53:58 +0000 Tina http://www.travelingpuffins.com/?p=138 After our Door County trip we drove to Champaign, Il to visit with my grandmother.  We were able to stay very long but were able to say “hi” and wish her happy 90th birthday.  The woman is amazing and still travels around the country singing in her chorus group, Sweet Adelines.  After a short visit we drove to Chicago to have dinner at my friend Christina’s home.  Hope, Sara, Bryan, Frosty, and Beth came and we had a delicious dinner!  Thank you Christina!  It is ALWAYS nice to see my Chicago girls and I only wish that I could spend more time with all of them.  Hope was also gracious enough to let us crash in her super sweet basement suite!  We felt like rock stars.  Sebastien made a new friend with Bryan and next time I hope that we will be able to spend more time with them and that their husbands will be able to join us.

The following day we visited Skip and walked around downtown.  It was one of the most beautiful days of our trip!  Later that evening we had dinner in Greek Town with the Davis’s, Giagia, and Nouna.  It was nice to visit with them and hear about their Key West adventure!  Love you guys!!!august-2009-038august-2009-040august-2009-047

]]> http://www.travelingpuffins.com/2009/08/29/chicago/feed/ 0 Bowling and Beers in Beecher http://www.travelingpuffins.com/2009/08/08/bowling-and-beers-in-beecher/ http://www.travelingpuffins.com/2009/08/08/bowling-and-beers-in-beecher/#comments Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:23:33 +0000 Tina http://www.travelingpuffins.com/?p=120 Yesterday evening we went with my sister, Meredith, and her boyfriend, Matt, bowling in Beecher. Beecher, for those who don’t know (which is everyone reading this except for my mother), is a small town about 45 minutes south of Chicago. There is one main road in and out of here. Meredith and Matt came out and we were going to do something outside but it was raining. So we ended up heading to the local bowling alley to get our butts beat pretty bad. More me than Sebastien. Then we headed to the local party which the towns bank puts on every year. A day filled with bowling and beers in Beecher. Good times.

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