Category Archives: Illinois

Is there any better way to spend an hour on a beautiful spring day than miniature golfing in the basement of a funeral home? Ten people joined me on an adventure to Ahlgrim Family Funeral Home in Palatine. The course … Continue reading →

Sometimes you seek the adventure. Sometimes the adventure seeks you. A few years back, I created a list of things to do in McHenry County. One of the items on that list was a visit to Anderson’s Candy Shop in … Continue reading →

The season has officially begun — Santa rode around town in a firetruck.

My sister and I went on an adventure to central Illinois. One of our stops was the John Deere Historic Site, which celebrates the legacy of John Deere, the man who invented the steel plow. It happened like this: It … Continue reading →

It all started around Christmas, 2009. Every year, my niece makes me a CD of songs she thinks I’ll like. I’m supposed to be giving her something in return, but after gifting her with her own blog, I ran out … Continue reading →