Jen finished work early Friday afternoon, so we checked into our second hotel (the Doubletree, only two blocks from the Sheraton) and headed over to the Navy Pier. We stopped at the second lunch spot we found and, after an unsatisfying lunch, decided that places named “Charlie’s” need to be excluded from future consideration. Though [...]
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Millennium Park, Chicago, Illinois
Posted in 2010 Work/Chicago, Illinois on October 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Architecture Cruise, Chicago, Illinois
Posted in 2010 Work/Chicago, Illinois on October 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On Thursday, Jen woke up early and spent the day at the convention she was attending for work. She did steal away for an hour during lunch to try a Chicago-style hot dog, complete with poppy seed bun, mustard, onions, relish, cucumber, tomato, and celery salt (she opted against the sport peppers). Meanwhile, Paul ate [...]
Chicago, Illinois
Posted in 2010 Work/Chicago, Illinois on October 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Though it hardly counts as a full vacation, Jen had to travel to Chicago on business in October, so Paul tagged along. We arrived on Wednesday and checked into the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers, then had an early dinner at P.J. Clarke’s up the street. We finished the night at Second City, where we [...]
Taos Pueblo, New Mexico
Posted in 2010 Southwest, New Mexico on September 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For our last stop on this vacation, we visited Taos Pueblo. It was a short trip, but worthwhile. Then, we headed back to Santa Fe with plenty of time left to enjoy the last day of the Fiestas. We bought fry bread from a local vendor and walked around the artists’ booths, purchasing a few [...]
Santuario de Chimayo, New Mexico
Posted in 2010 Southwest, New Mexico on September 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Instead of driving southwest to Acoma Pueblo on Sunday as planned, we decided to head northeast to Taos Pueblo – we assumed it was closer, but this probably was not the case. Before we left, we had another fantastic breakfast at Harry’s Roadhouse, where Jen had the lemon ricotta pancakes. On the way to Taos [...]
Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado
Posted in 2010 Southwest, Colorado, Great Sand Dunes, Videos on September 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
How much sand do you collect in your shoes while hiking through these dunes? Jen dumped sand out of her shoes a few times during the hike, but Paul waited until the end:
Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado
Posted in 2010 Southwest, Colorado, Great Sand Dunes on September 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Our breakfast spot for Saturday was the Tecolote Cafe, relatively near our hotel on Cerrillos Road. Jen’s atole piñon (blue cornmeal and pine nuts) pancakes were very good – the food in Santa Fe quickly made up for the more expensive but less enjoyable meals in Las Vegas. Shortly thereafter, Paul began the 3.5-hour drive [...]
Sandia Peak Aerial Tramway, Albuquerque, NM
Posted in 2010 Southwest, New Mexico, Videos on September 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A quick video shot at the top of the tramway:
Sandia Peak Aerial Tramway, Albuquerque, NM
Posted in 2010 Southwest, New Mexico on September 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On Friday, we had our best breakfast of the trip at the Tune Up Cafe in Santa Fe – one of three breakfast destinations Jen picked because they were featured on “Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.” Guy Fieri did not lead us astray. Jen’s banana pancakes and traditional El Salvadorean pupusa were excellent, and Paul had [...]
Santa Fe, NM
Posted in 2010 Southwest, New Mexico on September 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On Thursday, we got up early and had an unsatisfying breakfast at Starbucks in the Mirage (lemon and banana bread) followed by an unsatisfying lunch of hot dogs at the Phoenix airport en route to Albuquerque, NM. Unfortunately, we couldn’t get a direct flight from Las Vegas, so we had to take two 40-minute flights. [...]
