September 3, 2008
Labor Day Chicago to Mount Rushmore Road Trip
Over Labor Day weekend Emily and I took a Chicago to Mount Rushmore road trip through Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa. This is a recap of the long weekend trip and all of the roadside attractions we saw. Friday: Labor Day Chicago to...
September 1, 2008
A missing face on Mount Rushmore.
I have this photo. It's a picture of Mount Rushmore with a face missing that my grandparents took a very long time ago. The monument was still under construction and Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, was still yet to be carved...
August 29, 2008
Four days, five states, 2,500 miles.
I'm spending the next four days in a car going to and from Mount Rushmore. I have a million and a half stops planned and somehow managed to schedule 16 hours of driving on day 1 and 2.5 hours of driving on day 2. It's guaranteed...
August 25, 2008
Urbana Sweetcorn Festival (& Sweet Corn Eating Contest)
This weekend I visited friends in Champaign for the Urbana Sweetcorn Festival. Let's just say I'm already off the wagon. Lindsay and James = Bad Idea Bears...
August 18, 2008
It is apparently Miller Time. (Brewery Tours in Milwaukee)
Warning: the following post about my weekend trip to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to take the Miller and the Lakefront Brewery Tours proves that I am a) a lightweight b) kind of pathetic and c) not allowed to drink ever again. I've always been of the mindset...
July 11, 2008
Sleeping in the city that never sleeps.
I'm sure you've all been, at one point or another, so exhausted and worn out that you thought "I just need a vacation." But this past weekend I was at the point where I was so exhausted and worn out that I kept thinking "God, I...
July 8, 2008
Dog Day Afternoon (Coney Island Hot Dog Eating Contest)
Tim "Gravy" Brown (Professional Competitive Eater): Wait...
July 3, 2008
To the Big Apple for big hot dogs…
I'll be in New York City for the Fourth of July weekend watching people eat lots of hot dogs!!! That's right, I'll be watching the Super Bowl of competitive eating live at Coney Island: The Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest!!! Watch ESPN on Friday at 11am...
June 23, 2008
How to Spend a Weekend in Champaign, Illinois.
Weekend in Champaign: Thursday I hit the road just before 6pm. Summer scheduling at work = every other Friday off = eight three- (or four-) day weekends this summer = the perfect chance to go hang out for a weekend in Champaign with people I never...