June 11, 2009
Is there a contest out for worst song lyrics ever?
FYI, Missouri radio plays three songs: Lady GaGa's Love Games (I want to take a ride on your disco stick...
June 10, 2009
The production values of a high school play.
Saturday I woke up at around 8am and enjoyed the hotel's continental breakfast. Actually I just ate cereal and then kicked myself when I saw that around the corner they had biscuits and gravy that I missed! Brian skipped the breakfast, he didn't want to...
June 10, 2009
Missouri Road Trip: The Road to Kansas City
Friday morning I woke up at 5am and was out the door around 5:45 on my way to Urbana to pick up my friend Brian. We were heading off on a Missouri road trip from Chicago to Kansas City. I picked up Brian around 7...
June 8, 2009
The Greatest Road Trip Since Sliced Bread
I spent the last three days roadtripping Missouri! The trip was total awesomesauce (you might even say it was the greatest road trip since sliced bread) and I am exhausted! I'll be posting a recap and tons of photos hopefully tomorrow. For now here's a...
June 1, 2009
Road tripping to Southgate, Michigan…
Apparently Michigan is in the Eastern time zone. In retrospect I probably already knew that but it never occurred to me to even check. Luckily, I was alerted to this fact the night before I went on my road trip to Southgate, Michigan, and, therefore,...
May 5, 2009
Superman and Super Fan: Metropolis Road Trip
Things learned on my Metropolis road trip: 1. I am a good driver when I am paying attention. 2. Louisville Kentucky is three hours from the Illinois/Kentucky border. 3. When someone says "It's $3 for this museum or $5 for both" the deal isn't always a good deal. 4....
March 3, 2009
We always find the bear… Touring Washington D.C.
Saturday we had a day of touring Washington D.C. I managed to not eat breakfast or lunch and get a massive headache which turned into massive nausea, which turned into me dropping my nose ring down the sink! Coke + Tylenol + nap + cheesits +...
March 2, 2009
You’re getting married tomorrow.
Friday, after a late night at the hospital, after waking up early, after taking off, after a bumpy landing, after a bumpy metro ride, and after a bumpy cab ride, I made it to a motel in Greenbelt, Maryland. Luckily they let me check in...
December 3, 2008
Buongiorno from the Leaning Tower of Niles
Ever experience dejavu? If you happened to just check the top and only the top of the blog for the last three days, you may not have noticed something strange going on here...
December 2, 2008
Happy Groundhog Day from Woodstock, Illinois!
Saturday morning Flopsy and I woke up bright and early to pick up Brian and Paul and head out on a ROAD TRIP (yes Scott, it IS a road trip even if we only drive an hour away) to Woodstock, IL. "Why Woodstock?" you may...