Today turned out to be much nicer weather. The sun was out, no wind and the temp was a relatively balmy 4°C, well at least it felt much warmer than the previous days. Martha wanted to try out a Mexican restaurant in Old Town called Salpicon for their Easter Brunch. Continue reading →

Today we visited Shedd’s Aquarium. Picture if you will, a bitter cold wind off the lake, an hour long wait outside in a line, and every damn school kid in Illinois bumping into you once they squeeze everyone inside. Chicago’s current catch phrase for the Gilliers is “Oh… that will be about an hours wait”. Where the heck are all these people coming from? Continue reading →

I suggested to Tom that we venture off on an Easter road trip this year so to coin the slogan by Marshall Field, “Give the lady what she wants” we set off Friday and headed towards Chicago Illinois. Continue reading →