While staying in Crystal Lake, IL we saw this bus parked out in the parking lot of our hotel. I hadn’t heard of the band before but I don’t listen to much new music, just my old favorites on my mp3 player.

But when I got home I looked it up and found their website […]

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We drove to Chicago, actually Woodstock and Crystal Lake, for the weekend to attend a birthday party for my husband’s best friend. Brutal, just brutal traffic. Never, and we swear to it, never will we ever drive to Chicago again. We’ll fly to Milwaukee and then rent a car and drive down […]

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We went out last evening to The Smuggler’s Wharf for dinner.  I have only been there twice before and remember it as being pretty good.
I think they are known for their seafood but I ordered the pulled-pork sandwich (I only ate half and took the rest home for today.)  When you go to a place […]

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