Adios, Chicago!

At least for now. Thanx for giving us such great weather! We spent the last couple of days in Chicago visiting the Art Institute, the Lincoln Park Zoo and the Chicago History Museum. We’d been to the Institute last Fall but it’s so big and diverse it’s always worth a

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Flowers in Winter

Or, another couple of days in Chicago. After enjoying the riverboat architectural tour the weather turned grayer and colder so we shifted to more indoor activities. Of which Chicago offers many kinds! First off was a visit to the Museum of Science and Industry, which was showcasing an exhibit devoted

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The City of Broad Shoulders

We are back visiting Chicago, this time with our friends Brian and Cathrin. Why Chicago in early March, when it can be cold and snowy? Well, partially because it’s the end of the line for the California Zephyr, the Amtrak service linking the Bay Area to points east. Unfortunately, this

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Stay Away from the World of Hyatt

Actually, that won’t be all that hard. Because, based on my experience, it is extremely difficult to make a reservation at Hyatt. I often rail against incompetent programmers, particularly website programmers. More often than not it seems their work product gets put into production with very little, if any, testing.

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A Wet and Windy Winter

California’s recently been the target of more than the usual number of atmospheric rivers and bomb cyclones. I thought it might be fun to share some observations from where we live (San Carlos) to document just what the weather’s been like: A few reactions:

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Buffalo, 45 Years On

What sparked this trip was an invitation to the wedding of one of my college housemate’s daughters. She, too, had graduated from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Known today as the University at Buffalo, but almost always referred to, then and now, as UB. Unlike her dad

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