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day before the big day
On the day of the rehearsal dinner, Eric and I took the train downtown a little early to take advantage of the Art Institute of Chicago's free admission summer days after 5pm. We had a little extra time, so we wandered around Millennium Park and watched everyone take...
Wedding prep
We are in Chicago for Lauren and Michael's wedding. Last night, Friday, we went to the rehearsal at Holy Name cathedral, followed by a tasty dinner at Wildfire. Leandra was up very, very early Saturday morning to start the maid-of-honor process, while I got...
surprise birthday dinner @ Four Square
Everything was exceptional, including my antelope main course and the chocolate trio dessert!
self-portrait at 33
I turned 33 today and Eric has a surprise dinner reservation for me tonight... looking forward to it!
it’s a hot one today
We will be stuck inside for the next few days as it's supposed to be in the upper 90s which means shorter walks with pup; she looks like this when we get home... Her collar is on because she can't stop licking her shaved front leg from when they put in the IV for her...
wine bottle oopsie
This post about embarrassing moments in bottle opening over on Dr. Vino had me thinking back to Eric's mishap with a fancy and extremely hard to use bottle opener in Montana. We managed to get most of the wine out of his shirt.
celebrating
I have a few things to mention! My E&L Gallery went very well. I think everyone had a good time save for the tiredness of being out until 2am+ for the bachelorette party the night before. Note to brides: do not do activities in this order. The experience of...
close enough
Shouldn't the Problem Event Name be BlueScreenOfDeath?
Our Itinerary
2025 Trips
Tampa Bay, FL (Jan)
Buenos Aires, Argentina (Feb)
Villa la Angostura, Argentina (Feb)
Bariloche, Argentina (Feb)
Iguazu Falls, Argentina + Brazil (Feb)
Miami, FL (Feb)
Richmond, VA (Mar)
Boston, MA (Apr)
Kathmandu, Nepal (May)
Bhutan (May)
Slovenia (Sep)
Treviso, Italy (Sep)
Bologna, Italy (Sep)
Turin, Italy (Oct)
2024 Trips
San Diego, CA (Jan)
Sarasota, FL (Feb)
Madrid, Spain (Mar)
Valencia, Spain (Mar+Apr)
Palma, Mallorca (Apr)
Croatia (May)
Long Island, NY (July)
Faroe Islands (Aug)
London, UK (Sept)
Puglia, Italy (Sept)
Matera, Italy (Oct)
Rome, Italy (Oct)
Mosel Valley, Germany (Oct)
Frankfurt, Germany (Oct)
London + Manchester, UK (Dec)
2023 Trips
San Diego (Jan)
Orlando (Feb)
Richmond, VA (Apr)
Northern Italy (Apr)
NC Mountains (May)
Long Island (Jul)
Wisconsin (Aug)
Chicago (Aug)
Oak Island, NC (Sept)
Brooklyn, NY (Sept)
Bordeaux + Rugby World Cup (Sep)
Castilla y León (Sep)
Seychelles (Nov)
Willamette Valley (Dec)
2022 Trips
Florida (Feb)
NC Mountains (Apr)
Washington DC (Apr)
Valencia, Spain (May)
Hilton Head, SC (May)
Pacific NW (Jun)
Long Island (Jul)
Florida (Sept)
Chicago (Sept)
Poland (Sept)
NC Mountains (Nov)
Euro Xmas Markets (Dec)
Eric and Leandra in Orient Point, NY :)
Hello! This website chronicles the travel adventures of a computational biologist and a WordPress website developer (with past entries of our 😇 rescued mini schnauzers, Riesling and Pasha).
We’ve steadily increased our travel over the last several years and that is the focus of our blog currently, but you can read older ‘daily life‘ and ‘canine‘ posts by clicking on those links.
Eric and Leandra in Orient Point, NY :)