So long, 2017!

There were some posts I never got around to publishing so here they are briefly to round out the fall and beginning of winter in Chicago.

Maggie's birthday is in November and I took her out for a full day of Chicago winter time fun. We first went ice skating at the Skating Ribbon in Millennium Park which is a look around what serves as rock-climbing walls during the summer. Maggie only feel once and I managed to stay on my feet the whole time! We then walked to the  Christkindlmarket which an open air, German themed market. There we got hot spiced wine in a commemorative cup, ate a warm pretzel and I bought Chris a beer stein. For dinner we walked to Eataly (Maggie fell in love with this place when we went there with Anne and some friends after the Disney/winter parade) and got pizza and Italian sodas.


Anne left the second week of December and I have missed her since! On her second to last night in Chicago she met me at the Lincoln Park zoo where we saw lights, ice sculpture demonstrations, and one of the polar bears playing with bucket. We got dinner at an Indian restaurant near the loop and said our good-byes on the bus. She sent a Dutch Christmas card and I am searching for the post card I got her from Texas.

Visiting San Antonio was neat; I ran near the Alamo. Spending time with family in California was wonderful. And I was thinking of the rest of you!

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