The ongoing blog of the Tomchak family, in Wheaton IL USA
We had a great time this past weekend in the city. Aside form the usual walking around we made a stop at a Chicago Fire House where the Firemen were more than happy to let the boys get on the truck. Andrew was especially excited and kept saying “cool”.
We also got to see several [...]
On Wednesday Sydney decided she wanted to spend the day with me while I ran some errands.
The first stop was SuperCuts downtown where she met Sherri, the woman that’s been cutting my hair for over 12 years now.
Then we went for a walk outside since we were downtown in Chicago. Sydney told me [...]
It’s time to pack up and head back to Chicago. With a little luck the trip back will be a few hours shorter than the trip out. We fly to San Francisco, and after a 4 hour layover head to Chicago. The fun all starts tomorrow morning when we leave at 9am (that’s 6pm the [...]
People often ask me what it is I do on these trips. Even though I feel like I explain it well, sometimes it’s easier to show than tell.
Here is a video that is very typical of what I usually do on these jobs. It’s one of 6 – 8 videos that I will do before [...]
If you have to work out of a hotel room, it doesn’t get any better than this.
For a quick video tour, click below.
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The photo above was taken from my room and is a good representation of the view that I have (click on it for a larger version of the photo). The others were taken while doing a night walk around the harbor. Keep in mind it’s dark by 5pm here, so you don’t have to wait [...]
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