Just Another Day... » Twitter http://tomchak.com/blog The ongoing blog of the Tomchak family, in Wheaton IL USA Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:23:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Another great saturday downtown… http://tomchak.com/blog/2009/09/12/another-great-saturday-downtow/ http://tomchak.com/blog/2009/09/12/another-great-saturday-downtow/#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:36:33 +0000 Thomas Tomchak http://tomchak.com/blog/?p=1886 29344622

Another great saturday downtown with the boys. Not many days like this left, summer is nearly gone!

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Up early (too early) to start the 13 hour drive back to Chicago. What a great trip we have had catching up with so many that we have missed.


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Play Video


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It’s a good night for GFS, Goldfish & Scotch. Especially after it took 90 minutes to get the boys asleep.


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On another shoot for the super secret super exciting project we are working on. Big fun today.

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Spending the day playing mr mom with the boys today and excited to be doing so! First stop today will be My Gym for some good playin’ time.

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Having lunch with a good friend at wishbone, west loop. I love this restaurant and miss having it as a regular lunch option.

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I love the early morning runs when you’re seemingly the only one awake.

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Walking the great wall right now.

 

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On the way to the hotel.

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Landed in Beijing China.

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The good news is we made it all the way here. The bad? None of our 19 checked bags did.

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Hour 30. We’ve finally reached our destination city of chang mai Thailand. Off to the hotel!

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I’m rich! Just converted $200 US to $6,300 Thai bat (pronounced baaht)! This time we have an hour to catch the next flight, so no sprinting through the airport this time. Thank goodness.

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Taxing to the gate in Bangkok.

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If you have to travel 18 hours on a plane, this is not a bad way to go. 3 full meals during the flight, on-demand movies and tv shows in every seat, and each seat is also a recliner with leg rest. I’ve had 4 hour flights that seemed longer then this one. 

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A View from the plane just after takeoff from Chicago.

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On the plane for LA. We still feel confident that we’ll make our connecting flight.

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