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Brooks Hill Winery Visit
This afternoon, we visited a couple of wineries. One of them was Brooks Hill Winery in Brooks, KY. They were bottling their Cranberry Wine and I got to help. I filled a couple cases of bottles, corked them and applied the cap shrink- wrap. Fun! We spoke with the owners a bit, did some tasting…
Woodford Reserve Restaurant at Louisville, KY Airport for Dinner
I took Nancy to the airport tonight to catch her flight home. Before her flight, we had a nice dinner at the Woodford Reserve Restaurant inside the Louisville, KY Airport. OK – I could not resist taking a picture of this. A Dyson Airblade Hand Dryer in the men’s room at the airport. This thing…
Downtown Chicago Weekend
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18,000 miles on the truck
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Chicago, IL – Day 2, Shopping, Visiting Friends and enjoying our favorite Chicago area Restaurants
December 13, 2013 I got some online work done early this morning, then headed out with my friend Ed F. to Our Kitchen in Elmhurst for breakfast. Always good eats. Nancy and I did some shopping in the afternoon. She dropped me off at Fry’s Electronics in Downers Grove while she went to Bed Bath…