Following are a number of pictures taken of, and in, Wisconsin’s impressive state capitol. As we learned this morning, a “capitol” refers to the building in which a government conducts its business, a “capital” is the geographic area designated for… Continue Reading
This is a farm near The Wife’s hometown of Waterloo. Most barns and other farm buildings are painted with conservative colors, traditionally red. Red paint was used back in the day because red dye was the least expensive kind of… Continue Reading
The Wife thought I was crazy to bother taking pictures of geese; it seemed so ordinary to her. But they were so cute! And in California we just don’t have geese and other large fowl grazing around public parks. I… Continue Reading
I don’t know what this building is (we didn’t stop to investigate) but it is really attractive and is right on the edge of the UW campus and the student ghetto surrounding State Street, the boulevard with bookstores, pubs, restaurants,… Continue Reading
One of the fun things The Wife and I did on our last day in Wisconsin was to stop off and get gas on our way in to O’Hare. We’d noticed gas prices varying wildly on the side of I-94,… Continue Reading
See, here was my mistake. We got into SFO Wednesday night pretty late. I was already tired from the four-hour flight from Chicago to San Francisco. And then we sat around to eat some adequate airport food and I really… Continue Reading
We had a great flight back. Well, except for everything that happened in SFO for sixteen hours of a three-hour layover. More later, when I’m not delirious from exhaustion.
We’ve been around several interesting places in the past few days. We took in a visit to Old World Wisconsin, a “living-history” museum. Buildings from the 1800’s are preserved there in their original condition, with period furnishings and equipment. All… Continue Reading
This is a special shout-out to the guy who sat in seat 32B on United Flight 132 from San Francisco to Chicago O’Hare on September 17, 2008. You know who you are. Thanks to United Airlines’ policy of overbooking every… Continue Reading
Well, first we’re leaving on a turboprop, and then on a jet plane. As this post is published, The Wife and I should be on a plane to San Francisco and then on to Chicago to rent a car and… Continue Reading