Somehow myself and Cynthia managed to get free tickets to our company box at the United center to see U2! And if that wasn’t good enough, we were blown away by what an amazing show they put on, really impressive!

Thought I should post some photos from my recent trip to the world advertising festival in Cannes in the south of France. Many of you might be thinking why it’s held in the south of France, isn’t that expensive/far away? Well, if nothing else, Cannes show the power of advertising…

Miles and Liam are back into dinosaurs! They have been playing a game on their phones related to Jurassic world. Here’s miles taking a break to review the Jurassic World plot.

Miles graduated from 8th grade today. As readers may remember from Liam’s experience, there is a ceremony to commemorate this in Chicago, with caps and gowns and pomp and circumstance. To back up a bit, as John just said “(we) Americans have graduation ceremonies for everything, even dog training.” Having…

Yesterday was the annual fundraiser for the Active Transportation Alliance, where they shut down the entirety of Lake Shore Drive all the way from the Museum of Science and Industry in Hyde park, all the way north to the end of Lake Shore Drive on the northside, from 5:30am to…

Finally, the day we’ve been ready to celebrate, Nana’s birthday!  We started off the day with a look around the Power and Light district in Kansas City. The area is being fixed up quite a bit as you can tell from the addition of a pub called The Dubliner!  …

After a competitive thumb wrestling match, Miles won.

We had a great trip to Kansas City this weekend! There were some storms but no tornadoes. This shelter sign in the airport tells you where to go if there is a tornado. You know you’re not in Kansas (or Missouri) anymore when you get used to a lack of…

This question has puzzled mathematicians for generations, +18 hours on a twelve hour clock is just too hard! Now with the new Apple watch, we will always know if it’s too late or early to skype with Rory and team, thanks apple!

John and I rode our bikes to Calumet Fisheries today. It’s located at 95th street and near the lakeshore, within sight of the Chicago Skyway bridge that you take to drive from Chicago to Indiana. It was pretty cool and overcast, with either some light rain or heavy mist settling…