Keith and I were out and about on our way home from his birthday lunch at Wittmond’s Hotel in Brussels, Illinois when he said we needed to make a stop at a farm near Carlinville at Lynn Huyear’s. It was a hot day and I had never met Lynn, but we are always up for […]
When I first got out of college I worked for the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and many of the guys I worked with on a regular basis trekked to the Chili Den to try out the “firebrand chili” with hopes of adding their name to the famous wall. Years later this was a place that […]
Maldaner’s Restaurant has been the place to go for special occasions for generations. Established in 1884, this is one of, if not Springfield’s oldest locally owned restaurants. Located downtown, this is a place loved by locals and tourists alike. It is a place I remember as a special date place, after marriage, a great anniversary […]
We have all been bandying about the term, “Back to where it all began” because it is true, it was 2006 and the first ever Graham Bradley show was held in Penfield, Illinois at the I & I Tractor Club’s Historic Farm Days show. If you are wondering what in the world a Graham Bradley […]
Before heading out to Oxnard, California to the North American Travel Journalist (NATJA) conference I picked up a book by Susan Casey titled, The Devil’s Teeth, A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America’s Great White Sharks. While the book didn’t talk about the Channel Islands, but the Farallon Islands, they too were off the […]