Traveling lately

Charleston, South Carolina

As previously posted, our first trip of the summer was to Charleston, SC for the wedding of our friends, Lisa Wood and Kyle Abbey.  We had a dreamy time in the beautiful countryside of South Carolina.

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Seattle, Washington

Unfortunately, Danny had to travel solo to Seattle.  Two of his Rural Studio Thesis partners were married near Seattle, WA.  I really wish I could have gone, but the timing just didn't work out.  I promise I will be visiting soon!  The pictures look amazing.

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Silverthorne, Colorado

Once again, we had a busy busy weekend.  Danny and I traveled to Silverthorne Colorado for a wedding (Brett and Danny went to High School together).  Silverthorne is about 2 hours west of Denver, close to Frisco, Breckenridge, and Beaver Creek.  Obviously it is not skiing weather but its still beautiful!  We were with a fun group of people in an amazing setting!  Can't really ask for more.

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Louisville, Kentucky

We helped to welcome Baby Eden to the family on September 10th, 2012.  We were excited to meet Eden finally, but also it was great to see Emily and Andy (Danny's brother) again, after such a long time!

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Newbern, Alabama

Yep!  That's right...Dan the Man made an encore appearance at the Rural Studio, with our friend Clifton Burt to teach an Intro to Documenting Workshop to the new students.  The two of them taught the same workshop last year and it was a huge success, with a beautiful book at the end of the year, documenting the students' progress along the way.  Again, I wish I could have gone back too... but I'm holding out for PIG ROAST.

Detroit, Michigan

Every year Danny's office takes an office field trip to do some architect-y Sight Seeing.  This year, the destination was a close one, Detroit.  Many people in the office had not been there (us included) and know that there is a lot to explore.  It was a very fun trip with a lot of interesting stops along the way, including a tour of the Ford Plant outside of Detroit, a tour of Lafayette Park, a tour of the $1 mansion, and lots lots more.  I even got to see Mego for a drink!!! 

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We went picking!

A few weekends ago the 'rents and I packed up the BigRig and headed to Wisconsin to investigate a few Honda Passport scooters Debbie found on Craigslist.  It was just the trip I needed to get out of Chicago, and have some good old fun.  We even got to hang out with Aunt Taffy! 

Upon arriving in Madison we went directly to meet the first Craigslister. Aaaaand.... purchased.  Two complete bikes, one parts bike.  check and check.

Stop number two was heading out of Madison at someones house.  Peeking out of the back shed was a gleaming Yellow Passport!  It's just what we were looking for.  A little steep on the price, but Debs worked her magic aaaaand... purchased.  One Yellow Passport with less than 300 original miles!

Dinner was at the Tornado Club in downtown Madison.  The food was great at this"supper club" style spot, and the drinks were extra great.  Lets just say we had a good time.  :)

The next morning we unpacked our bikes that we had brought along, and went for a nice little ride through the countryside.  Our destination was to see this Lustron home that is out in the middle of nowhere!  Its an all metal prefab home built in the late 40's.  Pretty strange but interesting to see.  

So, it turns out, picking is actually pretty fun!!  Hope to do some more soon.

Randolph Street Market

Last Saturday was the Randolph Street Market, over in the West Loop.  I wasn't sure what to expect as far as typical pieces and prices; I was plensantly suprised.  I met up with Barri Leiner of Smitten, to walk the market a little early to find the best deals. 

The next market is August 25-26.  There are only 4 a summer, so you should definately check it out.

  

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