Missed you this weekend, but having a blast in Chicago. Still away, and so bummed as I realized I am taking all of these fun shots, but did not bring my computer thingy to upload them!!! Yikes! Bad amateur photographer. I am so loving it here. Every time I visit a new place, or an old favorite, I fantasize about living there. My husband says I would last about two minutes in Chicago as I only visit in the Summer and have no clue what the winter looks like. I get crabby when it drops below 50 in the Carolina's, so it may not be a good fit. But since I can be practical,(stop laughing, John) daughter three and I decided over lunch that we may live here from May to September and split as soon as necessary. Either way, I love it and seem to be drawn in by the people and places every time I travel.
Do you get that way? Where do you want to split to???
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I love Chicago-- When the weather is nice, otherwise, I'm on the first plane outta there. I love NYC in spring and fall too. Summers are nasty hot and winters are just too much work.
ReplyDeleteHave a great rest of your trip!
I want to split to a small city on the sea! I'm so glad you are having a good time.
ReplyDeletewe are missing you too :) sounds like you are having a great time ... i wish I was there with you too ... may i come ??
ReplyDeleteSabine-come on over!!! We can pick you up at the airport!
ReplyDeleteG-Missing you. I grew up in Lake Forest, north of Chicago, and still have nightmares about the winters. Trust me. I love love love living in DC. I think it's the most wonderful and beautiful city, and never want to leave! Boring perhaps, but it's a great thing to love where you are, and not wish you were somewhere else. Hurry back!
ReplyDeleteYour husband is soooo right, I lived in chicago 35 yrs and thats why i moved to florida and then charleston, love to visit chicago and my daughter lives there (after grad from art institute but no fun with 5 months of winter!!!
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kate
I love to travel as well! Sounds like a blast
ReplyDeletechicago is a fun city!!! i have only been once, but i was there in may when the weather was perfect and, like you, i was ready to move there! i seem to feel that way anytime i travel to a new place. hahahaah. i hope your trip goes well. such a fun place!!! and i love that huge, long main street (i forget the name) where you can walk and shop for hours. and it is all in a straight line so you can't get lost. :)
ReplyDeletei'm dying to go to san francisco, portland and seattle. i've never been to the west coast, so those cities are definitely at the top of my travel agenda. :)
ReplyDeleteI bet you already know...Paris! Uhhhh I would live there in a flash! But the same thing, I don't really know the real dynamics of living there. My Dad always laughed at me because where ever i went, I wanted to live there. I see people come to San Clemente and want to live here.. ?? Anyway, my Dad said when ever the responsibility is gone, like the routine, this is where we love to be. I honestly think home is probally my favorite place to be of all.
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Have fun!
I completely undertand the 'split syndrome' - it's a bug I can't seem to shake! I would love to split my time between San Francisco and France.
ReplyDeleteYes, on the summer, NO on the winter! I lived near Chicago for four years - and oh, the cold winters. The shame is though, that the season is winter, so if you're gone then you'll miss the great concerts, etc.
ReplyDeleteMaybe you should just fly back every weekend on your private jet :)
you so sweet ;) ;)
ReplyDeleteok Give me some time to pack my stuff ... what do you want me to bring from here ?
They don't call it the Windy City for nothing! There's winter, followed by winter, and more winter, then a blip of what most of us would consider late spring weather - Chicagoans call it August, then winter again. Some fantasies are best left in the fantasy stage.... :)
ReplyDeleteSabine-how about the french countryside....and Paris!!!!
ReplyDeleteEveryone-Glad to hear the winter is so rough. My fantasy is subsiding.
i miss you g.
ReplyDeleteeverywhere i go....i say i could live here..i'm sure that isn't true, but i have such a wanderlust, i imagine myself living there. right now on my radar is somewhere like seattle. i could be in so fl in the winter and enjoy the summers in seattle. i think it's because the landscape is so drastically different.
ReplyDeletep.s. love chicago!
I've never been to Chicago but this year my town is windy and cold like a Winter in Chicago. It's not been fun. I don't get out much. My last trip was to Phoenix and I was sweating my makeup off, remember? Have double the fun for me and you, okay?
ReplyDeleteHugs!!
Cottage country in Ontario is where I want to be right now--never been but hear it's amazing! Lovely photo!
ReplyDeleteI always want to live wherever I visit. It doesn't matter where it is--almost. I just so easily imagine that THOSE people in THOSE houses on THOSE streets somehow have perfect lives, free of any problems. Not true, of course.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the rest of your visit to Chicago!
yay for Chicago! I lived there for a stint and it's a great city. the winters are super harsh, especially when the snowstorms hit and you're shoveling your car out of snow on a daily basis.
ReplyDeleteI'm splitting from New Orleans for the month of August. Cleaning out the fridge and packing up--no hurried evacuations for me this year. I'm thinking of visiting a friend in Tenant's Harbor, Maine. Ahhh, it makes me feel good just thinking about how beautiful it is there!
ReplyDeletei do the same thing and then my husband also tells me the same things. he has a way of putting my feet back on the ground... a little too quickly i might add... glad you are having a blast. personally i love chicago in the fall... now you´ve got me thinking about living there...
ReplyDeleteMy husband tells me all the time when I say I want to live in Europe- I would miss all the things I have here. Too bad we are not giving a whole lot of nice weather. Enjoy the visit.
ReplyDeleteI am excited to see I am not the only person with wanderlust! But I do feel there is no place like home.
ReplyDeleteI don't always want to live wherever I go, but when I get home I am always ready to pack up and go again! Glad you've been having such a good time. I was in Chicago during a summer heat wave. Wow! Hot cement is hot cement no matter where you are!
ReplyDeleteCatherine
chicago is a fun city...haven't been there for such a loooong time! I secretly want to meet& watch Oprah! ~Woo-Hoo!! Enjoy your visit dear~
ReplyDeleteI am so happy to hear you enjoyed yourself. It is so nice to travel and feel the different energy that places bring. I love it too! It gets addctive and everywhere is so different. I need to visit Chicago.. I have only heard the good about that city.
ReplyDeletexoxo Noel
so glad you are enjoying the city. I'm from the eastcoast but Chicago has really grown on me over the past 15 years living here. you'd love it!!!
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