I think I have possibly mentioned my love of stationery, especially fountain pens. Back in the day, when I was at Junior school we had handwriting lessons. Starting out with pencils, once you reached a certain level of neatness you were given a red plastic fibretip Berol handwriting pen. Once you had mastered that,…

If you have been following my Chicago adventure you will have read about the flight, the first evening and the first full day where we tried the most amazing Pizza (Chicago Style) that I have ever had. Now it was actually the day of the wedding which is completely why we went there in…

A couple of months ago I organised a very last minute overnight stay at a Coaching Inn called The Hare and Hounds. Now, when I say it was last minute I literally booked it the evening before my actual stay and it was a simple choice down to the fact that it was close…

Waking up on the first full day in Chicago, I was a little tired. Not overwhelmingly so, but enough to just want a relaxed start to the morning and not a rush to hit the City. Thankfully Boo had to work that day and so we got up for breakfast, hoping there would  be…

So as many of you know, I was heading off to Chicago for a ten-day wedding fest for a very good friend of mine and his intended. The flight was at 1000 on Thursday morning and given that I would have to be there three hours in advance AND get to Heathrow, I opted…