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Toronto in September

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.  ~Albert Camus We are headed to Toronto to visit our eldest and her SO, Matt.  Late September, Indian Summer in Ontario. There is no better weather or view.  Blue sky gives way to  steely cloud fronts. The breeze carries a balmy 23 degrees. Great day to hit the road. Highway 416 is ablaze with scarlet sumac, bouquets of goldenrod,...
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RT 16: Road Trip 2011 Wrap-up

Another monster road trip is in the books. Now we move our attention to planning next year’s extravaganza. But first we’d like to take some time to reflect on the places we visited, the people we met, and the food we ate. New Orleans Such a rich, cultural history. There really is no place like New Orleans – it wears its influences and its survival instincts on its sleeve. This...
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RT15: Tepid Italian Beef

We don’t get it. We’re prepared to admit it. It sounded good. We liked the IDEA of it. We never stopped to really think about it, though. We know people will say, “You didn’t have it at (INSERT FAVOURITE PLACE HERE)” and maybe that’s true, but we went for the top of the list and one that places highly in most “best of” lists. Remember though, we are...
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RT14: Hot Diggety Dog!

As American as hot dogs and apple pie. That’s what they say, right? For such an iconic American food, there seem to be really only a few places throughout the United States that see hot dogs as elevated cuisine. New York has Coney Island dogs and Gray’s Papaya. Cincinnati has the venerated chili dog, and Chicago has something else, again. The proper Chicago dog with everything has a...
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RT13: Into the Windy City!

Up early for an early start. We want to be in Chicago for lunch. Time is short and we want to experience as much of Chicago’s offerings as possible. It is a cool 59 degrees. I do not acclimatize backwards well and am longing for the 106 degrees of last week. The two-hour drive is pleasant enough: cows, cornfields, pale bleached-out skies, tall, yellow wildflowers and on our approach to the...
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RT12: St. Louis to Normal

We are up early so we can explore St. Louis a little before hitting the road to Bloomington/Normal, IL. We really liked what we saw last evening and regret that our time is short in the city. Originally we planned to stay two days but time constraints on getting back to real life forced us to cut a day. We considered, staying over anyways when we saw the city but then we would have to drive...
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