Everything about this place -- the calm and quiet, the water, the moonlight, the fireflies -- tipped my mind over, poured out my cares and spilled away the needless worries, and emptied me so completely that good things could find their way inside my heart again.
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Here are my recommendations for fun and affordable Chicago-area outdoor activities for the novice, the budgeteer, the outdoor-curious, the car-less, and the wanna-be camper.
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Summerfest, Wrigley Field North, a Santiago Calatrava designed art museum, cheese and Harleys. Need more reasons to visit Milwaukee?
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You don't need little glass pots chock full o' concealer or slices of cool cucumber to hide the bags under and above your eyes.
Read MoreSnippet of a Facebook chat with my friend, Ravi, who stays real with the travel advice about India.
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You can always find a good notebook, that's true enough... but are you brave enough to actually write in it?
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I confessed that I didn't know a lick about the game, other than how the pieces moved and their names, and then asked Joey if he wouldn't mind explaining chess to me while we watched the match. Chess, he said - well, whispered - is all about playing to an end game.
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But this is Chicago in the middle of winter. There's fucking nothing in season. Without modern highways, air freight, railroads, canning and other industrialized food processing techniques, refridgeration and chemical preservatives, no one could live here between September and May. I paid a little visit today to the Fulton Market, Chicago's meatpacking district of old - from Upton Sinclair days - till now.
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Hello, type-A (overzealous planners) travelers, welcome to your fantasy.
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It's late October and many of my friends are buying their fake blood and zombie costumes and pulling out their Michael Jackson's Thriller long-format tracks. But here in the Philippines, we're already looking forward to Christmas. And, BIBINGKA!
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And what have we learned today, kids? Always listen to your gut. Give people time to show you their true natures with their actions, and not just with their words. And, like 80's slasher movies, don't ever, EVER go into the basement.
Read MoreTwo weeks and one day to the US Election Day, November 6. Monday night in the U.S. of A. is the third and final Presidential debate between President Barack Obama and opponent former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney... But have you requested your absentee ballot?
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One of the first things you’ll notice is thousands of bicycles propped and locked up along the canals’ guard rails. Practically everyone in Amsterdam gets around by bike. So in the words of popular kids in high schools everywhere: everyone is doing it, and YES, you should, too.
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