The citizens of Wisconsin are a people after my own heart. Combining a love of beer, a fixation with cheese based food products and a cheerful sense of humor, ‘sconsonites (‘sconsonians?) are very easy to get along with. Traveling North from Chicago, I made my way to Milwaukee, home of the Miller Brewery, Harley Davidson…
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Downtown Chicago in the Early Hours
Eager to shake the desynchronosistic hangover acquired by a transatlantic British Airways flight and having exhausted the hotel’s understandably sparse early-morning entertainment opportunities, I figured that a hike through the downtown Chicago area would perhaps prove the remedy I was looking for. For a major US metropolis, Chicago sure is quiet at 6am. In addition…
Hard Rockin’ In Chicago
In the summer of 2011, I spent several weeks traveling around America’s Midwest region. Following an unpleasant 10 hour flight from Dublin to O’Hare Airport, my traveling companion informed me that my first taste of the North American hospitality industry would be via a stay at Chicago’s Hard Rock Hotel. I was of two minds…