25. Go on a Chicago River architecture cruise. 9/12/11 I've gone up and down the Chicago River several times but I'd never gone on an actual architecture cruise until last night. Chase and I used Kelli's Groupon for a 75 minute Wendella and soaked up our beautiful city on an equally beautiful evening. The Groupon [...]
9. Attempt to get one of my travel stories published. 8/15/11 This one's a two-fer. Traci Kim, the CCLaP intern, asked me in June if she could use one of my images for the cover art of the Anthology about Setting that was to be published at the end of the summer. Thinking it was [...]
28. Go to Lollapalooza (perhaps with a press pass??) 8/5/11 That would be my media bracelet, no biggie. It was only one day of the three, but I can now say that I've "covered" Lollapalooza! Due to a severe lack of cell coverage, things didn't exactly go as planned but that didn't stop me from [...]
April was a big month for The List! 20. Take a Spanish refresher course 4/6/11 I had taken several years of Spanish, both in junior high and high school - but then I screwed it all up by studying Italian in college. I even took it a step further by spending a semester in Rome my [...]
Last night I was able to cross my first item off of my 30 before 30 list! Since returning from my first trip to Kenya in 2007 (and then again in 2009), I've wanted to put together some sort of presentation about my experience, but the task always seemed daunting. So many stories, so many [...]
Jenn Winter 