I began a 12 day vacation on Thursday. I left Indianapolis at about 930a ET and headed toward Chicago to spend the first four nights with Seven and her parents. She had been telling me for a while about a special surprise she had lined up for me that required me to dress well. Now I spent a fair bit of money a while back on a good suit, then followed that with some custom tailoring to get it just right. I don’t get a chance to suit up very often so it’s always appreciated when I do.
Category Archives: Travel
Starting Point: Attend an NHL game in every arena
I’ve been an enthusiastic hockey fan for many years. I never played on any organized team and I never really watched as a kid growing up in Connecticut. I think it was when I was about 16 that I started watching and really found myself being drawn to the Detroit Red Wings. At that point, I was living in Indiana which isn’t exactly known for being hockey-centric. I have no ties to the city of Detroit; the Red Wings just sort of became my team for reasons no one’s really sure of.
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Starting Point: Visit every state
When you decide you’re going to work toward something, you should probably figure out what you have to start with. Think about what resources you have available and how far you actually have to go to reach that goal. The Starting Point posts will be about just that, taking stock.
Seven and I were discussing our upcoming trip to Idaho to visit my parents. She mentioned that it’ll be another place she’s never been before and so we started discussing the places we’ve visited. It reminded me that one of the goals on The List is to visit all 50 states. I’m not talking about just driving through or killing an airport layover on the way to somewhere else, I’m talking about making a point to have at least one destination within each state.
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