by Kelly Valli | Jul 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
Sandy Oregon Hello my friends! This was such a good trip! We spent last week on Mount Hood, just outside Sandy Oregon (if you are from Chicago and frustrated with the constant slaughtering of Illinois, I looked it up… it is officially pronounced “aura-gun”). I need...
by Kelly Valli | Jun 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
Northerly Island My friends, if in Chicago catch a concert at Northerly: It is officially time to inform people of my second favorite music venue (hard to ever beat Red Rocks). Northerly Island is in Chicago and had a bit of a dicey start. Way back in 1910, the city...
by Kelly Valli | Feb 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
LA day 2 & 3 Day 2 & 3 were pretty packed (as if day 1 wasn’t?!) There is SO MUCH TO SEE IN LA!! Downtown LA isn’t really worth staying in because parking is expensive and it isn’t a great hub for everything else you’ll want to do, but it is a REALLY...
by Kelly Valli | Feb 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
LA Day 1 I love LA. It isn’t really the place I’d want to live full-time, but visiting is the best. I’ve been to Los Angeles a few times now but this was the first time with the kids. We flew in late on a Thursday, took a short free shuttle to the the...
by Kelly Valli | Feb 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
Hopped on a Plane to LAX I love Chicago and seasons and the snow and cute boots, but I just try my hardest to escape it a few times a winter. This year, we scheduled two. A trip to Orlando with extended family that ended up being 29 degrees (not a winter escape and...
by Kelly Valli | Apr 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
Myrtle Beach I keep over-thinking these posts and then I freeze because I want them to be perfect with artistic pictures and a precise layout and every detail but then they never get done at all and I have a million drafts just sitting here. SOOO…Turning over a new...
