Story and photos by Ann Hattes Enjoy a Frank Lloyd Wright Getaway combining visits to the architect’s home and studio in Oak Park, Illinois, and a stay in nearby Itasca at Chicago’s newest resort, a Wright-inspired Prairie style property on 106 acres only 40 minutes from downtown and just 20 minutes from O’Hare Airport. Chicago’s …
Springfield, Illinois The Illinois Capital The Springfield, Illinois experience began with a 2-hour delay at my home airport in Southern California. Finding out about this 2-hour delay, I then made the best decision that any rational person of age would: I paid a visit to the airport pub. As luck would have it, sitting next …
By Pat Gallagher Photos by Pat Gallagher The Empire Builder #28 was scheduled to leave Portland, Oregon December 19, 2008 at 4:45 PM. Friends had offered to drive me to Union Station, saving me the $25.00 cab fare. During the final hour of packing and readying the apartment, they called to see if I had …
