Doors of Italy, Cappicolo, Moto Guzzi a look back at my June Honeymoon

As I referred to in my last entry, I was missing in action for a while. Part of the reason was a honeymoon in Italy after my February wedding. We spent 10 days in Italy (Rome, Florence, Pisa, Milan, Como and Venice).

We did many great things on our trip. It was my first flight overseas and I can with ease say.... dang, wish I'd done that earlier. We both love Italian food... I know, doesn't make us very unique, but that was part of our decision. I must say, in hindsight, there are some great Italian Restaurants in the Chicago land area. We got engaged at Vivo last July and celebrated our one year anniversary of that occasion at the same spot. http://www.vivo-chicago.com/websitedark/home.html They were great when I arranged our big day there. Tracy's other favorite is all around the city and suburbs, http://www.miafrancesca.com/ Plus I love Italian Motorcycles, OK European motorcycles as I ride a 1994 BMW K1100LT, but hope to ad a nice Guzzi in the future!

So back to Italy... we had such a wonderful time, the trains, the food, the people, the culture, the history. From cured meats like the Cappicolo at a open market outside our hotel in Milan, all the cool doors that were everywhere, the tour of the Moto Guzzi museum, to all the historic places we visited (Coliseum, Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, The David, half a dozen Doumo's and Venice as a whole) . It really makes the United States still feel infantile in it's history.

Soon I'll be breaking into some more specific photo oriented entries, just wanted to share a bit more on the personal side.

The return to blogging, an apology for my absence.

Hope everyone is doing well, my apologies for the absence. A honeymoon, a few crazy weeks and a motorcycle ride then suddenly it's been two months. I won't let it happen again.

After I moved to Glenview I thought how cool that there was this little hardware store so near to our place. After a few visits, I realized this was a store on the decline. A few months back they shuttered this location and since then it's slowly been deteriorating, as I was walking my dog Nigel today I couldn't help but stop and make a picture of the place with my iPhone. There is still inventory in the store, but mainly empty shelves, outside is broken asphalt and bits of everything, piles of mulch, broken pallets, and general decay. I'd love to make this place a doggie daycare, right by the train would be perfect for commuters.... ahh dreams!

Anyway, we'll see you again real soon. Cheers, Shaun