While vacationing in Galena be sure to Bike or Scooter to Galena Cellars Winery on Oct. 22 and 23. Enjoy a 12 mile scenic bike or scooter ride through Galena’s countryside to Galena Cellars Winery. Once you arrive at this Galena wine…
Twenty Dirty Hands
Twenty Dirty Hands is the perfect event if you’re looking for things to do in Galena this weekend. Galena is known for its art talent, and Twenty Dirty Hands lets you tour the best of this small Illinois town. At this Galena even…
Rocktoberfest with the LakeSide City
Be sure to check out Rocktoberfest with the LakeSide City at the Galena Brewing Company at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 1. This Galena event will have you dancing all night long as the LakeSide City band plays all your favorite classic rock hits. Rocktoberfest is a free Galena event. Don’t miss out on Rocktoberfest with [...]
Galena = shopping. And more…
Yesterday was a wonderful day weatherwise – sunny with big, puffy clouds and a high in the mid seventies! Perfect for heading downtown for a little window shopping… First, though, my wife and I had a great walk on one of the many trails in the Galena Territory. When we got back, she whipped up [...]
It’s a beautiful day!
The rain has come and gone and the weather is gorgeous today. My wife and I already took a challenging walk on the golf course, stopped by the General Store, zipped through the Inn, and checked on the price of paddle boats down at the Marina. We came back to a yummy breakfast of chocolate [...]
Rainy days and Mondays…
The forecast for this week is outstanding – just a little bit of rain we had to cope with on Monday afternoon. For awhile, we tried dealing with it while we visited a couple of stores up on the north end of town. We decided, however, instead dodging the raindrops while taking on the downtown [...]
Heading to Galena
We take one week of vacation as a family in the summer. With 6 boys and all their activities, we’re lucky to be able to carve out that much! The question is, when you already live near one of the top vacation destinations in the US [Door County, WI] where are you going to go [...]
Seven U.S. Presidents, from Ulysses Grant to Barack Obama, have visited Ireland
The first president to visit Ireland was no longer president when he arrived in Dublin in 1879. Ulysses S. Grant had dominated the American political scene for well over a decade. By the end of the U.S. Civil War he was Commanding General of the Union Army. Such a prominent role in the military made him [...]
4th of July at Eagle Ridge
“Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa, located 2.5 hours from downtown Chicago, is celebrating the Fourth of July holiday weekend by welcoming the Big Hat Rodeo Company to the Shenandoah Riding Center on property for the 30th Annual Star-Spangled Pro Rodeo, July 2-3, 2011. This family event is set in the scenic hills of The Galena [...]
Grant and Lee were polar opposites
As a New York City student in pre-World War II days, I walked past the Ulysses S. Grant memorial each day on Riverside Drive. Built in 1897 to honor the hero of the Union Army in the Civil War and our 18th president, it stands imposing overlooking the Hudson River as heavy traffic divides around [...]
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