Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Dr G visits

Our first antipodean visitor at the Fifth Avenue Station guesthouse. Greg was here for experiments at the APS.
We managed to escape downtown Chicago for a day to see the lakeside and piers.

Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Label ALL glassware

Argonne is continually working to raise lab safety standards.

Sunday, March 26, 2006

Clams for Chowder

About as far as possible from the coast, in a window of sad looking fish we found some tasty looking clams - perfect for clam chowder Rhode Island style.

Thursday, March 16, 2006

Stretch SUV

Booking an airport transfer can be a bit of a gamble. Sometimes you end up in a white stretch SUV limo complete with sleazy music, a leather clad driver and leopard & zebra print cocktail napkins.

Sunday, March 12, 2006

Geographically-Challenged Travel

Our Southwest flight from Midway to Long Island, NY landed 3 hours late - in Hartford, Connecticut 1 state up. Luckily it was a weather diversion rather than budget cuts in pilot navigation training.