Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrC22liBf_MElB_WOjbglaXkNaN1aODRT2pQrkZeIxhvOf_JaV-nDfOBj_An0ubQPo6_PTSyhJiah20W-hZk0IofhEFUOt-0T9q5unSUyfaVfqYKzGlyAhNOgrO_nudmuNwpNPeenbvwSn/s1600/DSCN5980.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrC22liBf_MElB_WOjbglaXkNaN1aODRT2pQrkZeIxhvOf_JaV-nDfOBj_An0ubQPo6_PTSyhJiah20W-hZk0IofhEFUOt-0T9q5unSUyfaVfqYKzGlyAhNOgrO_nudmuNwpNPeenbvwSn/s1600/DSCN5980.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />We were in Chicago this past weekend where they celebrate St. Patrick's Day big!  Here's the view from our hotel window of the river being dyed green and later on that day, up-close. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: lime;"><b>Hope you have a Happy St. Patrick's Day!  Erin Go Bragh - Ireland Forever.</b></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhGnnlS5lIOC-6IdpCOrD-_bDSyxtKNzuvXOqKBkE_k1ZlQPJJ47LKOGEzFy0S40M5nOWQWL4NrjJIcTEifuo4Sn5gsaylL1zGdKUlHoHlIVid0F1A4VNhZEc90OxOztQyQXK3PV68KC8W/s1600/DSCN5984.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhGnnlS5lIOC-6IdpCOrD-_bDSyxtKNzuvXOqKBkE_k1ZlQPJJ47LKOGEzFy0S40M5nOWQWL4NrjJIcTEifuo4Sn5gsaylL1zGdKUlHoHlIVid0F1A4VNhZEc90OxOztQyQXK3PV68KC8W/s1600/DSCN5984.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvhL89KPvV58DyaZEJrlvIqL2OH-TLthA1eDkjtN2yPmt8LGmt9zhDxYLqgfPNX8ZP0ngfEHJeVeDs0djZxDNh3IP1xU7ywLOPWDVtBtNuFHOrwnVp7RVHjWDKJYWSYBh4EDsYXj05iDst/s1600/DSCN5987.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvhL89KPvV58DyaZEJrlvIqL2OH-TLthA1eDkjtN2yPmt8LGmt9zhDxYLqgfPNX8ZP0ngfEHJeVeDs0djZxDNh3IP1xU7ywLOPWDVtBtNuFHOrwnVp7RVHjWDKJYWSYBh4EDsYXj05iDst/s1600/DSCN5987.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

We were in Chicago this past weekend where they celebrate St. Patrick's Day big!  Here's the view from our hotel window of the river...

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Crazy, Amazing Ceiling

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Crazy, Amazing Ceiling

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Orlando Diaz-Azcuy & Hotel Palomar Chicago

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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br />Need to add<img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=myno0ab-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0847830764" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0847830764/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0847830764&linkCode=as2&tag=myno0ab-20&linkId=3MSKHDU74UAB6CZT">Orlando Diaz-Azcuy</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=myno0ab-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0847830764" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />'s book to my wish list!</div>

Orlando Diaz-Azcuy & Hotel Palomar Chicago

I'm headed to Chicago and am particularly excited this time because it finally worked out that I was able to book a room at the Hotel Pa...

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