http://blogs.bootsnall.com/stuschisgall Recollections from my travels Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:02:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After living in Evanston, IL (right outside of Chicago) with a couple of my college friends for the past month I decided I needed some time away from "The Windy City." It's been an interesting month since I've arrived in Evanston, and there have been many great memories and ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/stuschisgall/road-trip-to-milwaukee.html Three weeks ago I was told by my boss that I could no longer come into work until June 1, at the earliest.  That's if they needed me to come back at all.  I left work that day feeling disgruntled, but more importantly, confused about what I was supposed to ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/stuschisgall/post-work-summer-road-trip-through-the-great-lakes.html There aren't many reasons that come to mind when I try to think of why I would ever want to visit Wisconsin, but for the past few days I've spent my time in one of the most interesting small "cities" of the US, Madison, Wisconsin. My sister graduated this ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/stuschisgall/trip-to-wisconsin-living-in-a-motelargh.html "Chris, this can't be sane. I really think I've lost it this time. I mean, it's 7:30 at night already and I'm just leaving New York. Do you think it's crazy that I'm driving to Maine? I need to know if I've lost it this time," ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/stuschisgall/coastal-new-england-road-trip.html “His manhood shuddered at her glistening body until he entered his wand of pleasure into her moist grotto,” read magnets attached to the refrigerator. What the hell was going on here, and more importantly, what was a grotto? I looked around a kitchen that ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/stuschisgall/a-lonely-new-england-sprinter.html Here's a piece I wrote for Time Out New York's New York City Guide which will not be used... Make sure to catch a glimpse of New York’s new public pay potty. Located between Madison Square Park and Madison Ave between 23rd and 24th streets squat’s ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/stuschisgall/public-restrooms-in-new-york-city.html "Stu, you gotta come down to Philly some time," Dan told me for the millionth time as I laughed on the other side of the phone. "Yea, yea I know," I responded, and actually meant it.  "I don't know why I haven't been able to head down there yet, but believe ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/stuschisgall/trip-to-philly.html I had never put a trip on hold for as long as I had put my road trip to West Point. Back in the fall when I was running out of my walks around New York City I panicked because I didn't have a job and wasn't sure where ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/stuschisgall/trip-to-west-point.html It’s been driving humans to perform some of the most extraordinary and foolish behaviors in our long history. The desire to be with the person you care about and love are often found at the root of our most illogical and irrational actions. As a 21-year-old guy who ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/stuschisgall/hormonal-highways.html The village’s origin rests within in its name. The “former great sheep district” of Muttontown, in northern Oyster Bay Town in Long Island, traces its name to the early English and Dutch settlers of the mid-1600s who found its rolling hills ideal for sheep grazing. These sheep provided ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/stuschisgall/neighborhood-story.html