After a couple of days with much cooler temperatures around Chicagoland and the Rockford region, it seemed like we skipped Summer and went right into Fall.
For as long as I can remember, it has simply been "The Museum of Science and Industry," but now that name is getting a change thanks to a significant donation from a guy who used to be the richest man in the state of Illinois.
I know some basic driver etiquette on the road: let people in when you can, use your blinker at an appropriate time, and turn off your brights when you see people coming. We all know the drill and there are probably ones I'm forgetting. There is one basic rule that I see broken ALL THE TIME and I'm getting so cranky about it. Especially in Rockford, I see people doing this all the time and wanna pull my hair out.
Wait, what? I thought that if you were going to put together a piece about the most charming, beautiful, romantic, scenic, historic, welcoming, or interesting town in Illinois you had to write about Galena. Don't get me wrong, I love visiting Galena, but they're always being named number-one for something...but not in this category.
It can be devastating for a neighborhood when a major discount store decides to lock its doors and close forever, and it seems to be happening every week around Illinois.