So, here it is, late February 2010. I definitely have sand-on-the-brain issues. Deep  into daydreams about being anywhere not-Chicago. Don’t get me wrong here; I do enjoy the seasons. But, like many fellow Chicagoans, once the holidays are over and after a snowfall or two in January we’re pretty much done with it. There  is one in every crowd who “can’t get enough of the ‘splendor of winter’. I hope they have holes in their boots while walking through slush.                                Read the rest of this entry →