Todd Hoeft's Euro Vacation

Todd came to visit us in London for a few days before he continued onto Amsterdam and Belgium. It was great seeing him and catching up on how life is treating him in Chicago. From what I can tell he had a great time and was on the hunt for a famous British pie. We ultimately found him a delectable looking one at Borough Market the day before he left. Not so good though is the fact that he left it wrapped up in our fridge and never got to try it. Oh well - gives him a reason to visit again.

Todd picking out what I am sure would have been a great pie:

Road Trip to Wales

Mike Goodspeed, Kati Boler, Lindsey and I spent over a month trying to figure out where to spend their last weekend as Londoners. Luckily, if you wait long enough, you don't have many choices left. Wales it was! We had a few simple goals. The first one was to see an epic sunset - check. The second one was find great ice cream - check (in a different sort of way). Another was to find great Mexican in Britain - double check. The final goal was to find some cool waterfalls - check times 4. It was a great weekend and Chloe thoroughly enjoyed the hiking that we did to find the different waterfalls in the region of Brecon Beacons.


Chloe helping Kati out:

Best Mexican Food in England (casa Mexicana):


One of many waterfalls we found:

The Square - 2 Michelin Stars

When Yan Wang came to visit the office in London we had the good fortune to also visit The Square. It was a great meal from start to finish - especially the finish! Also, we were by far the least formally dressed people in the place. Luckily, we had an early reservation and were out of there before we could make the late crown uncomfortable.

No way can I remember what these apps were:


This Dessert was one of my top 5 of all time. It reminded me a lot of our wedding cake (layers of Raspberry and crunch and more raspberry and crunch):