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Fan Stories

Kite Wars

by Kim 05.14.2009 Create & Do

One of my all time favorite childhood activities would have to be flying a kite. We lived near a bunch of trees growing up so my dad would make an extra effort to drive me to a nearby open field so that I could fly my Alf kite. A few years ago for an Escape [...]

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The Birthday Hat

by Kim 03.02.2008 Family Time

by Sue Gudenkauf
How do I Escape Adulthood?
I’ll tell you, family brings out the best of this in me. For my birthday this year, I happened to take a road trip with my sister, her husband, 3 nieces, and my parents to visit my oldest niece in college about 10 hours away. It wasn’t just my [...]

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12 Days of “Illini Wishmas”

by Kim 12.29.2007 Fan Stories

by Minette Sternke
As I noted on a comment on one of the 12 Days of Wishmas, I decided to try to replicate it to some extent here in Illinois. These are GREAT snowy weekend activities!
Instead of making reindeer food for the 3rd Day of Wishmas, I decided to actually go visit a reindeer ranch nearby. [...]

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Surprised by Slush

by Kim 09.07.2007 Fan Stories

by Walt Kotecki
When I was younger there was a “fast” food restaurant in our town call Sandy’s. One of the drinks they offered was a cherry slush. That was the first time I have ever heard of them and I loved them. Nowadays cherry and a million other flavors are common and [...]

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Spontaneous Sweets

by Jason 06.22.2007 Fan Stories

by Bob Henry
Last Thursday my manager at the telecommunications company I work for treated my whole department to custard from Culvers. We did not have the custard at the office – rather, we carpooled to the Culvers in Middleton and enjoyed a break from the hectic pace of the office for an hour and a [...]

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The Escape Train

by Jason 05.14.2007 Fan Stories

by Mary Beth Updike
My favorite way to escape Adultitis is to play with niece Merlyn’s train set. She has one of those wooden train sets and every so often we get it out and set it up. I love figuring out a track (there are enough pieces you can change it any time) [...]

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The Joy of Parenting

by Jason 04.27.2007 Fan Stories

by John Gundich
I’ve been able to escape adulthood by having my first child with my wife, Patrizzia. Before Miabella was born, Patrizzia and I would have a rough commute to and from Downtown Chicago every day, work, eat, watch TV to unwind from the stressful commute…and then do it all over again. It was mundane [...]

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Escape the Ninja Turtle Way

by Jason 04.26.2007 Fan Stories

by Katie Richert
I never realized I was getting, as I always called it, “old,” and that my childhood (and even young adulthood), was gone until a few days ago. I was sitting in the living room at 11 in the morning, still without a shower while my (as he puts it ALMOST) 4-year-old screamed about [...]

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