“These three gangs were not sophisticated drug-trafficking organizations,” said Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance in announcing the two indictments. “Far from it, they were young people protecting their territories from imaginary threats and avenging the murders of fellow gang members and loved ones.” Investigators from Vance’s office worked with gang squad detectives and Department of Correction officials to review more than 1 million Facebook pages, tens of thousands of phone calls from the Rikers Island jail complex and hundreds of hours of video footage in preparing the case, Vance said. Surveillance video, taken from cameras in the buildings’ elevators, hallways … Continue reading 103 suspected gang members charged in NYC case

  Well actually it is a lion that was in front of the Art Institute of Chicago during our Christmas week visit.  Many interesting things in the museum but the photography exhibit was a total disappointment! Continue reading Tiger by the tail…

  Here is a picture of Yvonne at the ChristKindlMarket in Chicago last week. They had 200 booths from Germany and Eastern Europe there. She was indeed a happy shopper. Continue reading The Happy Shopper

  Here is another picture of our recent time in Chicago. This is the ChristkindlMarket at Daley Plaza. There were booths from all over Germany and Eastern Europe so there were many unique things to be seen and bought.  And Yvonne certainly bought her share Continue reading ChristKindlMarket

  We spent the four days before Christmas this year in Chicago. The picture above was taken from our hotel room window.  As you can see we stayed in the heart of the city. More pictures from this trip coming soon. Continue reading Chicago Christmas