Tuesday, August 16, 2016

COUSINS: FTGO 2016

This year we did an abbreviated version of our annual cousins reunion, FTGO (For Touby Girls Only), in honor of the original five Touby women.  It was a serendipitous landing on the calendar when most had a few free days.  Our pop-up event was staged in Lindenhurst at Jane's and we wandered across the border into Wisconsin, east to Illinois Beach State Park, and into Lake Forest.  But mostly we talked, laughed and gnoshed our way through four days.

Marcia, Charlotte, Caroline, Jane and Nancy
Kokomo wine!
Galette for dinner
Lake Forest Cemetery

Cougars loose in Milwaukee (Public Market in Third Ward)

Our chocolate boy at the Red Elephant chocolate shop

Lunch on the roof at Benelux

Charlotte and Marcia, the Coburn sisters

Frittes in a paper cone

Caroline and Nancy

Milwaukee Art Museum

Lake Michigan from Milwaukee Art Museum

Caroline, Marcia, Charlotte and Nancy

Exterior hall leading to galleries

Calatrava's breathtaking architecture


A gorgeous day on Lake Michigan


Then (about 1956)
And now

Illinois Beach State Park, Zion, IL






A visit from Ken and Lucky Dog
And a very special highlight of the week was a front row seat for "Kevin Le Deuce" male stripper!  Thanks Kevin, you left us begging for more!!