Max twangs his bass
A Trip to Libertyville, Illinois, USA - 31st August 2004
It's a busy work trip to Motorola, at 1000 Technology Way in Libertyville, near Chicago, which only gives a couple of hours here-and-there to look around Libertyville itself - a rather quaint Midwest town in the state of Illinois, 40 miles north of the Windy City. It also gives the chance to fulfil a number of American clichés including a diner, a school bus and a fire engine. Eating out proves interesting because portion sizes are so off the chart that Nosher and Nick - both known as big eaters - can survive dinner by sharing just a few starters, and where a breakfast "short stack" is enough food for a week. But first, The BBs have a mini rehearsal in Nosher's spare bedroom, and there's a delegation from US company Qualcomm visiting the Cambridge office.
next album: Claire and Paul's Wedding and The BBs, Thrandeston and Brome, Suffolk - 4th September 2004
previous album: A Trip to Ickworth House, Horringer, Suffolk - 22nd August 2004
Rob fiddles around on guitar
Max and Rob play stuff
Jo and Max
Marc Nijdam from Qualcomm is over at Matrix House
Tim Simpson chats to someone
John Scott and Marcello
In the Mellis Railway, Wavy racks up
The resevoirs of Heathrow
Flying over the UK somewhere at 20,000 feet
Chicago's O'Hare Airport
A state trooper scopes our hire car out
Nick tries out his laptop in his room
A vernacular church in nearby Mundelein
A Mundelein civic building
Classic American houses
Forest Park is an estate made up of mansions
Nick on the 'beach' of Lake Michigan
Forest Park, on the edge of Lake Michigan
In Mickey Finn's microbrewery and restaurant
Our dinner for the evening - three starters
The next day, Nosher has a short stack
A Libertyville onion-shaped water tower
The parking lot at 1000 Technology Way
Nick strides up to reception
Heading into 1000 Technology Way
Motorola's engineers live in actual Cube Farms
Nick and our contact, Joel
Motorola's canteen is the size of a small town
We explore a bit more of the offices
A lake with a fountain
Nick and Joel stride around the campus
Libertyville Main Street
The Ansel B. Cook house
Nick stands in front of Old Glory
The Libertyville 'village' hall
A fire engine rushes past
Another icon: an old-school cinema sign
Our regular haunt - Mickey Finn's
A yellow school bus
The donut line at Krispy Kreme in Gurnee
Thousands of donuts trundle past
Nick shows off his prize: a 12-box of donuts
The gates are full at Heathrow, so we get the bus
Paddington Station
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Max twangs his bass
Max twangs his bass
Rob fiddles around on guitar
Max and Rob play stuff
Jo and Max
Marc Nijdam from Qualcomm is over at Matrix House
Tim Simpson chats to someone
John Scott and Marcello
In the Mellis Railway, Wavy racks up
The resevoirs of Heathrow
Flying over the UK somewhere at 20,000 feet
Chicago's O'Hare Airport
A state trooper scopes our hire car out
Nick tries out his laptop in his room
A vernacular church in nearby Mundelein
A Mundelein civic building
Classic American houses
Forest Park is an estate made up of mansions
Nick on the 'beach' of Lake Michigan
Forest Park, on the edge of Lake Michigan
In Mickey Finn's microbrewery and restaurant
Our dinner for the evening - three starters
The next day, Nosher has a short stack
A Libertyville onion-shaped water tower
The parking lot at 1000 Technology Way
Nick strides up to reception
Heading into 1000 Technology Way
Motorola's engineers live in actual Cube Farms
Nick and our contact, Joel
Motorola's canteen is the size of a small town
We explore a bit more of the offices
A lake with a fountain
Nick and Joel stride around the campus
Libertyville Main Street
The Ansel B. Cook house
Nick stands in front of Old Glory
The Libertyville 'village' hall
A fire engine rushes past
Another icon: an old-school cinema sign
Our regular haunt - Mickey Finn's
A yellow school bus
The donut line at Krispy Kreme in Gurnee
Thousands of donuts trundle past
Nick shows off his prize: a 12-box of donuts
The gates are full at Heathrow, so we get the bus
Paddington Station