There are times when you just have to get out of town.

If you noticed a scant posting of stories over the past seven days there's a reason: The Icon editor flew the coop.

Headed west on U.S. 30 to Homewood, Illinois, to visit Rudi (brother) and Cheryl Steiner. Then took the toll road to Shorewood, Wisconsin, to visit Mary (sister) and Guy Lord.

While in Wisconsin, visited the Milwaukee Museum of Art and stopped briefly at the Roy Lichenstein shrine (see photo). Don't know who broke her heart, but we are confident that she'll eventually get over it.

Concerning a week out of town, as Professor Henry Jones, Sr. (Sean Connery), stated in "The Last Crusade," ... (paraphrasing) "It was illuminating."