What had been a beautiful spring sweater day was turning into a brisk evening. I slid my forest green winter coat on, passing over the brighter pink spring jacket I had worn earlier. My boyfriend and I ditched the car and walked over to The Piggery. Given how cold it turned out to be we […]
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Waking up to a gorgeous spring day was ultimately the deciding factor for what our plans for the day would be. With that in mind, we clicked through several ticket sites and purchased day-of tickets to the April 8th edition of the Chicago Cubs vs. Texas Rangers. After all, it was too beautiful of a
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The cable car that stood in the center of the room was nothing like the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) I had taken earlier in the day. It looked cozy and welcoming with table-facing cushioned seats that mimic more of the Metra-styled trains than today’s CTA. One of the Chicago History Museum’s artifacts in the Chicago:
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The Field Museum, which I had visited earlier that week, was eerily quiet. We continued past the large ornate building and through the Museum Campus in our Subaru. It was 6 pm on a Wednesday, The Shedd and Field Museum had been closed for about an hour now. Yet here we were, my boyfriend and
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The long accordion bus on CTA route 146, was full of people who, I could only assume were heading to Museum Campus like me. It was a free day for Illinois residents at the Field Museum and I had strategically planned my day to arrive there no later than noon. The idea was to go
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