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Chicago’s Bid For The 2016 Olympics Would Forever Change The City’s South Side
Blog: Hole In The Donut - 10 September 2009
[caption id="attachment_8684" align="alignleft" width="333" caption="Metal angel sculptures line pathways in wildflower choked Northerly Island, previous home of Meigs Field. The old runway, now a mowed grassy strip, is still visible in the background."][/caption] During my recent trip to Chicago, I took an afternoon stroll around Northerly Island, located just behind the ...
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Tour of Chicago’s Board of Trade Building Combines Architecture and Commodities Trading
Blog: Hole In The Donut - 1 September 2009
The meaning of the term "skyscraper" has changed dramatically over the centuries. Originally a nautical term referring to a tall mast or main sail on a sailing ship, the word was first used to describe buildings when the ten-story steel-framed Home Insurance Building was constructed in Chicago in 1885. Although ...
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The Museum Campus – One Of Many Public Spaces That Make Chicago A Great City
Blog: Hole In The Donut - 19 August 2009
Step inside a mall in San Diego and you might just as easily be walking through a Philadelphia shopping center. Likewise, many cities around the country are so similar that I often have to stop and remind myself where I am. But every once in a while I visit a ...
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My Love Affair With Chicago’s Palmer House Hilton Hotel
Blog: Hole In The Donut - 15 August 2009
[caption id="attachment_8335" align="alignleft" width="333" caption="Exquisite lobby of Chicago's Palmer House"][/caption] The seeds of my love affair with Chicago’s Palmer House were sown back in 1969. An anxious and giddy teenager, I was thrilled that the famous hotel had been chosen for my senior prom. I vividly recall stepping into the opulent ...
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Veggie Fest, Feeding Stomach And Spirit
Blog: Hole In The Donut - 14 August 2009
I didn't know what to expect at the Veggie Fest 2009. Advertised as "Good Food, Healthy Living," the fourth annual Chicagoland event was sponsored by Science of Spirituality, a non-profit organization whose members are deeply committed to a spiritual way of life based on meditation, service to others, and personal ...
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Five Little Known Fascinating Facts About Downtown Chicago
Blog: Hole In The Donut - 11 August 2009
With everything Chicago has to offer, it's not surprising that some of the most interesting facts about the city have either faded into obscurity or become tangled in rumor and myth. Let's set the facts straight: Windy City Nickname and the Birth of Skyscrapers [caption id="attachment_8162" align="aligncenter" width="491" caption="Skyline of Chicago, birth ...
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Italian Village Restaurant in Downtown Chicago – Without It I Might Never Have Been Born
Blog: Hole In The Donut - 6 August 2009
[caption id="attachment_8144" align="alignleft" width="333" caption="Italian Village Restaurant, downtown Chicago"][/caption] From the moment I began my six hour walking tour of downtown Chicago last Saturday, I had dinner on my mind. I planned to end my day at the Italian Village Restaurant on Monroe Street between State and Dearborn where, in 1927, ...
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The (Un) Windy City
Blog: Nomadic Matt's Travel Site - 5 August 2009
In 1871, most of Chicago burnt down. The summer had been really dry and the city’s wooden houses, built closely together, were a matchbox waiting to be lit. There had been small fires all summer and, it was probably only a matter of time before the city erupted in a major blaze. Around 9 p.m. [...]
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Born And Bred Chicago Girl Rediscovers Her Roots
Blog: Hole In The Donut - 4 August 2009
I'm a Chicago girl, born and bred. There - I've said it! It would seem like an easy thing to admit, but for the past 40 years, whenever anyone asked me where I was from I'd reply with some vague comment like: "Oh, I've lived all over the place." Which ...
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24 Hours in Chicago (Mostly Food & Drink....)
Blog: The World Is A Book - 24 July 2009
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Travelogue: St. Louis to Indiana
Blog: Tales from Technomadia - 18 July 2009
Time Period: June 12 – June 29 Miles Driven: 799 After a couple of weeks of our adventures being driven on visiting family in Texas and St. Louis, our attentions turned to social time with new and old friends. We had found some regional Burning Man events to attend, and even rendezvoused with another friend and took [...]
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Ta-rah Toronto
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 8 June 2009
I’m just on route to see my Great Aunt via the ‘Go Train’. Will be good to see a McDuff. Next best thing to a Bowen in my book (sorry Del!). I think I’ll have a look about Little Italy later and will do the CN Tower tonight. Other than that I’m all out of ideas [...]
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Italian Kojak
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 3 June 2009
A cop (a term derived from the fact that the original NYC police had copper badges) just went past me on a segway, I don’t care if I can see the top of his glock (is that the standard issue?) in the holster, how can you respect his authority while riding one of them things. [...]
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Dear Chicago
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 2 June 2009
Last night me and JM didn’t go out until about half 12 but we made up for it in the 3 short hours we had with a plethora of different drinks from around the world and a good time was had. I wouldn’t fancy the 4 hour drive he has to Detroit today but the [...]
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Come on feel the Illinoise
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 1 June 2009
By pure chance I happen to be in the same room as my Canadian room mates from San Francisco, JM and Tyler, quite strange when you consider this hostel has 5 floors. I didn’t do much last night, by the time I’d bought some grub in, cooked it, washed my threads and had a much needed [...]
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I’m wide awake it’s morning
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 31 May 2009
As is now usual, at half 4 (at least I think it’s half 4, I’ve crossed more time zones than your average Dr. Who on this train journey) my regular early morning scenic awakening occurred. It was all very fleeting but there were giant steaming rivers and pools everywhere. It was like being on a [...]
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