Posted on August 8, 2008 by offthebeatentrack
CHICAGO – Now for the main course.
For as much as I enjoyed my time in Chicago and am looking forward to visiting the Bay Area, the centerpiece of the trip starts now as I sit in Superliner Roomette 7 of Car 531 on the California Zephyr en route to Emeryville, Calif.
I’m on the left side [...]
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Posted on August 8, 2008 by offthebeatentrack
DEERFIELD, Ill. – What a day this was.
I covered a lot of ground, from the Magnicficent Mile to Soldier Field and a lot of Millenium Park in between.
Once again, I took a lot of pictures. You’ll find highlights within this post and the full batch here.
I started in Deerfield with breakfast at the house of [...]
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