Tag: ameritrip2019

  • The street art of Logan Square

    I almost skipped making a visit to Logan Square; it looked so far away on a map. Turns out it’s a fast, if somewhat cramped ride on the “L” from where I’m staying, and there were a few other places I had in mind to visit in the area. So off I went. And I’m…

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  • The Bean and Chicago’s Millennium Park

    Chicago’s enormous public downtown park on Lake Michigan is technically a collection of public parks. The newest one is Millennium Park which opened in the early 2000’s in order to cover up a sunken Metra train station. Millennium Park features various modern tourist magnets, the most famous of which is colloquially known as “The Bean.”…

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  • Review: Southern Gothic from Windy City Playhouse

    Production photo; audience photography is not allowed   In Chicago I made a point to see Windy City Playhouse’s immersive theater play “Southern Gothic.” It’s only my second experience seeing an immersive theater show, the first being Wonderland in San Francisco. This one is very different; the audience is expected to be a fly on…

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  • Kicking off my trip across America

    Back in 2017 I found a crazy cheap flight to Barcelona and built a month-long trip to Spain, Italy, and Greece around that lucky find. The following year my Greek friend invited me to his wedding, so I made a three week trip out of it to Stockholm, the Greek island of Hydra, and Oslo.…

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