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September 15, 2011
 

Chicago

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    Facebook Checkin at Milk & Honey Cafe at 15 Sep 10:39
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      We started this morning off with breakfast at Milk & Honey, a cute cafe in Wicker Park.

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      I tried a bowl of their famous granola which was delicious.

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    Checkin at Renegade Handmade
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      The Renegade Handmade store was next door.

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      There were so many cute things in the shop and Tom got an awesome guitar strap.

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    We found the most disgusting fountain ever.

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    We made a wish on the gold angel next to it instead.

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    Checkin at Quimby's Bookstore
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      We then went to Quimby's a super cool bookstore with hundreds of zines.

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      We got our photos taken in the photo booth.

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      Tom got a pin for his bag / guitar strap.

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    I got a bubble gum scented pen from the shop next door.

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    Checkin at Reckless Records
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      We had a look in Reckless Records to spot the scenes from @[105489476151205:High Fidelity].

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    Facebook Checkin at The Wormhole at 15 Sep 12:58
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      We stopped for coffee in Wormhole, a time travelling coffee shop.

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      There was a replica of the DeLorean from Back To The Future parked in the window and @[169299103121699:Star Wars] memorabilia everywhere.

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      I tried the peanut butter coffee which was so nice and had the fanciest milk leaf on top. We also got a geeky bumper sticker for the Dodge.

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    Checkin at The Boring Store
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      We then found the coolest store ever, The Boring Store which is not a secret spy shop.

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      The shop is a front for creative writing workshops and homework help for kids and also sells spy novelties.

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    It was then time to catch the metro in to town.

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    We were impressed by all the huge skyscrapers. There's so much architecture to admire in Chicago.

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    We found the start of Route 66.

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    Facebook Checkin at Millennium Park at 15 Sep 14:46
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      We headed to Millenium Park just in time to see the faces spitting out water.

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      We then went to see The Bean which is so shiny in real life.

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      We did all the stupid poses we could think of.

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    We then went for a walk over the water which was so pretty.

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    There was a giant @[215179778985:Marilyn Monroe] and everyone was posing under her legs.

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    Checkin at Giordano's Chicago Famous Stuffed Pizza
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      We asked the members of @[6308333870:Cut Out + Keep] what to do and @[100001455231498:Henna] recommended Giordano's for pizza pie.

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      We ordered a small pie which was suppose to feed one person. We only managed a slice and a half each before taking the other half home in a box.

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      Tom was amazed by how cheesy it was.

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    We then walked around the city to work off our slices of pizza and spot locations from Batman and Superman.

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    There was a cube filled with one million dollar notes.

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      In the evening we went for a walk around Oz Park which has statues of all the characters from The Wizard Of Oz.

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      Dorothy's ruby red shoes looked a lot like mine.

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      It's so cold in Chicago, so we needed the coffee to warm up. We picked up a pumpkin spice latte and a tiramisu cake pop from Starbucks.

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      We then found the site of the St Valentine's Day Massacre and walked through Linkin Park.

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