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title: Chicago
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date: 2024-10-05T18:58:05-05:00
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description: >
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Tess and I traveled to Chicago to attend the wedding of one of my oldest
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friends, visit some family, and do a little sightseeing.
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resources:
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- src: wedding.jpg
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title: Bill and Ashley walked each other in. My dad officiated.
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To the left, a man wearing a suit and white pastoral stole stands near a
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mic. To the right, a woman in a white dress, and a man in a tuxedo walk
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into the frame. Everyone is smiling.
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- src: quincy.jpg
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title: >
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Wood plank platforms, Copperplate lettering, and wingding-style hands to
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direct you where you need to go.
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alt: >
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A large station sign, framed with a simple wood frame, hanging on the
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railing around a station platform stairway. It declares the station's
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name, Quincy, and points to exits to the left and right.
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- src: tess-kerryman.jpg
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title: >
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The Kerryman is a great Irish bar in River North, owned and operated by
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one of Tess' distant Irish cousins.
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alt: >
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Tess, on the left, stands outside a large pub on a stree corner. The pub
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has outdoor seating.
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tags:
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- Travel
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- Friends
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- Family
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- "Chicago, IL"
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- Illinois
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This past week {{< tess >}} and I traveled to Chicago to attend the wedding of
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Bill, one of my oldest friends, and his partner Ashley.
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{{< figures/image name=wedding.jpg >}}
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They've been a couple for a long time. I'm thrilled that they've decided to take
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this step together, and grateful to have been invited to witness it. Bill also
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asked my dad to perform the ceremony, and I think he did an excellent job.
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{{< figures/image name=quincy.jpg >}}
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After the wedding day, we spent several days in Chicago sightseeing and visiting
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with friends and family. We went record shopping at [Reckless][reckless], walked
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down Navy Pier and Michigan Avenue, rode the L (including a stop a the
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delightfully old timey [Quincy Station][quincy]), took selfies at the
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[Bean][bean], and caught Hokusai's [Great Wave Off Kanagawa][wave] at the [Art
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Institute of Chicago][artic] on a limited exhibition. We had breakfast at
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[Tary][tary], and stopped in for pints at [The Kerryman][kerryman], a pub owned
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by one of Tess' distant Irish cousins.
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{{< figures/image name=tess-kerryman.jpg >}}
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[reckless]: https://www.reckless.com
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[bean]: https://millenniumparkfoundation.org/art-architecture/cloud-gate/
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[artic]: https://www.artic.edu
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[tary]: https://tarycoffee.com/menu
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[kerryman]: https://kerrymanchicago.com/drinks/
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[wave]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa
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[quincy]: https://www.transitchicago.com/station/quin/
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