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chicago history museum

May 26, 2008 – 10:11 pm

we’ve been meaning to visit the chicago history museum for awhile, and today finally had the time to go. there was a small section devoted to the city’s sports teams, including michael jordan, of course. we gained a better understanding of how the city survived the 1871 ‘great chicago fire’ and then rebuilt and shined read more »

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mommy lam visits chicago

May 25, 2008 – 6:49 pm

joe’s mom is visiting us for the week. we had some time over the memorial day weekend to bring her for a nice lunch in downtown and see a bit of the city.

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close quarters

May 17, 2008 – 8:44 am

a recent skype with the chen’s in nyc with pammy. smile!

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booby’s

May 15, 2008 – 6:50 pm

we were looking for a place to eat lunch up north one day, and couldn’t help but notice this little restaurant. joe got an italian beef sandwich and i got a meatball sandwich. the side of onion rings was our serving of vegetable. mmmm….meat.

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the dmv

May 10, 2008 – 10:20 pm

after putting it off for more than a year, i finally went to get an illinois driver’s license. after an early start, we had to drive to the town of niles to find an office that was open on a saturday. it involved a lot of line-ups, sitting, and a written test, but two hours read more »

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the 134th kentucky derby

May 3, 2008 – 7:08 pm

we went to our first ever kentucky derby party, hosted by tom and anne (a born and bred kentuckian). to get into the horse racing spirit, we first watched ‘seabiscuit’ and then indulged in various delicious kentucky derby treats, including derby pie and a mint julep drink. then after an exciting two minutes, Big Brown read more »

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conference city

May 1, 2008 – 11:08 pm

the great thing about chicago is that everybody comes here for conferences…which means we get visitors trickling through once in awhile. thanks for visiting renata! goodbye mirko…et en francais?

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lincoln park zoo

April 30, 2008 – 8:43 pm

over the weekend we were able to spend time with our friends sal, renata and mirko from yvr. mirko was keen to go to the Lincoln Park Zoo (a free zoo right in the middle of chicago, apparently established in 1868!) which seemed like a great idea. we were quite impressed; we saw rhinos and read more »

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lost and found

April 21, 2008 – 9:53 pm

this is a good story. a couple of months ago, my mom received a call from a stranger. the woman on the line explained that she had a box of photos belonging to our family. confused but curious, my mom went to pick it up and was shocked to find it filled with photos which read more »

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fried green tomatoes

April 15, 2008 – 10:00 pm

things have been busy with work and school. one night, too tired to cook, we found our way to “dixie kitchen” a small neighborhood restaurant. i’ve always wondered what fried green tomatoes were, so we couldn’t resist when we saw it on the appetizer menu. they were… interesting. kind of firm and sour on the read more »

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