The Ardmore House Chicago
1248 W. Ardmore Avenue Chicago, Illinois, 60660, United States
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Looking towards the Open Road
... going to eventually want her space back in order to decompress from her trip and study for her exam so I tried to make my exodus expedient all the same.
(Special shout-out to CC—you’re the best! Thanks for everything! xoxo)
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As soon as I found out she was coming back early, I spent hours scouring the internet searching for flights to somewhere—anywhere--where the day-to-day living costs are affordable and the climate is ...
Our coldest day yet
... and checked on a few winter jackets that might help Max make it through another Chicago winter. We eventually braved the elements again and headed to a Cajun / Creole restaurant for lunch where the spicy food worked (alongside a few cocktails) to warm us all up again. The restaurant had a challenge where they would provide your main course (they call that 'entree' here) for free if you turned up with a bottle of hot ...
Midwestathon
... continue - up, up, up - right up over Orion's right ankle, across his belt, catapulting be past Mighty Taurus and Pliades and deep into the universe.
Four hours and a time zone later (3am local time) my weary body was warning me that it needed sleep. A rest stop near Kearney, Nebraska welcomed me in for the night,. Three hours later, I woke to a cold morning and every window in the back of my truck covered in steam. A quick **** ...
The Buddy Pass Gamble
... to Facebook, I got online and looked up friends by city! It turned out I had a couple! I called a buddy (Jon) who I use to work with in Florida, explained by situation and 2 hours later I was couch surfing! Lucky! I knew the chances of me catching the flight the next day were pretty slim and after checking out last minute rates I had to stomach the fact that I ...
'I just got back from the Windy City'
... days. Chicago may be called the ‘Windy City’ but Oklahoma City was far windier. We had to park at the local supermarket down the road as parking was a problem. We finally bought some stamps there for our postcards which we bought in San Francisco and are still awaiting to be written. In our dorm we got chatting to Kasey a dancer from Florida who had just moved to the area and was looking for a flat. ...


