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Travel Blogs from Willowbrook

Night 28: Ruby Slippers

A travel blog entry by splencner

... Zoo.) StL Zoo is more than a zoo. It is a garden and a beautiful place to watch time float by. But how much time would there be if I was leaving KC at lunchtime?

We loaded up on local junk food in Kansas Coty. I got a Winstead's double steakburger with a side of 50/50 (half fries, half onion rings.) it was even more satisfying since they were closed last night. Seems KC has a different idea about what "late night" means than we Chicagoans. The burgers were great. ...

Our 8 night stay in Chicago

A travel blog entry by 2aroundtheworld

... a short train journey to see motion city soundtrack! The gig was amazing cheap beers small venue and just a great atmosphere! We were slightly drunk and ended back at kaseys bar where we were talking to the guy at the bar who just brought us shots, straight frozen jäger and Adam had tequila! We ended up doing two lots of shots and a few beers, adam ended the night with a rum and coke which is basically just rum over here! They like to give u a fair sized shot ...

Oak Park and Mr. Wright

A travel blog entry by lrandal

... they don't have Prop 13 here, and people are paying $10,000-$20,000/year in property taxes that go up annually.

Jerry and I rode back downtow, me reading to him from Wikipedia about Wright's three marriages and beleaguered first wife who refused for decades to divorce him. Tonight we ended up at a fancy restaurant, on the pretentious side but endearingly so; they had the tallest damned peppermill ...

New Years Eve in Chicago

A travel blog entry by chris_a

... helped along by well matched French wines and Portuguese and Spanish ports. We've made it back to our apartment to watch the TV coverage of the last few minutes of 2011 in Chicago and maybe the fireworks from our apartment window - which beats standing around lakeside in sub-zero temperatures for a few minutes of fireworks!

Hope the New Year arrived safely for you and family and friends. All the best for ...

A View from the Top

A travel blog entry by kiwi.girl

... wanted to buy the Snow White and Sleeping Beauty dvds but someone said they probably wouldn’t play back home as the region code is different :( Not Fair!!

I did a bit more shopping as we walked down Michigan Ave; I ended up with quite a few extra items. Guess that’s what happens when stuff is so much cheaper over here and I had figured that I could take my blanket out of my backpack and carry it on the plane as hand luggage then fill ...