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Travel Blogs from Elk Grove Village

Night 28: Ruby Slippers

A travel blog entry by splencner

... in my mouth with flavor. Kansas City knows how to cook meat and meat byproducts. I have memories as a kid of eating what KC people call "burnt ends," that is fatty garbage meat from the end of a brisket. The garbage meat in KC is better than prime meat anywhere else, in my opinion.

Jessica had classic KC BBQ from Oklahoma Joe's, which serves out if a Shamrock gas station and is considered among the top five BBQ places in a city known for BBQ. I knew it would be ...

Our 8 night stay in Chicago

A travel blog entry by 2aroundtheworld

... The next morning was interesting Very hungover and I already had a cold which was just getting worse! We managed to get up get sorted and head of towards the airport, everything went smoothly and checking in etc was very easy, we had a 2 hour wait for our flight which seemed extremely long! Finally it was time to fly and by our surprise there was wifi on the planes! We had a very quick change over in Minneapolis and it was a 3 and half hour flight to san fran from ...

Oak Park and Mr. Wright

A travel blog entry by lrandal

... seen. A woman who was a dead ringer for Angela Merkel walked in and I halfway expected her to call a halt to the noise in the place, but no. It DEAFENING, and a jazz combo added to the din. Fair food, but nothing like we can get for the same price in San Francisco.

Tomorrow: Wrigley Field. I've decided to write short posts on the road and longer ones on my regular blog, including trip photos, when I get ...

Still in chicago

A travel blog entry by tipsypixie

Again I woke up some 2 hours before the girls. I dedicate most of these extra times in the morning to self-beauty. I have a complete beuty session every day!! The hotel bathroom is large and has good mirrors and lots of light and girls have bags full of beauty products. So I take the opportunity to experience a bit. I apply green and blue colors to my eyes and try to make my hair like Amy Winehouse! I'm already becoming a different person after 2 days in here!!!:D It was already around ...

A View from the Top

A travel blog entry by kiwi.girl

... extra space with more clothes. You only live once and it’s properly the only time I will ever be in Chicago.

Back at the hostel Christina and I dropped off our shopping bags and headed down to the kitchen to make some noodles for a very late lunch. I swear I hadn’t had noodles in over three months and they tasted amazing – not sure if it was cause I hadn’t had them in so long or cause I was so hungry or perhaps a combination ...