chicago has some serious magic because it is in the midwest and thus untainted by being coastal. it doesn't really care about being super cool, so it just is.
we went to wrigley field and saw the cubs clobber the giants. cubs fans have serious team spirit, unlike anything i've ever witnessed before. 
we stayed with katie and gabe. did you know that we all lived together in italy? i love katie something fierce, and for the past 2 years our friendship has existed exclusively in the internet. 
when we lived together, we cooked ridiculous meals and once had a christmas tree that we decorated with fake money and left up until about march. now they live in a big beautiful apartment. buddies in real life are totally rad.
this is their street. you walk from the train and you can almost see the newspaper men and bankers commuting home to their nuclear families in the 20s. 
my grandparents are from the southside of chicago. after the war they moved out to california, and the rest is history. 
in the winter when lake michigan froze, my grandma's dad would drive their car out onto the lake and spin donuts. 
this is the church where my grandparents were married.
during the war, after my grandpa was taken as a POW, my grandma would come here every day and light a candle for him.
when i visit these mini personal monuments, it is like a fountain of unlimited enthusiasm is uncorked in me. 
it is pretty great.
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GABE AND KATIE!!! WOO HOOO!!!!
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