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Suggested Place
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Description
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Location
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Date Visited
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Notes
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Brewhouse
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Indoor/outdoor bar where Mommy hung out during her SIP
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Little Five Points, Atlanta, GA
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Howard's
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Bar
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Bowling Green, OH
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Easy Street
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Bar
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Bowling Green, OH
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2 Sep 08
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During our Labor day visit for Aunt Lee's reception
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Danny's
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DJ Bar
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Wicker Park, Chicago, IL
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Simon's
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Barfly bar
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Andersonville, Chicago, IL
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Hopleaf
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Beer lovers' bar
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Andersonville, Chicago, IL
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Hidden Shamrock
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Irish bar
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Lincoln Park, Chicago, IL
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Signature Room
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Bar at the top of the Hancock Building
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Mag Mile, Chicago, IL
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5 Apr 07
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Grandma Charlene and Grandpa Jarrel were in town, so we headed up for a drink! You had milk and water and handled the changes in ear pressure on the elevator like a champ.
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Hidden Cove
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Dive karaoke bar
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Budlong Woods, Chicago, IL
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Have a Nice Day Café
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Bar
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Cleveland, OH
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University Roadhouse
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Student bar
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Kalamazoo, MI
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Pilsen Club
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Student bar
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Kalamazoo, MI
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Cheshire Cheese
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Very old bar: rebuilt right after 1666 fire
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London, England
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Hobson's Choice
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Bar
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San Francisco, CA
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Toronado
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Bar
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San Francisco, CA
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21st
Amendment
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Bar
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San Francisco, CA
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29 April 2006
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For Daddy's 35th birthday, we went here and to see the Giants play at SBC Park.
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Bobby's Owl Tree
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Bar
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San Francisco, CA
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Sadly, never gonna happen
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Bobby passed away in 2007, and the bar went with him.
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Vesuvio
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Bar
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San Francisco, CA
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The Hideout
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Bar
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Çinquième Arrondissement, Paris, France
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Aardvark
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Bar
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Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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Bookman's Alley
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Used and Rare Bookstore
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Evanston, IL
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City Lights
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Independent Bookstore
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San Francisco, CA
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April 2006
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Daddy carried you in the Baby Bjorn.
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Abraxas
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Coffee shop
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Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Grounds for Thought
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Coffee shop
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Bowling Green, OH
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Pick Me Up
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Coffee shop
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Wrigleyville, Chicago, IL
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Ennui
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Coffee shop
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Rogers Park, Chicago, IL
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Taste of Heaven
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Coffee shop and Bakery
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Andersonville, Chicago, IL
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Numerous times in 2005 and 2006
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The owner made Mommy and Daddy's wedding cake and is infamous for demanding good behavior from toddlers.
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This one place...
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Coffee shop
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Royal Street, French Quarter, New Orleans, LA
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The best coffee shop Mommy has ever visited—and whose name escapes her.
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People's Café
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Coffee shop and cheap food
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The Haight, San Francisco, CA
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April 2006
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You wore your Ramones tee and plaid punk zipper pants, and a local hipster woman came in wearing the same pants. Cute.
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Geja's
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Fondue restaurant
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Lincoln Park, Chicago, IL
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NoMi
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Fancy restaurant overlooking the Water Tower
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Park Hyatt Hotel, Mag Mile, Chicago, IL
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Chicago Brauhaus
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German restaurant
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Lincoln Square, Chicago, IL
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Many times in 2005 and 2006
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Some of your earliest clapping came during the polkas played here.
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Billy Goat
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Greasy spoon
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Under Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL
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Pegasus
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Restaurant
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Detroit, MI
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Xochimilco
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Restaurant
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Detroit, MI
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NOLA
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An Emeril Lagasse Restaurant
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French Quarter, New Orleans, LA
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Steps of Rome
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Italian Restaurant
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San Francisco, CA
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House of Nanking
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Chinese Restaurant
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San Francisco, CA
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This one place...
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Mediterranean Restaurant
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Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, CA
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It is a little Mediterranean restaurant Grandma Charlene and Mommy like but whose name is forgotten.
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Brown Pelican
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Brunch Restaurant
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Santa Barbara, CA
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October 2007
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We went there during our Jeopardy! trip. Here is a cute photo!
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Cold Spring Tavern
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Restaurant
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The mountains above Santa Barbara, CA
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Barbarians
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Restaurant
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Five Sails
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Restaurant
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Yosemite (south entrance)
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National Park
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California
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Millennium Park
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Park
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Lakefront, Chicago, IL
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Grant Park
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Park
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Lakefront, Chicago, IL
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Coney Island
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Amusement Park
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Brooklyn, New York, NY
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Allegheny National Forest
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National Park
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Pennsylvania
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Smallest park in the world
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Really small park
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Portland, OR
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Villa Borghese
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Park
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Rome, Italy
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May 2005
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You were a four–months–along fetus.
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Golden Gate
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Park
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San Francisco, CA
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April 2006
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We especially enjoyed the Japanese Tea Garden (pictured under Favorite Photos).
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Stanley Park
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Park
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Grand Canyon
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Big, cool hole
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Arizona
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McIlroy Mountain
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Family mountain
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Batesville, AR
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Fenway Park
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Red Sox Baseball park
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Boston, MA
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Niagara Falls (and ride the
Maid of the Mist)
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Waterfalls
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Niagara, Ontario, Canada
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Stratford Festival
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Shakespeare Theatre
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Stratford, Ontario, Canada
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Shedd
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Aquarium
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Museum Campus, Chicago, IL
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Twice in 2006
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See photos here
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Navy Pier
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Amusement park
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Chicago, IL
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18 May 08
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We went on the Ferris Wheel and the Carousel. It was great!
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Lincoln Park Zoo
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Free zoo
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Lincoln Park, Chicago, IL
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Several times in 2006
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See photos here
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Architectural Boat Cruise
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Boat ride with narration of architecture and city history
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Chicago River, Chicago, IL
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28 August 2006
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See photos here
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Art Institute
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Art Museum
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Chicago, IL
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Field Museum
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Natural History Museum
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Museum Campus, Chicago, IL
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Chicago Botanic Garden
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Awesome gardens
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Glenview, IL
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Many times in 2005 and 2006
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Highlight: Gwen loved running in the fountain when she was ten months old. Also: her first visit was at only ten days old (pictured under Favorite Photos).
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Ravinia
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Summer outdoor music festival
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Glenview, IL
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August 2005
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Mommy and Daddy tried to see Ben Folds and Rufus Wainwright when you were an eight–months–along fetus, but Mommy couldn't even make it thru the opening act.
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Rosehill Cemetery
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Cemetery with lots of notable Chicagoans
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Ravenswood, Chicago, IL
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Museum of Science and Industry
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Museum
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South Shore, Chicago, IL
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Wrigley Field
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Chicago Cubs Baseball Park
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Wrigleyville, Chicago, IL
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Twice in summer 2006
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See photos here
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Newberry Library
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Beautiful Humanities library
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Old Town, Chicago, IL
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St. Joseph Hospital
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Hospital where you were born
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Lakeview, Chicago, IL
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20 Sep 05
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Well, you were born there.
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Hearst Castle
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Mansion of William Randolph Hearst
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San Simeon, CA
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The Mathematical Bridge
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Bridge without screws, nails, or supports
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River Cam, Cambridge, England
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King's College
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Beautiful college within Cambridge University
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Cambridge, England
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Grafton Square
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Walking mall
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Dublin, Ireland
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Temple Bar
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Fun neighborhood
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Dublin, Ireland
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Trinity University/Library
with the Book of the Kells
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Library with very old, illuminated text
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Dublin, Ireland
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Mommy and Daddy's wedding tree
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Where your parents got married
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Evanston, IL
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Many times in 2005 and 2006
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Great place for a lunchtime picnic with Daddy
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Codge and Bertha's tree in
Spiegel Grove
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Memorial site for Daddy's grandparents
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Spiegel Grove, OH
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2 Sep 08
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During our Labor day visit for Aunt Lee's reception
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Aachen's historical sites
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Beautiful, quintessential Europe
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Aachen, Germany
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Waimea Falls
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Waterfalls
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Waimea, Oahu, HI
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Cliffs of Mohr
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Gorgeous cliffs
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Ireland
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Giants' Causeway
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Awesome hexagonal rock formations
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West coast of Ireland
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K College quad
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Green space in the middle of Mommy's alma mater
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Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI
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15 July 07
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Stopped by to run around in the sunshine while on the way home from a trip to Albion, MI with the Steeves (pictured under Favorite Photos)
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Long Sought For Pond
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A favorite place of Grandpa Dan and Grandma Diane
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Lowell, MA
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Mackinac Island Lilac Festival
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A celebration of Mommy's favorite flower
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Mackinac Island, MI
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Rouge Beauty
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Awesome jewelry store
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French Quarter, New Orleans, LA
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South Island
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Hobbit land
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New Zealand
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Fontana Village (in the fall)
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Camping spot
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North Carolina
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Musée d'Orsay
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Art Museum
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Paris, France
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Chinese Garden
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Where Daddy and Nick got married
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Portland, OR
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Wenceslas Square
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Center City for tourists
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Prague, Czech Republic
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King Henry I's Tomb at the Abbey
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Cemetery
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Reading, England
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St. Peter's Basilica
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Home of the Pope
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Vatican City
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In utero
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Piazza Navona
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Home of the statue "Fountain of the Four Rivers"
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Rome, Italy
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In utero
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Colosseum
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Gladiator fighting palace
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Rome, Italy
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In utero
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French Academy
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Currently an art school for French ex'pats; formerly the Villa of the Medicis
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Rome, Italy
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In utero
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Castel SantAngelo
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The escape castle for the Pope
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Rome, Italy
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In utero
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Walk Medallions
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A marked walking path starting in Union Square
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San Francisco, CA
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April 2006
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SBC Park
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San Francisco Giants Baseball park
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San Francisco, CA
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29 April 2006
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Your first baseball game! You cried the whole time, but Mommy and Daddy got to enjoy the view. Plus, we had an awesome coincidental meeting with a former coworker, Bryan Nealer (pictured under Favorite Photos).
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Museum of Art
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Art museum
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Toledo, OH
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Royal Ontario Museum
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Art museum
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Cardiff Castle
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Welsh castle
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Cardiff, Wales
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House of Representatives
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Where Congress meets; you can get a pass from your local rep
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Washington, DC
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Jefferson Memorial
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Tribute to democracy
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Washington, DC
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Vietnam Memorial
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Profoundly moving war memorial
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Washington, DC
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National Archives
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American History repository
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Washington, DC
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National Gallery
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Art Museum
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Washington, DC
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Lincoln Memorial
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Tribute to reason
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Washington, DC
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World's largest weathervane
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A seriously big weathervane
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Whitehall–Montague, MI
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