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johnmanciniwrites · 5 years
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Mod Style
Kinds of Parallel Modifiers, Pt. 2
There are four types of parallel modifiers in the writer’s toolbox. I’ve written about one: the appositive. So what about the other three?
As I mentioned in the post on style and voice, if you “like” a writer you probably like the way they say things more than what they actually say. In other words:  the sound of the language, i.e. their voice. The way a writer creates that voice is through their use of stylistic elements, and parallel form is one element that will help a writer achieve a sophisticated style.
Think of modifiers as aftermarket parts for your sentences. They’ll give them a more comfortable ride and make them sound better than your basic factory model.
Repeat a grammatical pattern to create rhythm (parallel structure) and then ratchet up the sophistication of the sentence with an appositive, a resumptive, a summative or free modifier.
Resumptive
A resumptive modifier resumes a thought where you last left off by repeating a word and saying something else about it.
At last I stared upstream where only the deepest violet remained of the cloud, a cloud so high its underbelly still glowed feeble color reflected from a hidden sky lighted in turn by a sun halfway to China.
                                                                  --Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
What else can be said about that cloud? A lot, evidently. It depends on how far one is willing to push a thought or observation—in this case, all the way to China. 
Politicians also love resumptives:
I look forward to a bright future for America, a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.
                                                                       --John F. Kennedy
Public speakers love them because the repetition helps audiences grasp and remember the point. It also helps the speaker remember their speech. Notice the nice series of three parallel phrases that will define JFK’s proposed bright future strength/restraint, wealth/wisdom, power/purpose. They work in tandem with the resumptive, helping to drive home the argument.
They are useful in persuasive writing:
A real danger in this digital revolution is the potential it holds for dividing society, a society that will divide into two camps, the techno-elite and the techno-peasants, a society where a “wired” few will prosper at the expense of the masses.
--From Daniel Kies’ “Some Stylistic Features of Business and Technical Writing”
From literary essays to political speeches to plain old professional writing, resumptive modifiers help emphasize the point you want to make. In this case, to reveal more about this society with a double resumptive modifier.
Here are two more examples of resumptives used in fiction.
She told me all of it, waking me that night when I had gone to sleep listening to the wind in the trees and against the house, a wind so strong that I had to shut all but the lee windows, and still the house cooled; told it to me in such detail and so clearly that now, when she had driven the car to Florida, I remember it all as though I had been a passenger in the front seat, or even at the wheel.
                                                                       --Andre Dubus, “A Father’s Story”
But God she was beautiful, beautiful beyond anything he had ever seen or thought to see, five feet ten inches tall, a hundred and fifty-five pounds of rock-solid muscle cut to ribbons and perfectly symmetrical: sixteen-and-a-half-inch calves, tiny, almost delicate wrists, knees, and ankles, and a twenty-four-inch waist that had an abdominal wall unlike he had ever seen on any athlete, man or woman, showing as it did six distinct layered rows of muscle under skin utterly without subcutaneous fat, the finely toned rows of muscle starting in her solar plexus and ending where her richly furred pubic hair grew at the base of her belly.
                                                                       --Harry Crews, Body
By repeating a word you draw attention to it. This adds emphasis to the point you are trying to make, enhances the substance with style. And the great thing about repetition is it is inherently musical. It creates rhythm, and rhythm is seductive. 
Summative 
Summative modifiers act just as the others do, usually triggered by commas or dashes, sometimes as fragments. The difference is that they tend to summarize the entire clause.
In the last twenty years, the world has moved from the industrial age to the information age, a sociological event that will change forever the way we work and think.
           --From Kies’ “Some Stylistic Features of Business and Technical Writing”
One feels that she ought to be sticking round, ministering to her husband, conferring with the cook, feeding the cat, combing and brushing the Pomeranian – in a word, staying put.
                                                     --From P.G. Wodehouse’s Right Ho, Jeeves
His velour pullover is open to his sternum, and the exposed chest is precisely the complexion of new Play-Doh, the substance from which Gunther sometimes seems to be made.
                                                 --From Ralph Lombreglia’s “Men Under Water”
That last one is not a summative modifier. While “the substance from which…” does arrive at the end of the sentence, it doesn’t sum up the entire clause but only modifies “Play-Doh.” It’s technically an appositive, or free modifier. The terms are mainly for professors. The modifiers all behave the same way. They just appear in different forms. That brings up the final type: the free modifier. Free to float—watch it slide. It’s slippery.
Free
Socrates questioned the foundations of political behavior, forcing Athenians to examine duty they owed the state, encouraging youth to question the authority of their elders, claiming all the while that he wanted only to puzzle out the truth.
                                                             --From Will Durant’s “Story of Philosophy”
How grateful they were for the coffee, she looking up at him, tremulous, her lips pecking at the cup, he blessing the coffee as it went down her.  
                                                          – John Updike, Rabbit, Run
Not because we work in the plants ourselves – our work, like God, is everywhere and nowhere – but because this is where reality is, the life and labor of the folk, the source of all art.
                                                           -- Ralph Lombreglia, “Men Under Water”
And over the grass at the roadside, a land turtle crawled, turning aside for nothing, dragging his high-domed shell over the grass.
                                                           --John Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath
To achieve a higher aesthetic and sonic experience in writing, to strengthen the style, rhythm, complexity, and specificity of your sentences, make use of parallel modifiers. Just as the “rule of thirds” applies in photography and pictorial composition, three is the magic number. There is just something pleasant about lists of three. By eliminating linking verbs (is, are, was) as well as relative pronouns (that, which) you can enhance the sophistication and brevity of style.
Here’s one final example. This paragraph from William Least-Heat Moon’s Blue Highways uses a combination of several of the modifiers mentioned. Have a look...
Beware thoughts that come in the night. They aren’t turned properly; they come in askew, free of sense and restriction, deriving from the most remote of sources. Take the idea of February 17, a day of cancelled expectations, the day I learned my job teaching English was finished because of declining enrollment at the college, the day I called my wife from whom I’d been separated for nine months to give her the news, the day she let slip about her “friend” – Rick or Dick or Chick. Something like that.
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sentrava · 5 years
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Escaping to Chicago for a Hamilton Weekend with My Mom
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Let’s talk about how my mom is impossible to surprise. I’m sure you know the type: always thinking of others, selfless to a fault, doesn’t worry about her own self-care, but needs a break—particularly after eight months of full-time childcare of my niece. So back in May, I posed an idea to my sister: Let’s take my mom on a surprise Hamilton weekend in Chicago.
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You see, around that time, my Nashville friends were flocking to Chicago in droves. Not only is it cheap and easy to get there (thanks, Southwest!), but the opening of Hamilton at Chicago’s CBIC Theatre meant that suddenly tickets were available to the masses. And not at the $1000 price tag you see in New York, but at the much more reasonable price of $200 a seat, which may not sound like a bargain but is what you typically pay to see a Broadway show.
So I started doing my research and realized I could get tickets for pretty much any show in September or October that I wanted. Only, my sister wouldn’t be joining us (see: she’d have no childcare with my mom away), so I did my due diligence and booked our flights for when airfare was lowest and hotels were astronomically expensive (doh). All that was left to do was wait and surprise her on her birthday in October.
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Only, as previously stated, my mom is impossible to surprise. We’ve had season tickets to Nashville’s traveling Broadway tour series for more than 20 years and were at the very disappointing follow-up to The Phantom of the Opera back in June when the friends seated next to us told Mom all about their recent trip to Chicago to see Hamilton.
“Oh, I can’t wait!” Mom, who already knew every word of the soundtrack by heart, said. “I’m going in just a few weeks!”
To which point I did a double-take, jerked around and screamed “WHAT!” (Luckily, it was during intermission.)
“Oh yeah,” she said. “I bought tickets for July.”
To which I said, “a) with whom? and b) WHEN WERE YOU GOING TO TELL ME?”
Nonchalantly, “oh, I thought I’d take you,” she responded. So then I had to spoil the plan.
Moms, man. IMPOSSIBLE TO SURPRISE.
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Nevertheless, it all worked out, just not in the way I hoped. She canceled her July trip and we went together in October as I had originally planned. And she’s going again next week with friends, so really she didn’t miss out. I mean, Hamilton three times in six months would be a bit much, but two is totally manageable (I kid, I kid … and am super jealous!)

Where to Stay in Chicago
On this particular trip, I cashed in some coveted hotel rewards points to stay at the Langham Chicago. One thing I learned very quickly when searching hotels in Chicago is that they aren’t cheap—not by a long shot. A three-star hotel was $300 a night, and the rooms were tiny. So when I saw I could use points for a room at the five-star Langham for not a lot more per night (around $100 with taxes and fees)—and get a room that was 600 square feet in size—I bit the bullet and did just that.
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Our stay at the Langham surpassed expectations. We had phenomenal service from the bellhop who welcomed us at the front entrance, then called up to check-in so they knew we were coming and greeted us by name, to the server who delivered the room service we took full advantage of. (Somehow, the hotel “package” I booked came with $40 F&B credit a day, so obviously we weren’t going to let that go unused.)
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The Langham is also centrally situated among the other high-rises in River North. Staying along the riverfront made sense for Mom and me. We were only there for a little over 48 hours and had planned on going full-out tourist, which we are not ashamed to admit. I’d really love to go back with SVV and spend more time there visiting some of the neighborhoods outside of the Loop, as well as diving into Chicago’s robust mural scene. When we do that, I imagine we’ll rent an Airbnb in Logan Square or maybe Lincoln Park, where there are plenty of options for less than $200 a night.
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Doing the Tourist Thing
Even though, it was on the cusp of winter, we set out by foot to see some of River North before veering over to Michigan Avenue where Mom wanted to get a little early Christmas shopping in. On my list was the famed flamingo mural that takes up residence on the front of Flamingo Rum Club, which conveniently was only a few blocks from us.
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The Chicago tourism office gave us a CityPASS that allowed us admission to certain attractions, and while the iconic Skydeck in the former Sears Tower (now the Willis Tower) was on there, I knew there was no way I’d get my mom to go to the top of that with her severe acrophobia. So I tricked her and took her to 360 CHICAGO at the top of the John Hancock building instead, which was only slightly less terrifying (to her; I’m fine with heights).
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I’d read a bit about the Skydeck vs. 360 Chicago debate on my friend Amanda’s blog while trying to decide the best option for Mom and me and was prepared for a bit of a wait; she said it can take up to an hour in busy summer months. But we were in luck, being there on a chilly weekday in October, as not only was there no wait at all, but we had the elevator entirely to ourselves! The ride up is about 40 seconds, and for as scared as Mom is of heights, I’ve got a crippling fear of elevators and getting trapped in one (see: extremely claustrophobic), so the fact that we had it all to ourselves was pretty miraculous.
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Even if there had been a wait, however, the CityPASS offers you Express Entry, meaning you get to jump to the front of the line. That said, go in the shoulder season so you’re not bumping into tourists at the top. We never had to wait to take a photo as the crowds were nonexistent, and there was just a small sprinkling of people here and there.
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It was an overcast day by the time we got to the top, but that didn’t prohibit us from seeing far. I was proud of Mom for getting past her fears—even if she did spend most of the time not taking in the view, ha! Our Lyft driver had recommended we get a cocktail at the Signature Room on the 95th Floor, but we were seeing Hamilton that night and sadly didn’t have time. I think if you’re not planning on doing 360 CHICAGO, going to the Signature Room is probably a great way to get a similar view.
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Because we had exactly 48 hours in Chicago, we didn’t make it to the other attractions the pass offers, which includes Shedd Aquarium (priority entry), Skydeck Chicago (fast pass), Field Museum (VIP entry), and the Adler Planetarium (VIP entry) or Art Institute of Chicago (fast pass), but I’m planning a return in spring and intend to get another CityPASS then (each one expires nine days from first using it). For $106 an adult, this pass is a total steal, particularly when you factor in the priority access you get with it.
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And, of course, you can’t go to Chicago without stopping by Millennium Park. Not only is it a gorgeous display of greenery and seasonal foliage right in the heart of the city, but it also boasts one of Chicago’s most recognizable monuments, the Bean, as well as an art museum right in the heart of the park.
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The Bean’s real name is The Cloud Gate sculpture, and it was commissioned at the time of the park’s opening in 2004, designed by London-based artist Anish Kapoor. The way it bends and reflects instantly made it one of Chicago’s most photographed spots and a must-see for any tourist.
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The park also has a striking amphitheater that mimics its overall artsy feel. There’s a free jazz series, Millennium Park Summer Music Series, held here in summer months, which I imagine is a pretty fun time to chill in this awesome urban sanctuary.
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And, for all of you street art lovers, just a few blocks from the Bean is an original Kobra, my favorite street artist out of Brazil, who painted Muddy Waters two years ago at 17 N. State St. as part of the Wabash Arts Corridor project.
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Exploring Chicago’s Architecture Scene
On my last trip to Chicago five years ago, I did an architecture tour by foot with the Travel Mindset team. But one thing every last friend I’ve ever known who’s gone to Chicago—architects included—has told me to do is an architecture tour by boat aboard the First Lady. And I’m nothing if not an attentive pupil.
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Chicago’s First Lady Cruises partners with the Chicago Architecture Center for this guided trip up the river and back in time. All tours leave from the Chicago Riverwalk at Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive, and purchasing tickets online in advance is advisable as they often sell out in peak tourist months.
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You don’t have to be knowledgable about architecture to enjoy this tour; it’s informative and laced with history about Chicago’s past, though I particularly enjoyed the Art Deco-period and wacky MCM buildings we saw lining parts of the riverfront.
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The tour lasts roughly 90 minutes, and as it was chilly at best the day we were out on the water, by the end of it, Mom and I had cozied up in the enclosed interior on the bottom level to sip hot chocolate and warm our numb hands as we ended our loop of the river.
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Note: Tours are only given from late-March through late-October due to Chicago’s weather conditions, so you’ll have to wait until spring for the next season to open.
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Getting Out of the Loop
On our final day in town, our flight out wasn’t until 9:30pm so we had the entire morning and afternoon ahead of us and high-tailed it out to Logan Square. The purpose was two-fold: to see some cool murals and catch up with my friend John.
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We took a Lyft out there, then the L back later in the afternoon. Let’s just say taking the L (aka Chicago’s metro) was a much more enjoyable experience—and far quicker at that—so if you’re near a station, don’t be afraid to hop on the train. The traffic is just too dense and the cabs too jerky for my sensitive stomach’s liking.
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Logan Square is along the train line, and as such, there was plenty of public art to be had; graffiti artists were the original muralists and love painting trains and beneath tracks. I always try and see the Greetings Tour postcard murals anytime I’m passing through a participating city, but after waiting 20 minutes—then looping back later with the same corporate group still hogging the space—Mom and I had to pass on our selfie.
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Luckily, on our walk from there to Revolution Brewing Co., there was plenty of art—some graffiti, other murals—to be found.
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At Revolution Brewing, we met up with John, who was not only my former coworker but also my co-columnist when we wrote a he-said, she-said style dating column. That’s right folks: Yours truly dished out dating advice to UT’s campus-at-large. It’s funny because many (read: 14 years later), I still sometimes get recognized from those days by fellow Vols who were in Knoxville at the same time as me!
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Back to the point, though. I saw on social media a few months ago that John had switched jobs from working as a writer for a dermatology association to manning communications for Revolution Brewing. I’d say, he’s in a gig much better-suited for him being the beard-sporting, beer-loving dude that he is. We met up with him at Revolution’s original taproom, the brewpub on Logan Square, where I sampled several sours and Mom ordered—wait for it—a vodka sunrise. At the perplexed look of the bartender, she said, “you know, a tequila sunrise … but with vodka instead.” He did as she said, and I laughed but John pointed out that they have a full bar for people like her who aren’t beer drinkers (*shrugs*).
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Before we left, John gave us a tour of the behind-the-scenes of the original location. Revolution is one of the 50 biggest craft breweries in the nation, and so the bulk of their production has moved a mile-and-a-half away to North Kedzie Avenue, where there’s also a taproom, but we wanted the full lunch experience, so I also ordered a grilled cheese with short rib, and it did not suck. I’d go back for Revolution’s food and its beer any ol’ day.
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After a couple pints for John and me—Mom stuck to her single vodka sunrise, it being 11am on a Thursday and all—John took us on a tour of the neighborhood. There was even more street art than we originally saw, smaller installations side-by-side all throughout the arteries that deviated from North Milwaukee Avenue.
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Eating Deep-Dish Pizza
I know, I know, this is something locals would never think of doing as it’s a tourist thing. But guess what? We’re tourists! We had no shame gluttonously digging into a deep-dish pie, then putting on our fat pants and having a night in at the hotel. We initially attempted dinner at the River North location of Gino’s, but they were closed for a private event, so we wound up at Lou Manalti’s instead, and it was great. We ordered a pitcher of sangria, which just meant we were in bed by 8:30pm, ha. Had we wanted to brave rush-hour traffic, we would have gone to Pequod’s Pizza, which industry friends tell me has the actual best deep-dish pizza in Chicago. Ah well, next time!
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Sipping Cocktails at the Chicago Athletic Association
My trendy Nashville friends directed me to Cindy’s Rooftop at Chicago Athletic Association Hotel, where we went pre-Hamilton—it’s the perfect place to go before the show given it’s just a five-minute walk, but heed my advice and make a reservation—then wouldn’t you know, we ran into my dear college friend Glenn, who nabbed the seat next to us on the rooftop having no idea it was me. What are the odds? I knew we were in the right place if a local took his colleague there. I also did manage to (finally!) surprise Mom when one of her dear friends Michelle, who moved to Pennsylvania a couple years ago, messaged me that she was now working in Chicago and wanted to meet us for a drink.
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On your way back down from Cindy’s, definitely stop and take in the beauty of the lower floors of Chicago Athletic Association Hotel and all its nooks and crannies.
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We also went to Three Dots and a Dash the following night with Glenn and sipped on some fun tiki-style cocktails, each of which was served in appropriate barware. I loved this subterranean bar with a speakeasy feel to it; you access it from a alley between blocks that’s lit by tiki torches. I’d also recommend making a reservation, as we were kicked out of our table after an hour and banished to the bar because every table was spoken for (on a Thursday night in late fall, too … go figure!).
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And the Main Attraction: Hamilton!
There’s nothing I can possibly add to the commentary of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s game-changing, hip-hop-driven musical that hasn’t already been said, so I’ll just leave it at this: Even if you think you don’t like musicals (AHEM, SVV), you will like Hamilton. It’s fast-paced, it’s fun, it’s emotional, it’s entertaining, it’s educational—I could go on. My only criticism of the cast was that none of the female roles (i.e. the Schuyler sisters) were particularly compelling. The men, however—shoutout, Thomas Jefferson and King George—were phenomenal; some of the funniest performances I’ve seen in my 25 years of Broadway-going.
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When I purchased tickets, we could have gotten up as close as the fourth row, but while a musical enthusiast I am, I’m also the daughter of a CPA and I just couldn’t stomach spending $500+ a ticket. Luckily, starting around row Q on the orchestra level, the price dropped significantly to $182 a ticket before fees. We sat in Orchestra C, Row U, at the very end by the aisle. And sure, it would be been nice to be a few more rows closer to the stage, but all in all, I was perfectly happy with our seats. It’s not a huge theater after all. And for those of you thinking $200 a ticket is still highway robbery, there are plenty of seats with obstructed views that cost $72 if you’re willing to make that sacrifice.
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I will echo what other people have said and that’s: Go see Hamilton and just sit back and enjoy your inaugural experience, knowing you’re going to miss half of it as the lyrics just move so fast. Then plan a second viewing if you can swing it to actually pick up on all the nuances. That second time will fall this month for my mom and for me in 2020 when the national tour comes to Nashville!
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On the eating front, we had a long list of restaurants to get to—we did get to Beatrix and the Albert, both of which I highly recommend—but my mom eats like a bird and plus we were in a rush much of the trip, so didn’t adopt my normal five-meals-a-day schedule while traveling. Still, I compiled this Chicago restaurants list from foodie friends and social media followers, which is where SVV and I will start whenever we finally make it to the Windy City together:
Girl & the Goat
Stan’s Donuts
Pizano’s
Old Fashioned Donuts
Au Cheval
Dove’s Luncheonette
Bavette’s
Spacca Napoli
Aba
Giant
The Aviary
Fat Rice
Roister
Bad Hunter
Alinea
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Escaping to Chicago for a Hamilton Weekend with My Mom
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Let’s talk about how my mom is impossible to surprise. I’m sure you know the type: always thinking of others, selfless to a fault, doesn’t worry about her own self-care, but needs a break—particularly after eight months of full-time childcare of my niece. So back in May, I posed an idea to my sister: Let’s take my mom on a surprise Hamilton weekend in Chicago.
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You see, around that time, my Nashville friends were flocking to Chicago in droves. Not only is it cheap and easy to get there (thanks, Southwest!), but the opening of Hamilton at Chicago’s CBIC Theatre meant that suddenly tickets were available to the masses. And not at the $1000 price tag you see in New York, but at the much more reasonable price of $200 a seat, which may not sound like a bargain but is what you typically pay to see a Broadway show.
So I started doing my research and realized I could get tickets for pretty much any show in September or October that I wanted. Only, my sister wouldn’t be joining us (see: she’d have no childcare with my mom away), so I did my due diligence and booked our flights for when airfare was lowest and hotels were astronomically expensive (doh). All that was left to do was wait and surprise her on her birthday in October.
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Only, as previously stated, my mom is impossible to surprise. We’ve had season tickets to Nashville’s traveling Broadway tour series for more than 20 years and were at the very disappointing follow-up to The Phantom of the Opera back in June when the friends seated next to use told Mom all about their recent trip to Chicago to see Hamilton.
“Oh, I can’t wait!” Mom, who already knew every word of the soundtrack by heart, said. “I’m going in just a few weeks!”
To which point I did a double-take, jerked around and screamed “WHAT!” (Luckily, it was during intermission.)
“Oh yeah,” she said. “I bought tickets for July.”
To which I said, “a) with whom? and b) WHEN WERE YOU GOING TO TELL ME?”
Nonchalantly, “oh, I thought I’d take you,” she responded. So then I had to spoil the plan.
Moms, man. IMPOSSIBLE TO SURPRISE.
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Nevertheless, it all worked out, just not in the way I hoped. She canceled her July trip and we went together in October as I had originally planned. And she’s going again next week with friends, so really she didn’t miss out. I mean, Hamilton three times in six months would be a bit much, but two is totally manageable (I kid, I kid … and am super jealous!)

Where to Stay in Chicago
On this particular trip, I cashed in some coveted hotel rewards points to stay at the Langham Chicago. One thing I learned very quickly when searching hotels in Chicago is that they aren’t cheap—not by a long shot. A three-star hotel was $300 a night, and the rooms were tiny. So when I saw I could use points for a room at the five-star Langham for not a lot more per night (around $100 with taxes and fees)—and get a room that was 600 square feet in size—I bit the bullet and did just that.
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Our stay at the Langham surpassed expectations. We had phenomenal service from the bellhop who welcomed us at the front entrance, then called up to check-in so they knew we were coming and greeted us by name, to the server who delivered the room service we took full advantage of. (Somehow, the hotel “package” I booked came with $40 F&B credit a day, so obviously we weren’t going to let that go unused.)
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The Langham is also centrally situated among the other high-rises in River North. Staying along the riverfront made sense for Mom and me. We were only there for a little over 48 hours and had planned on going full-out tourist, which we are not ashamed to admit. I’d really love to go back with SVV and spend more time there visiting some of the neighborhoods outside of the Loop, as well as diving into Chicago’s robust mural scene. When we do that, I imagine we’ll rent an Airbnb in Logan Square or maybe Lincoln Park, where there are plenty of options for less than $200 a night.
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Doing the Tourist Thing
Even though, it was on the cusp of winter, we set out by foot to see some of River North before veering over to Michigan Avenue where Mom wanted to get a little early Christmas shopping in. On my list was the famed flamingo mural that takes up residence on the front of Flamingo Rum Club, which conveniently was only a few blocks from us.
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The Chicago tourism office gave us a CityPASS that allowed us admission to certain attractions, and while the iconic Skydeck in the former Sears Tower (now the Willis Tower) was on there, I knew there was no way I’d get my mom to go to the top of that with her severe acrophobia. So I tricked her and took her to 360 CHICAGO at the top of the John Hancock building instead, which was only slightly less terrifying (to her; I’m fine with heights).
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I’d read a bit about the Skydeck vs. 360 Chicago debate on my friend Amanda’s blog while trying to decide the best option for Mom and me and was prepared for a bit of a wait; she said it can take up to an hour in busy summer months. But we were in luck, being there on a chilly weekday in October, as not only was there no wait at all, but we had the elevator entirely to ourselves! The ride up is about 40 seconds, and for as scared as Mom is of heights, I’ve got a crippling fear of elevators and getting trapped in one (see: extremely claustrophobic), so the fact that we had it all too ourselves was pretty miraculous.
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Even if there had been a wait, however, the CityPASS offers you Express Entry, meaning you get to jump to the front of the line. That said, go in the shoulder season so you’re not bumping into tourists at the top. We never had to wait to take a photo as the crowds were nonexistent, and there was just a small sprinkling of people here and there.
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It was an overcast day by the time we got to the top, but that didn’t prohibit us from seeing far. I was proud of Mom for getting past her fears—even if she did spend most of the time not taking in the view, ha! Our Lyft driver had recommended we get a cocktail at the Signature Room on the 95th Floor, but we were seeing Hamilton that night and sadly didn’t have time. I think if you’re not planning on doing 360 CHICAGO, going to the Signature Room is probably a great way to get a similar view.
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Because we had exactly 48 hours in Chicago, we didn’t make it to the other attractions the pass offers, which includes Shedd Aquarium (priority entry), Skydeck Chicago (fast pass), Field Museum (VIP entry), and the Adler Planetarium (VIP entry) or Art Institute of Chicago (fast pass), but I’m planning a return in spring and intend to use those tickets then. For $106 an adult, this pass is a total steal, particularly when you factor in the priority access you get with it.
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And, of course, you can’t go to Chicago without stopping by Millennium Park. Not only is it a gorgeous display of greenery and seasonal foliage right in the heart of the city, but it also boasts one of Chicago’s most recognizable monuments, the Bean, as well as an art museum right in the heart of the park.
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The Bean’s real name is The Cloud Gate sculpture, and it was commissioned at the time of the park’s opening in 2004, designed by London-based artist Anish Kapoor. The way it bends and reflects instantly made it one of Chicago’s most photographed spots and a must-see for any tourist.
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The park also has a striking amphitheater that mimics its overall artsy feel. There’s a free jazz series, Millennium Park Summer Music Series, held here in summer months, which I imagine is a pretty fun time to chill in this awesome urban sanctuary.
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And, for all of you street art lovers, just a few blocks from the Bean is an original Kobra, my favorite street artist out of Brazil, who painted Muddy Waters two years ago at 17 N. State St. as part of the Wabash Arts Corridor project.
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Exploring Chicago’s Architecture Scene
On my last trip to Chicago five years ago, I did an architecture tour by foot with the Travel Mindset team. But one thing every last friend I’ve ever known who’s gone to Chicago—architects included—has told me to do is an architecture tour by boat aboard the First Lady. And I’m nothing if not an attentive pupil.
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Chicago’s First Lady Cruises partners with the Chicago Architecture Center for this guided trip up the river and back in time. All tours leave from the Chicago Riverwalk at Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive, and purchasing tickets online in advance is advisable as they often sell out in peak tourist months.
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You don’t have to be knowledgable about architecture to enjoy this tour; it’s informative and laced with history about Chicago’s past, though I particularly enjoyed the Art Deco-period and wacky MCM buildings we saw lining parts of the riverfront.
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The tour lasts roughly 90 minutes, and as it was chilly at best the day we were out on the water, by the end of it, Mom and I had cozied up in the enclosed interior on the bottom level to sip hot chocolate and warm our numb hands as we ended our loop of the river.
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Note: Tours are only given from late-March through late-October due to Chicago’s weather conditions, so you’ll have to wait until spring for the next season to open.
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Getting Out of the Loop
On our final day in town, our flight out wasn’t until 9:30pm so we had the entire morning and afternoon ahead of us and high-tailed it out to Logan Square. The purpose was two-fold: to see some cool murals and catch up with my friend John.
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We took a Lyft out there, then the L back later in the afternoon. Let’s just say taking the L (aka Chicago’s metro) was a much more enjoyable experience—and far quicker at that—so if you’re near a station, don’t be afraid to hop on the train. The traffic is just too dense and the cabs too jerky for my sensitive stomach’s liking.
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Logan Square is along the train line, and as such, there was plenty of public art to be had; graffiti artists were the original muralists and love painting trains and beneath tracks. I always try and see the Greetings Tour postcard murals anytime I’m passing through a participating city, but after waiting 20 minutes—then looping back later with the same corporate group still hogging the space—Mom and I had to pass on our selfie.
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Luckily, on our walk from there to Revolution Brewing Co., there was plenty of art—some graffiti, other murals—to be found.
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At Revolution Brewing, we met up with John, who was not only my former coworker but also my co-columnist when we wrote a he-said, she-said style dating column. That’s right folks: Yours truly dished out dating advice to UT’s campus-at-large. It’s funny because many (read: 14 years later), I still sometimes get recognized from those days by fellow Vols who were in Knoxville at the same time as me!
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Back to the point, though. I saw on social media a few months ago that John had switched jobs from working as a writer for a dermatology association to manning communications for Revolution Brewing. I’d say, he’s in a gig much better-suited for him being the beard-sporting, beer-loving dude that he is. We met up with him at Revolution’s original taproom, the brewpub on Logan Square, where I sampled several sours and Mom ordered—wait for it—a vodka sunrise. At the perplexed look of the bartender, she said, “you know, a tequila sunrise … but with vodka instead.” He did as she said, and I laughed but John pointed out that they have a full bar for people like her who aren’t beer drinkers (*shrugs*).
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Before we left, John gave us a tour of the behind-the-scenes of the original location. Revolution is one of the 50 biggest craft breweries in the nation, and so the bulk of their production has moved a mile-and-a-half away to North Kedzie Avenue, where there’s also a taproom, but we wanted the full lunch experience, so I also ordered a grilled cheese with short rib, and it did not suck. I’d go back for Revolution’s food and its beer any ol’ day.
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After a couple pints for John and me—Mom stuck to her single vodka sunrise, it being 11am on a Thursday and all—John took us on a tour of the neighborhood. There was even more street art than we originally saw, smaller installations side-by-side all throughout the arteries that deviated from North Milwaukee Avenue.
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Eating Deep-Dish Pizza
I know, I know, this is something locals would never think of doing as it’s a tourist thing. But guess what? We’re tourists! We had no shame gluttonously digging into a deep-dish pie, then putting on our fat pants and having a night in at the hotel. We initially attempted dinner at the River North location of Gino’s, but they were closed for a private event, so we wound up at Lou Manalti’s instead, and it was great. We ordered a pitcher of sangria, which just meant we were in bed by 8:30pm, ha. Had we wanted to brave rush-hour traffic, we would have gone to Pequod’s Pizza, which industry friends tell me has the actual best deep-dish pizza in Chicago. Ah well, next time!
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Sipping Cocktails at the Chicago Athletic Association
My trendy Nashville friends directed me to Cindy’s Rooftop at Chicago Athletic Association Hotel, where we went pre-Hamilton—it’s the perfect place to go before the show given it’s just a five-minute walk, but heed my advice and make a reservation—then wouldn’t you know, we ran into my dear college friend Glenn, who nabbed the seat next to us on the rooftop having no idea it was me. What are the odds? I knew we were in the right place if a local took his colleague there. I also did manage to (finally!) surprise Mom when one of her dear friends Michelle, who moved to Pennsylvania a couple years ago, messaged me that she was now working in Chicago and wanted to meet us for a drink.
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On your way back down from Cindy’s, definitely stop and take in the beauty of the lower floors of Chicago Athletic Association Hotel and all its nooks and crannies.
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We also went to Three Dots and a Dash the following night with Glenn and sipped on some fun tiki-style cocktails, each of which was served in appropriate barware. I loved this subterranean bar with a speakeasy feel to it; you access it from a alley between blocks that’s lit by tiki torches. I’d also recommend making a reservation, as we were kicked out of our table after an hour and banished to the bar because every table was spoken for (on a Thursday night in late fall, too … go figure!).
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And the Main Attraction: Hamilton!
There’s nothing I can possibly add to the commentary of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s game-changing, hip-hop-driven musical that hasn’t already been said, so I’ll just leave it at this: Even if you think you don’t like musicals (AHEM, SVV), you will like Hamilton. It’s fast-paced, it’s fun, it’s emotional, it’s entertaining, it’s educational—I could go on. My only criticism of the cast was that none of the female roles (i.e. the Schuyler sisters) were particularly compelling. The men, however—shoutout, Thomas Jefferson and King George—were phenomenal; some of the funniest performances I’ve seen in my 25 years of Broadway-going.
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When I purchased tickets, we could have gotten up as close as the fourth row, but while a musical enthusiast I am, I’m also the daughter of a CPA and I just couldn’t stomach spending $500+ a ticket. Luckily, starting around row Q on the orchestra level, the price dropped significantly to $182 a ticket before fees. We sat in Orchestra C, Row U, at the very end by the aisle. And sure, it would be been nice to be a few more rows closer to the stage, but all in all, I was perfectly happy with our seats. It’s not a huge theater after all. And for those of you thinking $200 a ticket is still highway robbery, there are plenty of seats with obstructed views that cost $72 if you’re willing to make that sacrifice.
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I will echo what other people have said and that’s: Go see Hamilton and just sit back and enjoy your inaugural experience, knowing you’re going to miss half of it as the lyrics just move so fast. Then plan a second viewing if you can swing it to actually pick up on all the nuances. That second time will fall this month for my mom and for me in 2020 when the national tour comes to Nashville!
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On the eating front, we had a long list of restaurants to get to—we did get to Beatrix and the Albert, both of which I highly recommend—but my mom eats like a bird and plus we were in a rush much of the trip, so didn’t adopt my normal five-meals-a-day schedule while traveling. Still, I compiled this Chicago restaurants list from foodie friends and social media followers, which is where SVV and I will start whenever we finally make it to the Windy City together:
Girl & the Goat
Stan’s Donuts
Pizano’s
Old Fashioned Donuts
Au Cheval
Dove’s Luncheonette
Bavette’s
Spacca Napoli
Aba
Giant
The Aviary
Fat Rice
Roister
Bad Hunter
Alinea
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What would you add to my Chicago to-do list for next time?
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THE SAME ANGELS WHO TRIED TO SCREW US ALSO LET US DO THIS, BUT THERE'S NO WAY ANYTHING SO SHORT AND WRITTEN IN SUCH AN INFORMAL STYLE COULD HAVE ANYTHING USEFUL TO SAY ABOUT SUCH AND SUCH TOPIC, WHEN PEOPLE WITH DEGREES IN THE SUBJECT HAVE ALREADY WRITTEN MANY THICK BOOKS ABOUT IT
But it's easy to figure this out: just take a shower. A to B, but it is the true test of a language is how small it makes your life a lot simpler.1 I think, McCarthy found his theoretical exercise transformed into an actual programming language—and a more subdued version for HN. Ideas 8 and 9 only became part of Lisp by accident, the frequency of helpful chance meetings in the Valley. They notice that people who write them win Nobel prizes. Customers will worry you're going to optimize a number, the one to discover its replacement. Often they have to work quite closely with them. Obviously they were smart, but they are much hungrier for deals.2
Even that threshold is getting lower, as people watch others take the plunge and survive. When they demo it, one of the big dogs will notice and take it away. My hypothesis is that succinctness is power, or is close enough that except in pathological examples, I thought succinctness could be considered identical with power.3 It may also be because if you do you'll blow your chances of an academic career.4 But he gave us a piece of paper saying they didn't own our software; and six months later we were bought by Yahoo for much more than they should for the amount of selling required in an industry is always inversely proportional to some prediction of its quality.5 Write rereadable code. Half the distinguishing qualities of the eminent become scheduled, and that's one of the two numbers? A term sheet is a summary of what the solution turns out to be responsible for both Lisp's strange appearance and its most distinctive features. By accepting the term sheet, the startup agrees to turn away other VCs for some set amount of time while this firm does the due diligence required for the deal to close, so we are now three months into the life of a hypothetical startup.6 What you should not do, I enjoy it. VC firm will not screw you too outrageously, because other founders would avoid them if word got out.
So one way to do it for less than a million per startup. If you really think you have a number of VCs now, and when you resort to that the results are distinctly inferior. I mean, in 1958, and popular programming languages are pretty much equivalent. Within large organizations, it can take days to really understand it again when you return to it. They don't really grasp the risk they're taking till the deal's about to close.7 Hacker News. The angel deal takes two weeks to close, so we try to standardize everything.8 Like a contrarian investment fund, someone following this strategy will almost always be doing things that seem wrong to the average person today.9
They buy a lot of good publicity for the VCs.10 It's getting more straightforward to get things done. A few steps before a Rubik's Cube is solved, it still looks like a mess.11 You can't answer that; if you want to work on, so long as no one can prove it's his fault. Perhaps it's because startups are less of a zero sum game than most types of business; they are rarely killed by competitors. They've invested in dozens of startups, elite universities will play less of a zero sum game.12 So I asked them, what do you do that, but probably hurts. And yet he seems pretty commanding, doesn't he?13 The problems are different in the early stages.14 It might be hard to get them out.
It's the second that matters. Maybe things will be different a year from now, if the economy continues to get worse, but so far there is zero slackening of interest among potential founders that startups were over, and discipline is no longer necessary.15 Plenty of good engineers got made into bad managers that way. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to deal with in a startup, managing them is one of the founders, and one that most people won't even try. Even that threshold is getting lower, as people generally do with admissions of failure, they put it off for as long as possible.16 Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, says the Old Testament in political questions, but materially the world now has a lot more than money. You're at least close enough to work that the smell of it makes you hungry. This territory is occupied mostly by individual angel investors—people investing money they made from their own startups.
That gave me a way to generate ideas for startups: what do people who inherit money, and much larger amounts of it. But not as small as they might seem. And in the process keep your mind open enough that a big idea to appear in the mainstream. According to the National Association of Business Incubators, there are about 800 incubators in the US now, only about 50 are likely to pay you for, then what else are they for, and how much funnier a bunch of kids with webcams can be than a front page controlled by editors, and how much stock they each have.17 Curiosity turns work into play. At first they're always dismissed as being unsuitable for real work. You can do it on that computer.18 For outsiders this translates into two ways to win.19 It's more likely to pretend to like what you do.
The fact that all these languages are Turing-equivalent means that, strictly speaking, you can fix it yourself. Work toward finding one.20 But I don't think that's a bias of mine. Sometimes jumping from one sort of work: if you're in a startup can stay in grad school, or to speak a foreign language fluently, that will be enough to guarantee that you'd always be behind. You have to be shaped by admissions officers. If you do this on too small a scale you'll just guarantee failure. And you can start today. And that's kind of exciting, when you go from net consumer to net producer. And people's desires seem to be on the path to some goal you're supposed to be working on. You may beat the insiders, and yet he knows what language you should write it in.21 This weakness often extends right up to the CEO. A lot of ancient philosophy had the quality—and I don't mean to suggest that our investors were nothing but a drag on us.
The first component is particularly helpful in the first Java white paper that Java was designed to fix some problems with C. What seemed like an anomaly to them was in fact cause and effect.22 For the same reason Google and Facebook have remained independent: money guys undervalue the most innovative startups. Every programmer must have seen code that some clever person has made marginally shorter by using dubious programming tricks. And that's what the malaise one feels in high school I used to want to do a really good job on anything you don't think about in the shower.23 My only leisure activities were running, which I spent worrying about, but not design it. You won't have it driving you if your stated ambition is merely to start a rapidly growing business as software.24
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He had such a discovery. One professor friend says that the usual misquotation is closer to the company's PR people worked hard to mentally deal with them. The idea of getting too high a valuation cap at all.
Of course, that all metaphysics between Aristotle and 1783 had been a waste of time, is rated at-1.
FreeBSD 1.
When I talk about startups. The First Two Hundred Years. I put it this way that makes curators and dealers use neutral-sounding nonsense seems to have confused readers, though.
The rest exist to this talk, so that you can use to make a conscious effort to make money, you usually have to be a special title for actual partners. 5 million cap, but I realize I'm going to give up, how do they decide on the programmers had seen what GUIs had done for desktop computers.
It would have a competent startup lawyer handle the deal. When VCs asked us how long it would be improper to name names, while she likes getting attention in the Baskin-Robbins. One measure of the river among the bear gardens and whorehouses.
But then I realized the other hand, they mean. In practice the first person to person depending on their own interest. Watt reinvented the steam engine.
And they are bleeding cash really fast. I've also heard them called Mini-VCs and the 4K of RAM was in charge of HR at Lotus in the US is becoming less fragmented, and tax rates. Doh.
But I'm convinced there were no strong central governments.
And though they have a browser and get nothing. But there are certain qualities that help in that it also worked for a sufficiently identifiable style, you might be 20 or 30 times as much income. I couldn't believe it or not, don't make users register to read stories. University Ave in Palo Alto.
If anyone wants to see artifacts from it. Don't be fooled by grammar. What should you do. But wide-area bandwidth increased more than linearly with its size.
But it's a departure from the rest of the mail on LL1 led me to do with the founders'. This trend is one that had been climbing in through the buzz that surrounds wisdom in this, I had a contest to describe what's happening till they measure their returns. As he is at pains to point out that this isn't strictly true, it may have no way to avoid using it out of school. Some of the big winners are all that matters financially for investors.
Some of the word programmers care about. But it's useful to consider these two ideas separately. Realizing that much better to read stories.
I'm not saying that if you pack investor meetings with you, they'll have big bags of cumin for the average NBA player's salary during the Ming Dynasty, when we say it's ipso facto right to buy it.
P 500 CEOs in 2002 was 35,560. The conventional 1 in 10 success rate for startups, and the average Edwardian might well guess wrong. Cit. Yes, I use the local builders built everything in it.
At the time it was not drinking that kool-aid at the exact same thing—trying to decide whether to go the bathroom, and would probably a losing bet for a number here only to the erosion of the more powerful version written in C and C, and jobs encourage cooperation, not how much we really depend on Aristotle would be easy to imagine how an investor is more important for the correction. Founders at Work. The need has to grind.
They influence one another, it tends to happen fast, like play in a difficult position. Basically, the closest anyone has come is Secretary of Labor Statistics, about 28%.
In reality, wealth is measured by what you've done than where you go to a later Demo Day. One advantage startups have over you could probably starve the trolls of the word wealth, not you. But this is one that we wouldn't have the luxury of choosing among seed investors, is a lot, or at least on me; how can anything regressive be good employees either.
Success here is that promising ideas are not in 1950 something one could do as a monitor. In practice you can send your business plan to, but the churn is high, and since technological progress is accelerating, so much better than Jessica.
I was a sudden rush of interest, you can't tell you that if the similarity extended to returns.
Instead of making the broadest type of x. And startups that get killed by overspending might have to solve the problem, we don't have to decide whether you're a nerd, rather technical sense of getting too high a valuation.
And that is not just something the mainstream media needs to, but the problems all fall into a decent college. But although I started doing research for this is one of their name, but it is certainly part of your universities is significantly better than the don't-be-evil end. As far as I do in proper essays.
This was certainly true in the usual standards for truth. But there is something inexperienced founders. It doesn't happen often. If big companies to build their sites, and the first wave of hostile takeovers in the mid 1980s.
As usual the popular image is several decades behind reality. In practice their usefulness is greatly enhanced by other Lisp dialects: Here's an example of computer security, and that injustice is what the US since the war had been trained to expect the opposite way from the tube of their upbringing in their lifetimes.
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Escaping to Chicago for a Hamilton Weekend with My Mom
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Let’s talk about how my mom is impossible to surprise. I’m sure you know the type: always thinking of others, selfless to a fault, doesn’t worry about her own self-care, but needs a break—particularly after eight months of full-time childcare of my niece. So back in May, I posed an idea to my sister: Let’s take my mom on a surprise Hamilton weekend in Chicago.
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You see, around that time, my Nashville friends were flocking to Chicago in droves. Not only is it cheap and easy to get there (thanks, Southwest!), but the opening of Hamilton at Chicago’s CBIC Theatre meant that suddenly tickets were available to the masses. And not at the $1000 price tag you see in New York, but at the much more reasonable price of $200 a seat, which may not sound like a bargain but is what you typically pay to see a Broadway show.
So I started doing my research and realized I could get tickets for pretty much any show in September or October that I wanted. Only, my sister wouldn’t be joining us (see: she’d have no childcare with my mom away), so I did my due diligence and booked our flights for when airfare was lowest and hotels were astronomically expensive (doh). All that was left to do was wait and surprise her on her birthday in October.
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Only, as previously stated, my mom is impossible to surprise. We’ve had season tickets to Nashville’s traveling Broadway tour series for more than 20 years and were at the very disappointing follow-up to The Phantom of the Opera back in June when the friends seated next to us told Mom all about their recent trip to Chicago to see Hamilton.
“Oh, I can’t wait!” Mom, who already knew every word of the soundtrack by heart, said. “I’m going in just a few weeks!”
To which point I did a double-take, jerked around and screamed “WHAT!” (Luckily, it was during intermission.)
“Oh yeah,” she said. “I bought tickets for July.”
To which I said, “a) with whom? and b) WHEN WERE YOU GOING TO TELL ME?”
Nonchalantly, “oh, I thought I’d take you,” she responded. So then I had to spoil the plan.
Moms, man. IMPOSSIBLE TO SURPRISE.
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Nevertheless, it all worked out, just not in the way I hoped. She canceled her July trip and we went together in October as I had originally planned. And she’s going again next week with friends, so really she didn’t miss out. I mean, Hamilton three times in six months would be a bit much, but two is totally manageable (I kid, I kid … and am super jealous!)

Where to Stay in Chicago
On this particular trip, I cashed in some coveted hotel rewards points to stay at the Langham Chicago. One thing I learned very quickly when searching hotels in Chicago is that they aren’t cheap—not by a long shot. A three-star hotel was $300 a night, and the rooms were tiny. So when I saw I could use points for a room at the five-star Langham for not a lot more per night (around $100 with taxes and fees)—and get a room that was 600 square feet in size—I bit the bullet and did just that.
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Our stay at the Langham surpassed expectations. We had phenomenal service from the bellhop who welcomed us at the front entrance, then called up to check-in so they knew we were coming and greeted us by name, to the server who delivered the room service we took full advantage of. (Somehow, the hotel “package” I booked came with $40 F&B credit a day, so obviously we weren’t going to let that go unused.)
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The Langham is also centrally situated among the other high-rises in River North. Staying along the riverfront made sense for Mom and me. We were only there for a little over 48 hours and had planned on going full-out tourist, which we are not ashamed to admit. I’d really love to go back with SVV and spend more time there visiting some of the neighborhoods outside of the Loop, as well as diving into Chicago’s robust mural scene. When we do that, I imagine we’ll rent an Airbnb in Logan Square or maybe Lincoln Park, where there are plenty of options for less than $200 a night.
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Doing the Tourist Thing
Even though, it was on the cusp of winter, we set out by foot to see some of River North before veering over to Michigan Avenue where Mom wanted to get a little early Christmas shopping in. On my list was the famed flamingo mural that takes up residence on the front of Flamingo Rum Club, which conveniently was only a few blocks from us.
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The Chicago tourism office gave us a CityPASS that allowed us admission to certain attractions, and while the iconic Skydeck in the former Sears Tower (now the Willis Tower) was on there, I knew there was no way I’d get my mom to go to the top of that with her severe acrophobia. So I tricked her and took her to 360 CHICAGO at the top of the John Hancock building instead, which was only slightly less terrifying (to her; I’m fine with heights).
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I’d read a bit about the Skydeck vs. 360 Chicago debate on my friend Amanda’s blog while trying to decide the best option for Mom and me and was prepared for a bit of a wait; she said it can take up to an hour in busy summer months. But we were in luck, being there on a chilly weekday in October, as not only was there no wait at all, but we had the elevator entirely to ourselves! The ride up is about 40 seconds, and for as scared as Mom is of heights, I’ve got a crippling fear of elevators and getting trapped in one (see: extremely claustrophobic), so the fact that we had it all to ourselves was pretty miraculous.
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Even if there had been a wait, however, the CityPASS offers you Express Entry, meaning you get to jump to the front of the line. That said, go in the shoulder season so you’re not bumping into tourists at the top. We never had to wait to take a photo as the crowds were nonexistent, and there was just a small sprinkling of people here and there.
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It was an overcast day by the time we got to the top, but that didn’t prohibit us from seeing far. I was proud of Mom for getting past her fears—even if she did spend most of the time not taking in the view, ha! Our Lyft driver had recommended we get a cocktail at the Signature Room on the 95th Floor, but we were seeing Hamilton that night and sadly didn’t have time. I think if you’re not planning on doing 360 CHICAGO, going to the Signature Room is probably a great way to get a similar view.
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Because we had exactly 48 hours in Chicago, we didn’t make it to the other attractions the pass offers, which includes Shedd Aquarium (priority entry), Skydeck Chicago (fast pass), Field Museum (VIP entry), and the Adler Planetarium (VIP entry) or Art Institute of Chicago (fast pass), but I’m planning a return in spring and intend to get another CityPASS then (each one expires nine days from first using it). For $106 an adult, this pass is a total steal, particularly when you factor in the priority access you get with it.
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And, of course, you can’t go to Chicago without stopping by Millennium Park. Not only is it a gorgeous display of greenery and seasonal foliage right in the heart of the city, but it also boasts one of Chicago’s most recognizable monuments, the Bean, as well as an art museum right in the heart of the park.
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The Bean’s real name is The Cloud Gate sculpture, and it was commissioned at the time of the park’s opening in 2004, designed by London-based artist Anish Kapoor. The way it bends and reflects instantly made it one of Chicago’s most photographed spots and a must-see for any tourist.
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The park also has a striking amphitheater that mimics its overall artsy feel. There’s a free jazz series, Millennium Park Summer Music Series, held here in summer months, which I imagine is a pretty fun time to chill in this awesome urban sanctuary.
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And, for all of you street art lovers, just a few blocks from the Bean is an original Kobra, my favorite street artist out of Brazil, who painted Muddy Waters two years ago at 17 N. State St. as part of the Wabash Arts Corridor project.
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Exploring Chicago’s Architecture Scene
On my last trip to Chicago five years ago, I did an architecture tour by foot with the Travel Mindset team. But one thing every last friend I’ve ever known who’s gone to Chicago—architects included—has told me to do is an architecture tour by boat aboard the First Lady. And I’m nothing if not an attentive pupil.
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Chicago’s First Lady Cruises partners with the Chicago Architecture Center for this guided trip up the river and back in time. All tours leave from the Chicago Riverwalk at Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive, and purchasing tickets online in advance is advisable as they often sell out in peak tourist months.
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You don’t have to be knowledgable about architecture to enjoy this tour; it’s informative and laced with history about Chicago’s past, though I particularly enjoyed the Art Deco-period and wacky MCM buildings we saw lining parts of the riverfront.
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The tour lasts roughly 90 minutes, and as it was chilly at best the day we were out on the water, by the end of it, Mom and I had cozied up in the enclosed interior on the bottom level to sip hot chocolate and warm our numb hands as we ended our loop of the river.
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Note: Tours are only given from late-March through late-October due to Chicago’s weather conditions, so you’ll have to wait until spring for the next season to open.
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Getting Out of the Loop
On our final day in town, our flight out wasn’t until 9:30pm so we had the entire morning and afternoon ahead of us and high-tailed it out to Logan Square. The purpose was two-fold: to see some cool murals and catch up with my friend John.
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We took a Lyft out there, then the L back later in the afternoon. Let’s just say taking the L (aka Chicago’s metro) was a much more enjoyable experience—and far quicker at that—so if you’re near a station, don’t be afraid to hop on the train. The traffic is just too dense and the cabs too jerky for my sensitive stomach’s liking.
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Logan Square is along the train line, and as such, there was plenty of public art to be had; graffiti artists were the original muralists and love painting trains and beneath tracks. I always try and see the Greetings Tour postcard murals anytime I’m passing through a participating city, but after waiting 20 minutes—then looping back later with the same corporate group still hogging the space—Mom and I had to pass on our selfie.
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Luckily, on our walk from there to Revolution Brewing Co., there was plenty of art—some graffiti, other murals—to be found.
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At Revolution Brewing, we met up with John, who was not only my former coworker but also my co-columnist when we wrote a he-said, she-said style dating column. That’s right folks: Yours truly dished out dating advice to UT’s campus-at-large. It’s funny because many (read: 14 years later), I still sometimes get recognized from those days by fellow Vols who were in Knoxville at the same time as me!
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Back to the point, though. I saw on social media a few months ago that John had switched jobs from working as a writer for a dermatology association to manning communications for Revolution Brewing. I’d say, he’s in a gig much better-suited for him being the beard-sporting, beer-loving dude that he is. We met up with him at Revolution’s original taproom, the brewpub on Logan Square, where I sampled several sours and Mom ordered—wait for it—a vodka sunrise. At the perplexed look of the bartender, she said, “you know, a tequila sunrise … but with vodka instead.” He did as she said, and I laughed but John pointed out that they have a full bar for people like her who aren’t beer drinkers (*shrugs*).
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Before we left, John gave us a tour of the behind-the-scenes of the original location. Revolution is one of the 50 biggest craft breweries in the nation, and so the bulk of their production has moved a mile-and-a-half away to North Kedzie Avenue, where there’s also a taproom, but we wanted the full lunch experience, so I also ordered a grilled cheese with short rib, and it did not suck. I’d go back for Revolution’s food and its beer any ol’ day.
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After a couple pints for John and me—Mom stuck to her single vodka sunrise, it being 11am on a Thursday and all—John took us on a tour of the neighborhood. There was even more street art than we originally saw, smaller installations side-by-side all throughout the arteries that deviated from North Milwaukee Avenue.
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Eating Deep-Dish Pizza
I know, I know, this is something locals would never think of doing as it’s a tourist thing. But guess what? We’re tourists! We had no shame gluttonously digging into a deep-dish pie, then putting on our fat pants and having a night in at the hotel. We initially attempted dinner at the River North location of Gino’s, but they were closed for a private event, so we wound up at Lou Manalti’s instead, and it was great. We ordered a pitcher of sangria, which just meant we were in bed by 8:30pm, ha. Had we wanted to brave rush-hour traffic, we would have gone to Pequod’s Pizza, which industry friends tell me has the actual best deep-dish pizza in Chicago. Ah well, next time!
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Sipping Cocktails at the Chicago Athletic Association
My trendy Nashville friends directed me to Cindy’s Rooftop at Chicago Athletic Association Hotel, where we went pre-Hamilton—it’s the perfect place to go before the show given it’s just a five-minute walk, but heed my advice and make a reservation—then wouldn’t you know, we ran into my dear college friend Glenn, who nabbed the seat next to us on the rooftop having no idea it was me. What are the odds? I knew we were in the right place if a local took his colleague there. I also did manage to (finally!) surprise Mom when one of her dear friends Michelle, who moved to Pennsylvania a couple years ago, messaged me that she was now working in Chicago and wanted to meet us for a drink.
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On your way back down from Cindy’s, definitely stop and take in the beauty of the lower floors of Chicago Athletic Association Hotel and all its nooks and crannies.
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We also went to Three Dots and a Dash the following night with Glenn and sipped on some fun tiki-style cocktails, each of which was served in appropriate barware. I loved this subterranean bar with a speakeasy feel to it; you access it from a alley between blocks that’s lit by tiki torches. I’d also recommend making a reservation, as we were kicked out of our table after an hour and banished to the bar because every table was spoken for (on a Thursday night in late fall, too … go figure!).
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And the Main Attraction: Hamilton!
There’s nothing I can possibly add to the commentary of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s game-changing, hip-hop-driven musical that hasn’t already been said, so I’ll just leave it at this: Even if you think you don’t like musicals (AHEM, SVV), you will like Hamilton. It’s fast-paced, it’s fun, it’s emotional, it’s entertaining, it’s educational—I could go on. My only criticism of the cast was that none of the female roles (i.e. the Schuyler sisters) were particularly compelling. The men, however—shoutout, Thomas Jefferson and King George—were phenomenal; some of the funniest performances I’ve seen in my 25 years of Broadway-going.
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When I purchased tickets, we could have gotten up as close as the fourth row, but while a musical enthusiast I am, I’m also the daughter of a CPA and I just couldn’t stomach spending $500+ a ticket. Luckily, starting around row Q on the orchestra level, the price dropped significantly to $182 a ticket before fees. We sat in Orchestra C, Row U, at the very end by the aisle. And sure, it would be been nice to be a few more rows closer to the stage, but all in all, I was perfectly happy with our seats. It’s not a huge theater after all. And for those of you thinking $200 a ticket is still highway robbery, there are plenty of seats with obstructed views that cost $72 if you’re willing to make that sacrifice.
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I will echo what other people have said and that’s: Go see Hamilton and just sit back and enjoy your inaugural experience, knowing you’re going to miss half of it as the lyrics just move so fast. Then plan a second viewing if you can swing it to actually pick up on all the nuances. That second time will fall this month for my mom and for me in 2020 when the national tour comes to Nashville!
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On the eating front, we had a long list of restaurants to get to—we did get to Beatrix and the Albert, both of which I highly recommend—but my mom eats like a bird and plus we were in a rush much of the trip, so didn’t adopt my normal five-meals-a-day schedule while traveling. Still, I compiled this Chicago restaurants list from foodie friends and social media followers, which is where SVV and I will start whenever we finally make it to the Windy City together:
Girl & the Goat
Stan’s Donuts
Pizano’s
Old Fashioned Donuts
Au Cheval
Dove’s Luncheonette
Bavette’s
Spacca Napoli
Aba
Giant
The Aviary
Fat Rice
Roister
Bad Hunter
Alinea
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What would you add to my Chicago to-do list for next time?
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Escaping to Chicago for a Hamilton Weekend with My Mom
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Let’s talk about how my mom is impossible to surprise. I’m sure you know the type: always thinking of others, selfless to a fault, doesn’t worry about her own self-care, but needs a break—particularly after eight months of full-time childcare of my niece. So back in May, I posed an idea to my sister: Let’s take my mom on a surprise Hamilton weekend in Chicago.
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You see, around that time, my Nashville friends were flocking to Chicago in droves. Not only is it cheap and easy to get there (thanks, Southwest!), but the opening of Hamilton at Chicago’s CBIC Theatre meant that suddenly tickets were available to the masses. And not at the $1000 price tag you see in New York, but at the much more reasonable price of $200 a seat, which may not sound like a bargain but is what you typically pay to see a Broadway show.
So I started doing my research and realized I could get tickets for pretty much any show in September or October that I wanted. Only, my sister wouldn’t be joining us (see: she’d have no childcare with my mom away), so I did my due diligence and booked our flights for when airfare was lowest and hotels were astronomically expensive (doh). All that was left to do was wait and surprise her on her birthday in October.
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Only, as previously stated, my mom is impossible to surprise. We’ve had season tickets to Nashville’s traveling Broadway tour series for more than 20 years and were at the very disappointing follow-up to The Phantom of the Opera back in June when the friends seated next to us told Mom all about their recent trip to Chicago to see Hamilton.
“Oh, I can’t wait!” Mom, who already knew every word of the soundtrack by heart, said. “I’m going in just a few weeks!”
To which point I did a double-take, jerked around and screamed “WHAT!” (Luckily, it was during intermission.)
“Oh yeah,” she said. “I bought tickets for July.”
To which I said, “a) with whom? and b) WHEN WERE YOU GOING TO TELL ME?”
Nonchalantly, “oh, I thought I’d take you,” she responded. So then I had to spoil the plan.
Moms, man. IMPOSSIBLE TO SURPRISE.
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Nevertheless, it all worked out, just not in the way I hoped. She canceled her July trip and we went together in October as I had originally planned. And she’s going again next week with friends, so really she didn’t miss out. I mean, Hamilton three times in six months would be a bit much, but two is totally manageable (I kid, I kid … and am super jealous!)

Where to Stay in Chicago
On this particular trip, I cashed in some coveted hotel rewards points to stay at the Langham Chicago. One thing I learned very quickly when searching hotels in Chicago is that they aren’t cheap—not by a long shot. A three-star hotel was $300 a night, and the rooms were tiny. So when I saw I could use points for a room at the five-star Langham for not a lot more per night (around $100 with taxes and fees)—and get a room that was 600 square feet in size—I bit the bullet and did just that.
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Our stay at the Langham surpassed expectations. We had phenomenal service from the bellhop who welcomed us at the front entrance, then called up to check-in so they knew we were coming and greeted us by name, to the server who delivered the room service we took full advantage of. (Somehow, the hotel “package” I booked came with $40 F&B credit a day, so obviously we weren’t going to let that go unused.)
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The Langham is also centrally situated among the other high-rises in River North. Staying along the riverfront made sense for Mom and me. We were only there for a little over 48 hours and had planned on going full-out tourist, which we are not ashamed to admit. I’d really love to go back with SVV and spend more time there visiting some of the neighborhoods outside of the Loop, as well as diving into Chicago’s robust mural scene. When we do that, I imagine we’ll rent an Airbnb in Logan Square or maybe Lincoln Park, where there are plenty of options for less than $200 a night.
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Doing the Tourist Thing
Even though, it was on the cusp of winter, we set out by foot to see some of River North before veering over to Michigan Avenue where Mom wanted to get a little early Christmas shopping in. On my list was the famed flamingo mural that takes up residence on the front of Flamingo Rum Club, which conveniently was only a few blocks from us.
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The Chicago tourism office gave us a CityPASS that allowed us admission to certain attractions, and while the iconic Skydeck in the former Sears Tower (now the Willis Tower) was on there, I knew there was no way I’d get my mom to go to the top of that with her severe acrophobia. So I tricked her and took her to 360 CHICAGO at the top of the John Hancock building instead, which was only slightly less terrifying (to her; I’m fine with heights).
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I’d read a bit about the Skydeck vs. 360 Chicago debate on my friend Amanda’s blog while trying to decide the best option for Mom and me and was prepared for a bit of a wait; she said it can take up to an hour in busy summer months. But we were in luck, being there on a chilly weekday in October, as not only was there no wait at all, but we had the elevator entirely to ourselves! The ride up is about 40 seconds, and for as scared as Mom is of heights, I’ve got a crippling fear of elevators and getting trapped in one (see: extremely claustrophobic), so the fact that we had it all to ourselves was pretty miraculous.
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Even if there had been a wait, however, the CityPASS offers you Express Entry, meaning you get to jump to the front of the line. That said, go in the shoulder season so you’re not bumping into tourists at the top. We never had to wait to take a photo as the crowds were nonexistent, and there was just a small sprinkling of people here and there.
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It was an overcast day by the time we got to the top, but that didn’t prohibit us from seeing far. I was proud of Mom for getting past her fears—even if she did spend most of the time not taking in the view, ha! Our Lyft driver had recommended we get a cocktail at the Signature Room on the 95th Floor, but we were seeing Hamilton that night and sadly didn’t have time. I think if you’re not planning on doing 360 CHICAGO, going to the Signature Room is probably a great way to get a similar view.
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Because we had exactly 48 hours in Chicago, we didn’t make it to the other attractions the pass offers, which includes Shedd Aquarium (priority entry), Skydeck Chicago (fast pass), Field Museum (VIP entry), and the Adler Planetarium (VIP entry) or Art Institute of Chicago (fast pass), but I’m planning a return in spring and intend to get another CityPASS then (each one expires nine days from first using it). For $106 an adult, this pass is a total steal, particularly when you factor in the priority access you get with it.
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And, of course, you can’t go to Chicago without stopping by Millennium Park. Not only is it a gorgeous display of greenery and seasonal foliage right in the heart of the city, but it also boasts one of Chicago’s most recognizable monuments, the Bean, as well as an art museum right in the heart of the park.
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The Bean’s real name is The Cloud Gate sculpture, and it was commissioned at the time of the park’s opening in 2004, designed by London-based artist Anish Kapoor. The way it bends and reflects instantly made it one of Chicago’s most photographed spots and a must-see for any tourist.
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The park also has a striking amphitheater that mimics its overall artsy feel. There’s a free jazz series, Millennium Park Summer Music Series, held here in summer months, which I imagine is a pretty fun time to chill in this awesome urban sanctuary.
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And, for all of you street art lovers, just a few blocks from the Bean is an original Kobra, my favorite street artist out of Brazil, who painted Muddy Waters two years ago at 17 N. State St. as part of the Wabash Arts Corridor project.
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Exploring Chicago’s Architecture Scene
On my last trip to Chicago five years ago, I did an architecture tour by foot with the Travel Mindset team. But one thing every last friend I’ve ever known who’s gone to Chicago—architects included—has told me to do is an architecture tour by boat aboard the First Lady. And I’m nothing if not an attentive pupil.
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Chicago’s First Lady Cruises partners with the Chicago Architecture Center for this guided trip up the river and back in time. All tours leave from the Chicago Riverwalk at Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive, and purchasing tickets online in advance is advisable as they often sell out in peak tourist months.
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You don’t have to be knowledgable about architecture to enjoy this tour; it’s informative and laced with history about Chicago’s past, though I particularly enjoyed the Art Deco-period and wacky MCM buildings we saw lining parts of the riverfront.
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The tour lasts roughly 90 minutes, and as it was chilly at best the day we were out on the water, by the end of it, Mom and I had cozied up in the enclosed interior on the bottom level to sip hot chocolate and warm our numb hands as we ended our loop of the river.
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Note: Tours are only given from late-March through late-October due to Chicago’s weather conditions, so you’ll have to wait until spring for the next season to open.
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Getting Out of the Loop
On our final day in town, our flight out wasn’t until 9:30pm so we had the entire morning and afternoon ahead of us and high-tailed it out to Logan Square. The purpose was two-fold: to see some cool murals and catch up with my friend John.
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We took a Lyft out there, then the L back later in the afternoon. Let’s just say taking the L (aka Chicago’s metro) was a much more enjoyable experience—and far quicker at that—so if you’re near a station, don’t be afraid to hop on the train. The traffic is just too dense and the cabs too jerky for my sensitive stomach’s liking.
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Logan Square is along the train line, and as such, there was plenty of public art to be had; graffiti artists were the original muralists and love painting trains and beneath tracks. I always try and see the Greetings Tour postcard murals anytime I’m passing through a participating city, but after waiting 20 minutes—then looping back later with the same corporate group still hogging the space—Mom and I had to pass on our selfie.
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Luckily, on our walk from there to Revolution Brewing Co., there was plenty of art—some graffiti, other murals—to be found.
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At Revolution Brewing, we met up with John, who was not only my former coworker but also my co-columnist when we wrote a he-said, she-said style dating column. That’s right folks: Yours truly dished out dating advice to UT’s campus-at-large. It’s funny because many (read: 14 years later), I still sometimes get recognized from those days by fellow Vols who were in Knoxville at the same time as me!
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Back to the point, though. I saw on social media a few months ago that John had switched jobs from working as a writer for a dermatology association to manning communications for Revolution Brewing. I’d say, he’s in a gig much better-suited for him being the beard-sporting, beer-loving dude that he is. We met up with him at Revolution’s original taproom, the brewpub on Logan Square, where I sampled several sours and Mom ordered—wait for it—a vodka sunrise. At the perplexed look of the bartender, she said, “you know, a tequila sunrise … but with vodka instead.” He did as she said, and I laughed but John pointed out that they have a full bar for people like her who aren’t beer drinkers (*shrugs*).
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Before we left, John gave us a tour of the behind-the-scenes of the original location. Revolution is one of the 50 biggest craft breweries in the nation, and so the bulk of their production has moved a mile-and-a-half away to North Kedzie Avenue, where there’s also a taproom, but we wanted the full lunch experience, so I also ordered a grilled cheese with short rib, and it did not suck. I’d go back for Revolution’s food and its beer any ol’ day.
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After a couple pints for John and me—Mom stuck to her single vodka sunrise, it being 11am on a Thursday and all—John took us on a tour of the neighborhood. There was even more street art than we originally saw, smaller installations side-by-side all throughout the arteries that deviated from North Milwaukee Avenue.
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Eating Deep-Dish Pizza
I know, I know, this is something locals would never think of doing as it’s a tourist thing. But guess what? We’re tourists! We had no shame gluttonously digging into a deep-dish pie, then putting on our fat pants and having a night in at the hotel. We initially attempted dinner at the River North location of Gino’s, but they were closed for a private event, so we wound up at Lou Manalti’s instead, and it was great. We ordered a pitcher of sangria, which just meant we were in bed by 8:30pm, ha. Had we wanted to brave rush-hour traffic, we would have gone to Pequod’s Pizza, which industry friends tell me has the actual best deep-dish pizza in Chicago. Ah well, next time!
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Sipping Cocktails at the Chicago Athletic Association
My trendy Nashville friends directed me to Cindy’s Rooftop at Chicago Athletic Association Hotel, where we went pre-Hamilton—it’s the perfect place to go before the show given it’s just a five-minute walk, but heed my advice and make a reservation—then wouldn’t you know, we ran into my dear college friend Glenn, who nabbed the seat next to us on the rooftop having no idea it was me. What are the odds? I knew we were in the right place if a local took his colleague there. I also did manage to (finally!) surprise Mom when one of her dear friends Michelle, who moved to Pennsylvania a couple years ago, messaged me that she was now working in Chicago and wanted to meet us for a drink.
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On your way back down from Cindy’s, definitely stop and take in the beauty of the lower floors of Chicago Athletic Association Hotel and all its nooks and crannies.
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We also went to Three Dots and a Dash the following night with Glenn and sipped on some fun tiki-style cocktails, each of which was served in appropriate barware. I loved this subterranean bar with a speakeasy feel to it; you access it from a alley between blocks that’s lit by tiki torches. I’d also recommend making a reservation, as we were kicked out of our table after an hour and banished to the bar because every table was spoken for (on a Thursday night in late fall, too … go figure!).
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And the Main Attraction: Hamilton!
There’s nothing I can possibly add to the commentary of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s game-changing, hip-hop-driven musical that hasn’t already been said, so I’ll just leave it at this: Even if you think you don’t like musicals (AHEM, SVV), you will like Hamilton. It’s fast-paced, it’s fun, it’s emotional, it’s entertaining, it’s educational—I could go on. My only criticism of the cast was that none of the female roles (i.e. the Schuyler sisters) were particularly compelling. The men, however—shoutout, Thomas Jefferson and King George—were phenomenal; some of the funniest performances I’ve seen in my 25 years of Broadway-going.
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When I purchased tickets, we could have gotten up as close as the fourth row, but while a musical enthusiast I am, I’m also the daughter of a CPA and I just couldn’t stomach spending $500+ a ticket. Luckily, starting around row Q on the orchestra level, the price dropped significantly to $182 a ticket before fees. We sat in Orchestra C, Row U, at the very end by the aisle. And sure, it would be been nice to be a few more rows closer to the stage, but all in all, I was perfectly happy with our seats. It’s not a huge theater after all. And for those of you thinking $200 a ticket is still highway robbery, there are plenty of seats with obstructed views that cost $72 if you’re willing to make that sacrifice.
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I will echo what other people have said and that’s: Go see Hamilton and just sit back and enjoy your inaugural experience, knowing you’re going to miss half of it as the lyrics just move so fast. Then plan a second viewing if you can swing it to actually pick up on all the nuances. That second time will fall this month for my mom and for me in 2020 when the national tour comes to Nashville!
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On the eating front, we had a long list of restaurants to get to—we did get to Beatrix and the Albert, both of which I highly recommend—but my mom eats like a bird and plus we were in a rush much of the trip, so didn’t adopt my normal five-meals-a-day schedule while traveling. Still, I compiled this Chicago restaurants list from foodie friends and social media followers, which is where SVV and I will start whenever we finally make it to the Windy City together:
Girl & the Goat
Stan’s Donuts
Pizano’s
Old Fashioned Donuts
Au Cheval
Dove’s Luncheonette
Bavette’s
Spacca Napoli
Aba
Giant
The Aviary
Fat Rice
Roister
Bad Hunter
Alinea
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Escaping to Chicago for a Hamilton Weekend with My Mom
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Let’s talk about how my mom is impossible to surprise. I’m sure you know the type: always thinking of others, selfless to a fault, doesn’t worry about her own self-care, but needs a break—particularly after eight months of full-time childcare of my niece. So back in May, I posed an idea to my sister: Let’s take my mom on a surprise Hamilton weekend in Chicago.
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You see, around that time, my Nashville friends were flocking to Chicago in droves. Not only is it cheap and easy to get there (thanks, Southwest!), but the opening of Hamilton at Chicago’s CBIC Theatre meant that suddenly tickets were available to the masses. And not at the $1000 price tag you see in New York, but at the much more reasonable price of $200 a seat, which may not sound like a bargain but is what you typically pay to see a Broadway show.
So I started doing my research and realized I could get tickets for pretty much any show in September or October that I wanted. Only, my sister wouldn’t be joining us (see: she’d have no childcare with my mom away), so I did my due diligence and booked our flights for when airfare was lowest and hotels were astronomically expensive (doh). All that was left to do was wait and surprise her on her birthday in October.
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Only, as previously stated, my mom is impossible to surprise. We’ve had season tickets to Nashville’s traveling Broadway tour series for more than 20 years and were at the very disappointing follow-up to The Phantom of the Opera back in June when the friends seated next to us told Mom all about their recent trip to Chicago to see Hamilton.
“Oh, I can’t wait!” Mom, who already knew every word of the soundtrack by heart, said. “I’m going in just a few weeks!”
To which point I did a double-take, jerked around and screamed “WHAT!” (Luckily, it was during intermission.)
“Oh yeah,” she said. “I bought tickets for July.”
To which I said, “a) with whom? and b) WHEN WERE YOU GOING TO TELL ME?”
Nonchalantly, “oh, I thought I’d take you,” she responded. So then I had to spoil the plan.
Moms, man. IMPOSSIBLE TO SURPRISE.
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Nevertheless, it all worked out, just not in the way I hoped. She canceled her July trip and we went together in October as I had originally planned. And she’s going again next week with friends, so really she didn’t miss out. I mean, Hamilton three times in six months would be a bit much, but two is totally manageable (I kid, I kid … and am super jealous!)

Where to Stay in Chicago
On this particular trip, I cashed in some coveted hotel rewards points to stay at the Langham Chicago. One thing I learned very quickly when searching hotels in Chicago is that they aren’t cheap—not by a long shot. A three-star hotel was $300 a night, and the rooms were tiny. So when I saw I could use points for a room at the five-star Langham for not a lot more per night (around $100 with taxes and fees)—and get a room that was 600 square feet in size—I bit the bullet and did just that.
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Our stay at the Langham surpassed expectations. We had phenomenal service from the bellhop who welcomed us at the front entrance, then called up to check-in so they knew we were coming and greeted us by name, to the server who delivered the room service we took full advantage of. (Somehow, the hotel “package” I booked came with $40 F&B credit a day, so obviously we weren’t going to let that go unused.)
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The Langham is also centrally situated among the other high-rises in River North. Staying along the riverfront made sense for Mom and me. We were only there for a little over 48 hours and had planned on going full-out tourist, which we are not ashamed to admit. I’d really love to go back with SVV and spend more time there visiting some of the neighborhoods outside of the Loop, as well as diving into Chicago’s robust mural scene. When we do that, I imagine we’ll rent an Airbnb in Logan Square or maybe Lincoln Park, where there are plenty of options for less than $200 a night.
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Doing the Tourist Thing
Even though, it was on the cusp of winter, we set out by foot to see some of River North before veering over to Michigan Avenue where Mom wanted to get a little early Christmas shopping in. On my list was the famed flamingo mural that takes up residence on the front of Flamingo Rum Club, which conveniently was only a few blocks from us.
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The Chicago tourism office gave us a CityPASS that allowed us admission to certain attractions, and while the iconic Skydeck in the former Sears Tower (now the Willis Tower) was on there, I knew there was no way I’d get my mom to go to the top of that with her severe acrophobia. So I tricked her and took her to 360 CHICAGO at the top of the John Hancock building instead, which was only slightly less terrifying (to her; I’m fine with heights).
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I’d read a bit about the Skydeck vs. 360 Chicago debate on my friend Amanda’s blog while trying to decide the best option for Mom and me and was prepared for a bit of a wait; she said it can take up to an hour in busy summer months. But we were in luck, being there on a chilly weekday in October, as not only was there no wait at all, but we had the elevator entirely to ourselves! The ride up is about 40 seconds, and for as scared as Mom is of heights, I’ve got a crippling fear of elevators and getting trapped in one (see: extremely claustrophobic), so the fact that we had it all to ourselves was pretty miraculous.
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Even if there had been a wait, however, the CityPASS offers you Express Entry, meaning you get to jump to the front of the line. That said, go in the shoulder season so you’re not bumping into tourists at the top. We never had to wait to take a photo as the crowds were nonexistent, and there was just a small sprinkling of people here and there.
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It was an overcast day by the time we got to the top, but that didn’t prohibit us from seeing far. I was proud of Mom for getting past her fears—even if she did spend most of the time not taking in the view, ha! Our Lyft driver had recommended we get a cocktail at the Signature Room on the 95th Floor, but we were seeing Hamilton that night and sadly didn’t have time. I think if you’re not planning on doing 360 CHICAGO, going to the Signature Room is probably a great way to get a similar view.
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Because we had exactly 48 hours in Chicago, we didn’t make it to the other attractions the pass offers, which includes Shedd Aquarium (priority entry), Skydeck Chicago (fast pass), Field Museum (VIP entry), and the Adler Planetarium (VIP entry) or Art Institute of Chicago (fast pass), but I’m planning a return in spring and intend to get another CityPASS then (each one expires nine days from first using it). For $106 an adult, this pass is a total steal, particularly when you factor in the priority access you get with it.
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And, of course, you can’t go to Chicago without stopping by Millennium Park. Not only is it a gorgeous display of greenery and seasonal foliage right in the heart of the city, but it also boasts one of Chicago’s most recognizable monuments, the Bean, as well as an art museum right in the heart of the park.
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The Bean’s real name is The Cloud Gate sculpture, and it was commissioned at the time of the park’s opening in 2004, designed by London-based artist Anish Kapoor. The way it bends and reflects instantly made it one of Chicago’s most photographed spots and a must-see for any tourist.
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The park also has a striking amphitheater that mimics its overall artsy feel. There’s a free jazz series, Millennium Park Summer Music Series, held here in summer months, which I imagine is a pretty fun time to chill in this awesome urban sanctuary.
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And, for all of you street art lovers, just a few blocks from the Bean is an original Kobra, my favorite street artist out of Brazil, who painted Muddy Waters two years ago at 17 N. State St. as part of the Wabash Arts Corridor project.
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Exploring Chicago’s Architecture Scene
On my last trip to Chicago five years ago, I did an architecture tour by foot with the Travel Mindset team. But one thing every last friend I’ve ever known who’s gone to Chicago—architects included—has told me to do is an architecture tour by boat aboard the First Lady. And I’m nothing if not an attentive pupil.
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Chicago’s First Lady Cruises partners with the Chicago Architecture Center for this guided trip up the river and back in time. All tours leave from the Chicago Riverwalk at Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive, and purchasing tickets online in advance is advisable as they often sell out in peak tourist months.
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You don’t have to be knowledgable about architecture to enjoy this tour; it’s informative and laced with history about Chicago’s past, though I particularly enjoyed the Art Deco-period and wacky MCM buildings we saw lining parts of the riverfront.
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The tour lasts roughly 90 minutes, and as it was chilly at best the day we were out on the water, by the end of it, Mom and I had cozied up in the enclosed interior on the bottom level to sip hot chocolate and warm our numb hands as we ended our loop of the river.
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Note: Tours are only given from late-March through late-October due to Chicago’s weather conditions, so you’ll have to wait until spring for the next season to open.
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Getting Out of the Loop
On our final day in town, our flight out wasn’t until 9:30pm so we had the entire morning and afternoon ahead of us and high-tailed it out to Logan Square. The purpose was two-fold: to see some cool murals and catch up with my friend John.
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We took a Lyft out there, then the L back later in the afternoon. Let’s just say taking the L (aka Chicago’s metro) was a much more enjoyable experience—and far quicker at that—so if you’re near a station, don’t be afraid to hop on the train. The traffic is just too dense and the cabs too jerky for my sensitive stomach’s liking.
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Logan Square is along the train line, and as such, there was plenty of public art to be had; graffiti artists were the original muralists and love painting trains and beneath tracks. I always try and see the Greetings Tour postcard murals anytime I’m passing through a participating city, but after waiting 20 minutes—then looping back later with the same corporate group still hogging the space—Mom and I had to pass on our selfie.
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Luckily, on our walk from there to Revolution Brewing Co., there was plenty of art—some graffiti, other murals—to be found.
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At Revolution Brewing, we met up with John, who was not only my former coworker but also my co-columnist when we wrote a he-said, she-said style dating column. That’s right folks: Yours truly dished out dating advice to UT’s campus-at-large. It’s funny because many (read: 14 years later), I still sometimes get recognized from those days by fellow Vols who were in Knoxville at the same time as me!
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Back to the point, though. I saw on social media a few months ago that John had switched jobs from working as a writer for a dermatology association to manning communications for Revolution Brewing. I’d say, he’s in a gig much better-suited for him being the beard-sporting, beer-loving dude that he is. We met up with him at Revolution’s original taproom, the brewpub on Logan Square, where I sampled several sours and Mom ordered—wait for it—a vodka sunrise. At the perplexed look of the bartender, she said, “you know, a tequila sunrise … but with vodka instead.” He did as she said, and I laughed but John pointed out that they have a full bar for people like her who aren’t beer drinkers (*shrugs*).
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Before we left, John gave us a tour of the behind-the-scenes of the original location. Revolution is one of the 50 biggest craft breweries in the nation, and so the bulk of their production has moved a mile-and-a-half away to North Kedzie Avenue, where there’s also a taproom, but we wanted the full lunch experience, so I also ordered a grilled cheese with short rib, and it did not suck. I’d go back for Revolution’s food and its beer any ol’ day.
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After a couple pints for John and me—Mom stuck to her single vodka sunrise, it being 11am on a Thursday and all—John took us on a tour of the neighborhood. There was even more street art than we originally saw, smaller installations side-by-side all throughout the arteries that deviated from North Milwaukee Avenue.
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Eating Deep-Dish Pizza
I know, I know, this is something locals would never think of doing as it’s a tourist thing. But guess what? We’re tourists! We had no shame gluttonously digging into a deep-dish pie, then putting on our fat pants and having a night in at the hotel. We initially attempted dinner at the River North location of Gino’s, but they were closed for a private event, so we wound up at Lou Manalti’s instead, and it was great. We ordered a pitcher of sangria, which just meant we were in bed by 8:30pm, ha. Had we wanted to brave rush-hour traffic, we would have gone to Pequod’s Pizza, which industry friends tell me has the actual best deep-dish pizza in Chicago. Ah well, next time!
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Sipping Cocktails at the Chicago Athletic Association
My trendy Nashville friends directed me to Cindy’s Rooftop at Chicago Athletic Association Hotel, where we went pre-Hamilton—it’s the perfect place to go before the show given it’s just a five-minute walk, but heed my advice and make a reservation—then wouldn’t you know, we ran into my dear college friend Glenn, who nabbed the seat next to us on the rooftop having no idea it was me. What are the odds? I knew we were in the right place if a local took his colleague there. I also did manage to (finally!) surprise Mom when one of her dear friends Michelle, who moved to Pennsylvania a couple years ago, messaged me that she was now working in Chicago and wanted to meet us for a drink.
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On your way back down from Cindy’s, definitely stop and take in the beauty of the lower floors of Chicago Athletic Association Hotel and all its nooks and crannies.
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We also went to Three Dots and a Dash the following night with Glenn and sipped on some fun tiki-style cocktails, each of which was served in appropriate barware. I loved this subterranean bar with a speakeasy feel to it; you access it from a alley between blocks that’s lit by tiki torches. I’d also recommend making a reservation, as we were kicked out of our table after an hour and banished to the bar because every table was spoken for (on a Thursday night in late fall, too … go figure!).
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And the Main Attraction: Hamilton!
There’s nothing I can possibly add to the commentary of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s game-changing, hip-hop-driven musical that hasn’t already been said, so I’ll just leave it at this: Even if you think you don’t like musicals (AHEM, SVV), you will like Hamilton. It’s fast-paced, it’s fun, it’s emotional, it’s entertaining, it’s educational—I could go on. My only criticism of the cast was that none of the female roles (i.e. the Schuyler sisters) were particularly compelling. The men, however—shoutout, Thomas Jefferson and King George—were phenomenal; some of the funniest performances I’ve seen in my 25 years of Broadway-going.
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When I purchased tickets, we could have gotten up as close as the fourth row, but while a musical enthusiast I am, I’m also the daughter of a CPA and I just couldn’t stomach spending $500+ a ticket. Luckily, starting around row Q on the orchestra level, the price dropped significantly to $182 a ticket before fees. We sat in Orchestra C, Row U, at the very end by the aisle. And sure, it would be been nice to be a few more rows closer to the stage, but all in all, I was perfectly happy with our seats. It’s not a huge theater after all. And for those of you thinking $200 a ticket is still highway robbery, there are plenty of seats with obstructed views that cost $72 if you’re willing to make that sacrifice.
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I will echo what other people have said and that’s: Go see Hamilton and just sit back and enjoy your inaugural experience, knowing you’re going to miss half of it as the lyrics just move so fast. Then plan a second viewing if you can swing it to actually pick up on all the nuances. That second time will fall this month for my mom and for me in 2020 when the national tour comes to Nashville!
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On the eating front, we had a long list of restaurants to get to—we did get to Beatrix and the Albert, both of which I highly recommend—but my mom eats like a bird and plus we were in a rush much of the trip, so didn’t adopt my normal five-meals-a-day schedule while traveling. Still, I compiled this Chicago restaurants list from foodie friends and social media followers, which is where SVV and I will start whenever we finally make it to the Windy City together:
Girl & the Goat
Stan’s Donuts
Pizano’s
Old Fashioned Donuts
Au Cheval
Dove’s Luncheonette
Bavette’s
Spacca Napoli
Aba
Giant
The Aviary
Fat Rice
Roister
Bad Hunter
Alinea
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