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CAF: Preservation & Pubs.

On a Chicago Architectural Foundation tour. Congress Hotel -Essex Inn, Michigan Avenue -Dearborn Station, Printers Row -M. A. Donohue & Co., original publishers of the Yellow Pages, Printers Row -

This past Friday Julie and I went on our second Preservation and Pub walking tour by the Chicago Architecture Foundation. This tour centered around the South Loop (including several of the builings I work at) and ended at Kasey’s Tavern in Printers Row.  I enjoyed this tour more than the previous one, mainly because it was in the South Loop, whereas our first tour just seemed to cut across the Loop and dealt with more of the aspect of Historic Preservation than the buildings/neighborhood.

Side Notes:

Gotham City -

* Chicago will always be Gotham City.
** Julie has a lot more photographs of the tour on Flickr.

US Cellular Field: White Sox – Twins.

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Last night Julie and I bared the cold and went to our first White Sox game of the season against the Twins.  Being that it was a balmy 40 degrees the stadium was half full so we were able to maneuver our way to some decent upper deck seats.  The game was a stalemate until Jason Kubel hit a home run in the 4th inning and then the Twins’ Liriano continued his no-hitter to complete the game.  I have my issues with Baseball and its’ statistics but when it was all said and done it was interesting to witness what had just happened.

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* Year of Baseball Stats:
Game No. 3
Stadium Opened: April 18, 1991
Capacity: 41,432
Attendance: 20,901
Food: 1 Hot Dog,
Beer: 2 Miller Light
Opponent: Minnesota Twins
Pitchers: W: F. Liriano, L: E. Jackson
Miles From Home: 9.6
Ticket Face Value: $14
Seat Location: Section 546, Row 8, Seat 17

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** As my Year of Baseball continues Julie and I are keeping score throughout, including this No-hitter.

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*** View From My Seat

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**** Julie is a big fan of the Chicago Dog that one can get at a White Sox game.

Bobby Hull at Finley Dunnes

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Last night after the Blackhawks overtime win over the Red Wings Julie got word that Bobby Hull was in the neighborhood at Finley Dunnes. We figured it was worth a trip to see if he was still there.

Finley Dunnes is an official Chicago Blackhawks bar so that’s how the Hull appearance was arranged. Bobby Hull as a ‘Blackhawks Ambassador’ was booked for FD’s. He basically just hung out at a table while people came up to him for an autograph, photograph or just a handshake. My understanding is this was to be a ‘word of mouth’ event so there really wasn’t a crowd, granted it was 10:30pm on a Monday night.

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Side Notes:
*At one point when I was taking photographs something funny was said so I started laughing from behind the camera when Hull dropped the following line:

“Don’t you fucking laugh.”

** The rest of my photographs are on Flickr.