{"id":1467,"date":"2010-07-18T16:57:48","date_gmt":"2010-07-18T21:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/?p=1467"},"modified":"2010-07-18T17:00:33","modified_gmt":"2010-07-18T22:00:33","slug":"chicago-trip-for-fusion-pt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/chicago-trip-for-fusion-pt-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Trip for FUSION, pt. 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like I said there was a lot more food provided at the computer-type conference than is the norm at librarians ones. So the only night I really went out for dinner was Monday. After the meetings ended, and to get a little exercise, I walked up Michigan Ave. to the big Borders<\/a>. I bought a couple books that I’ve had on hold at the Madison Public Library that must be way too popular, because I’m just not getting them:<\/p>\n

This is where I leave you<\/a>, a really funny, big-Jewish-family, kind of romantic comedy; and Let the great world spin<\/a>, that I’ve wanted to read since I saw the documentary Man On Wire<\/a>, about Phillipe Petit’s walk between the twin towers of the World Trade Center. The book starts with the real event and goes on into fiction.<\/p>\n

Anyways, I got my books, and then I had been thinking about walking farther up North, maybe going to R. J. Grunts<\/a> or someplace else in Lincoln Park, since it’s my old stomping grounds in Chicago, since I worked at the Chicago Historical Society – now the Chicago History Museum<\/a> – from 1991 – 1995. But it was getting late, and i was getting lazy, so I walked back down Michigan to Illinois St. and the Star of Siam<\/a> (after a quick iPhone check to make sure it still was in business.<\/p>\n

And proceeded to order way more food than I could actually eat – I got a beef appetizer, and ate 2 1\/3 of the 5 skewers of meat provided. Then I got a spicey crazy noodle, not noticing that It was going to come with shrimp and chicken mixed in with the noodles. I ate most of the noodle, and a few of the chicken hunks – I left the shrimp. I got a Tsingtao, and the finished it pretty quick – the waitress was most anxious for me to get another – they’re probably told to push the booze to increase the tab – but I could only drink half of it after all that meat.<\/p>\n

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My view, down the restaurant - I was sitting in a window seat<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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