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Jun 7Liked by Ben Baran

This makes me want to go back Ben! My only Chicago experience was a tad unique..we marched all around downtown to grand ballrooms of hundreds yelling 'Fight On!' the night before USC took on Notre Dame. Really is a beautiful city and quite windy as I recall šŸ˜

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While your prior experience in Chicago sounds amazing, I'm sure you would indeed enjoy another visit!

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Jun 4Liked by Ben Baran

Thanks for writing this Ben. I have a brother and a son who live in Chicago to whom I forwarded this essay, and who will definitely appreciate it!

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Awesome, thanks! It was such a wonderful trip. We hit pretty much all of the highlights that one could conceivably visit in the time available--and we lucked out with great weather.

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