K. Vera’s Chicago Photoblog

The day after my graduation – we took my dad out for a Father’s Day breakfast at Le Peeps in Evanston. I picked up a Northwestern polo shirt for him.

Then we dropped off my Ate’ Gigi at Midway so that she could catch a flight back to Sin City.

For the rest of us – our flight didn’t leave until around 8ish. So, we headed downtown to take in the sights.

I suggested a boat tour on the Chicago River – a great way to see all the cool buildings and city stuff – without the headache of navigating Chicago-land traffic. That weekend – they closed down several Lake Shore Drive exits for the upcoming “Taste of Chicago.”

An hour boat tour gave us an amazing lesson about all the styles that make up the Second City – can you guess why Chicago got that nickname?

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Summer nights can be amazing in Chicago…

from last month….

I would post these pix faster…but school get’s in the way Thanks Suzelle for your lovely pix….I need a new camera.

Week Two – Chicago Broadcast

Chicago Broadcast – Summer 2004

Wow…we made it past 2 quarters of newspaper writing….we survived a Chicago winter…..we’re ready to take on Evanston and Chicago cable television.

Last dinner for Econ at cafe_iberico.

plus….a surprise for George…

Thank you Joe, Oly and George!

bar hopping on rush street and beyond….

this is the third night i went out drinking….that’s a lot for an old woman like me! sheesh….

still…i had a blast….and I can remember what happened last night…..how about everybody else?

and more pix at Andrea’s site

’cause j-school people need two cameras when they go out bar hopping….didn’t you know?
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so we threw this a party for Marcel Pacatte at Scoozi!.

ok….soooooo…now that i got off my lazy ass and updated this thing…Andrea will let me take pictures again yah!

yah….i know….it’s nice to share these pix with you….

letting loose at
Howl at the Moon

it was fun….

check out more hot pictures on andrea’s site

Yahoo! News – In Chicago, a Scavenger Hunt Unlike Others

“Some of this year’s challenges: Build a “Calvin Kleinometer”; produce “a McDonald’s Sad Meal”; construct a diorama tribute to dioramas with no infinite regressions; replicate Gustav Klimt (news – web sites)’s “The Kiss” using only lip prints made with cosmetics that haven’t been tested on animals; and “demonstrate conclusively that there really is a wrong way to eat a Reese’s (candy).”

UIC students are cool….Medill had its own scavenger hunt, but I don’t think it gave us as many oppertunities to be creative. Ours was a “public records and Chicago historical sites” scavenger hunt – checking out court documents, business filings and the Billy Goat. It was also one of the coldest days ever in Chicago – that made the hunt oh so much more painful….

but we had fun…

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