Our friend Kate said she would punch both Katie and me in the face if we didn’t visit the homes of Frank Lloyd Wright and Ernest Hemingway.  Let’s schedule that punch on, say, Christmas day?  Let’s see if you have the cold heart to assualt me on Christmas, Kate.  I remember seeing Hemingway’s house in Key West about 10 years ago.  There were hunting trophies mounted everywhere.  I would have liked to see his birthplace near Chicago, but I don’t think Hemingway wrote any stories about Oak Park, Illinois.  That place couldn’t have been terribly inspiring.  As for Frank Lloyd Wright’s home and studio, I’m sure they are amazing but I can’t afford $12 for admission.

Chicago is demanding!  It didn’t give us time to go about as we pleased.  A word of advice for tourists:  Chicago will open up a few possibilities for you.  You must take advantage of those prospects whether they are on your itinerary or not.  Our weekend in the city went by in a flash — intoxicating in its exhilaration, but over much too quickly. This is a cool building in the Lincoln Park area.

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