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  • From: "James Hepler" <hepstyle AT gmail.com>
  • To: "RTP-area local music and culture" <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: Chicago
  • Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 13:18:04 -0400

I've never been there, but there's the Green Mill Tavern which allegedly
features a tunnel to lake michigan which was used to smuggle alkyhol during
prohibition.

On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 12:55 PM, <thegav AT hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hello, all. I am headed to Chicago for a weekend in August. Staying 2
> nights, catching a Cubs game, maybe doing some kinda architecture
> tour. Other than that, I am largely ignorant. Does anyone with vast
> Chicago experience have any advice for a curious traveler on the best
> neighborhoods to walk, meals to eat, etc? Anything would be much
> appreciated.
>
> So that this is not off-topic, I remember once when Red Star Belgrade
> moved there. To Chicago. And I once saw a band from Chicago play in
> Chapel Hill. The Coctails. And I saw that weird Wilco show at the Dook
> quad. And one time in New York I sang a not-very-touching duet with a
> large schizophrenic man/songwriter from Chicago who is, I think, now
> deceased.
>
> Cheers,
> GAVIN
>
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