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green city market.
last weekend we decided to take a little trip to chicago. we were long overdue for a little getaway, and i hadn’t been to chicago since high school, and it’s only about 7 hours away. we pretty much...
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intelligentsia coffee and tea.
i’ve heard about intelligentsia from friends in california (they have locations in la, chicago, and nyc), but i’d never experienced it for myself. i was actually surprised to learn after a little...
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navy pier.
(last chicago post, i promise). in the two times i’d been to chicago before this trip, i’d actually never made it to navy pier. we ended up kind of stumbling upon it during our first night there after...
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a windy city birthday.
we came, we saw, we ate, we drank, and we took a lottttt of selfies, including a good thirty minutes spent trying to get the perfect picture at the bean (spoiler alert: didn’t happen). after months of...
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where to eat, drink, play & stay in chicago.
we embarked on our recent trip to chicago with an excessively long list of restaurants and bars that we wanted to try starred on google maps. we knew we couldn’t get to everything in 4.5 days, but we...
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2015 chicago marathon race recap
It still hasn’t really sunk in that I ran a marathon. Most runners would tell you that running is about so much more than just running, and that’s true for a marathon x100. Whether I never run another...
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chicago / october 2015
I don’t know quite what it is about Chicago, but we sure do love it, and every time we leave I’ve already got a million things in mind for our next visit. A few non-marathon-related photos from our...
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chicago marathon training recap: weeks 1-4
as many of you know, kevin and I are both training for the Chicago Marathon on October 9. this will be our second full marathon (I did chicago last year, and k did des moines), but our first time...
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chicago marathon training recap: weeks 5-8
if you’re new here, I’m currently training for my second full marathon – Chicago – on October 9, 2016. I am currently in week 10 of 16, and you can read about weeks 1-4 here, about last year’s race...
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chicago marathon training recap: weeks 9-12
if you’re new here, I’m currently training for my second full marathon – Chicago – on October 9, 2016. I am currently in week 13 of 16, and you can read about weeks 1-4 here, weeks 5-8 here, about last...
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