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Saturday morning, I flew into Chicago where my friend Eric picked me up from the airport. That kicked off a long weekend of driving for him, as that day we made a stop at his house in St. Charles, drove up to Milwaukee, then made it back down to downtown Chicago before midnight.

In Milwaukee, we went on a tour of the Miller brewery then bought some more beers and a pizza to tailgate in the parking lot outside the stadium. We didn’t realize it was a 6pm start time (damn central time – who starts baseball games at 6?), so we were out there for a while. By the time we made it to the stadium, it was already the 6th inning! The stadium was real cool though, and we did get to see some good late-inning baseball.

We then went to Chicago where we met up with Chris, who coincidentally had also moved into town. His view from his apartment is amazing – you can see Grant Park, that big fountain over there, and Lake Michigan into the horizon.

On Sunday, there was a day game for the White Sox, so after wandering around town for a bit in the morning — we came across Sears (Willis) Tower by accident — we made sure to get to the game before it started. Another good game — I totally predicted a home run with the whole “Dunn’s batting .178; he’s overdue for a homer here” routine.

Went back to Eric’s house and we watched some NBA finals (sorry Lebron) and ordered a Chicago-style stuffed pizza. It was ridiculously awesome, but I could barely put away a whole slice after also eating some of the best buffalo wings I ever had too. Going to have to put up some props on Yelp.

Today we’ll head back into town to catch a Cubs game. Can’t wait to get me a Chicago-style dog.