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Dinner at a quaint local place Location: Maryland One of Bryan's famous "candid" shots, at the Olive Garden. Because we were too late to eat at the recommended Ethiopian or Afghan/Pakistani restaurants, Jay and Cindy took us to this charming and unique Baltimore restaurant. - IMG 2312
George plays with weapons Location: Baltimore, Maryland Straddling a fake cannon in Baltimore's inner harbor. - IMG 2313
Location: Baltimore, Maryland Bryan and Leslie play on an anchor. - IMG 2314
Local Character Location: Baltimore, Maryland Barnes and Noble and the Hard Rock. Ah, Baltimore. - IMG 2316
Aquarium Location: Baltimore, Maryland They had a special exhibit of sea horses, which was amazing. - IMG 2317
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Fun in the gift shop Location: Baltimore, Maryland So many pretty things to put on my head. - IMG 2320
same trip, in the gift shop of the Baltimore aquarium - IMG 2320
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Lunch Location: Baltimore, Maryland At legal seafood. - IMG 2323
Location: Baltimore, Maryland At the inner harbor. - IMG 2325
Location: Baltimore, Maryland Where? Why? Who knows. - IMG 2326
Location: Baltimore, Maryland George molests Leslie with a view of downtown. - IMG 2327
The VW Dealership Location: Baltimore, Maryland We ended up waiting at the dealership for about 20 minutes while the nice VW people finished looking at the Jetta. When it was time to go, Bryan and Leslie couldn't find George. Finally, he was located in the baby play room. - IMG 2328
Location: Baltimore, Maryland On the way home for our nap, George detoured into a state park for a romp through a creek. - IMG 2329
Location: Chicago, almost Pip boldly goes where no marble-and-putty-painted-like-a-hippo has gone before: Pittsburg (because the pictures are not strictly in chronological order). - IMG 2334
State Number Something Location: Ohio Ohio. - IMG 2335
State Number Something + 1 Location: Indiana Notice how the sky is silver. It's Always Like That (thank you, industry, for your sweet, sweet pollutants). - IMG 2336
State Number Something + 2 Location: Chicago Well, it's not quite a "Welcome to Illinois" sign, but Chicago's the only place anyone would ever want to go, so I feel it counts. Welcome to Chicago (the "toddlin'" town). Also, the first encounter with Mayor Richard M. Daley. - IMG 2340
A.I. Location: Chicago Artificial Intelligence AND Art Institute (the latter being more relevant for this picture). - IMG 2341
Street scene Location: Chicago Not exactly Main Street, but not a bed reference shot of downtown Chicago. - IMG 2342
Lake Michigan Location: Chicago Waiting for the Art Institute to open, they jogged down to the lakefront to see the pretty water. - IMG 2347
Who IS Richard M. Daley? Location: Chicago Haunted by this man (he welcomed them on the highway, provided a complementary newpaper in the morning, and greeted them at the top of the Sears Tower), Bryan and Leslie--who had the vague impression he had been the mayor in the 70s--finally asked a friendly Sears Tower employee: WHO IS THIS MAN, WHO DOGS OUR STEPS? As it turns out, he had been the mayor decades ago, and now his son, also Richard Daley, leads the city. - IMG 2348
Location: Chicago Leslie at the top of the Sears Tower (and it only took an hour wait!), in front of a lovely view of smog. - IMG 2350
Location: Chicago Late night train stop, on their way to Gino's for a dinner of Chicago's self-proclaimed best stuffed pizza. - IMG 2352
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Big Art Location: Chicago Leslie, having taken the proverbial wheel behind the camera, makes Bryan pose in front of objects, scenic views, etc. Here he is in front of characteristic Chicago art. - IMG 2355
The El Location: Chicago The explorers wait for the train to take them to exotic (and dangerous at night) south Chicago. - IMG 2356
Moo Location: Chicago Leslie demands a picture in front of the cows and the milking machines. Something about family history...