{"id":869,"date":"2011-07-30T00:24:34","date_gmt":"2011-07-30T04:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/fearofwhales\/?p=869"},"modified":"2012-06-22T07:51:54","modified_gmt":"2012-06-22T12:51:54","slug":"bus-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/fearofwhales\/2011\/07\/bus-chicago.html","title":{"rendered":"Bus: Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I arrived in Chicago at about 8pm. The bus leaves for Madison at 6 am. For those of you who are bad at math that\u2019s 8 hours I have to spend alone in downtown Chicago in the middle of the night.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve been in Chi once before, on a cross country road trip with my dad, when I was 18. I can\u2019t exactly say I \u201cknow the town\u201d but that\u2019s okay, I\u2019m a city boy, this may not by my jungle but it\u2019s a jungle all the same, and I can handle it.<\/p>\n

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First order of business is to get some real deep dish pizza.<\/p>\n

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Giordianos is highest rated on Zaget.com and only a couple blocks from here<\/p>\n

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Make sure you see the sears tower while you\u2019re here, you wouldn\u2019t want to miss it<\/p>\n

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\u2026Of course it\u2019s the tallest building in the states so to accomplish that you really just have to look up<\/p>\n

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Annnd then find a place to hole up for the night. Luckily that Express Bus was comfortable enough that I don\u2019t need to sleep, that would be conspicuous. Still, should find someplace I can relax where I won\u2019t stick out. Preferably somewhere with power and WiFi.<\/p>\n

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Luckily it\u2019s not my first time being homeless for the night in an inner city. When this happened in LA I caught a Rail Line to Fuller Seminary and passed out in a lounge with my laptop open.<\/p>\n

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Say where\u2019s University of Illinois?\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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This is just too easy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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