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Chicago!

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(all pics were edited in Google Photos, none in Lightroom - important only to me, I suppose. Maybe Shipman too.) This was a train trip to visit James, and to celebrate Mother's Day, and Father's Day. After a long and dusty ride on the rails, the first stop had to be for refreshment. One must be properly fortified.  One of our favorite haunts is in South Loop, on Wabash just north of Roosevelt. Quoting the menu:   Rubin’s Reuben Open-Faced Corned Beef or Pastrami, Swiss, Sauerkraut, 1000 Island Dressing with Fries I said, "make that and pastrami"... Next up; Mother's Day, the Architectural Cruise on the Chicago River. She's wanted to go for forever... we missed the 2:30 by a couple minutes, but then 3:00 and 3:30 were sold out, so we got tickets for 4:00 and hung out on the riverwalk, Well, James and Linda did. I fiddled with camera stuff. I settled on the Sigma Art 18-35mm f1.8 with the gradient density filter. Hoo boy. (this is a w...