Ben on June 20th, 2008

Well my Chicago trip is coming to a close. In all honesty I’m not sure I would last much longer here. I mean it’s a great town and I’d like to stay longer but living in a hotel was getting old. I see myself coming back at some point just not sure when.
Last night Jon [...]

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Ben on June 19th, 2008

Today there is/was no conference to go to, nothing in the books that we had to do, and billed as a chillax kinda day. Started off with a trip across the stree to the Original House of Pancakes and then it was back to the room for some more doing nothing. Well, truth be told, [...]

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Ben on June 19th, 2008

Just “Topolo” - that’s what people-in-the-know call it. Frontera Grill’s sister restaurant, Topolobampo, shares the front door and bar. But then the sister flaunts her own. If Frontera rocks and claps, Topolo slinks. She is the quiet, sleek, classy sister. And she invites you into an elegant Mexican fantasy world and to dress up a notch [...]

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Ben on June 18th, 2008

I figured I’d go ahead and get started on this. Tonight Jon got in (by tonight I mean that he got to the room at 11:30pm) then he and I talked and headed out to have a drink or two and just hang out. So I’m just now getting back. It’s now 5:00am est and [...]

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Ben on June 17th, 2008

So far so good. I had the best night sleep I’ve had in a week or so. There’s something quite calming about taking a bath and reading a book. I never really appreciated such a thing. The rest I got and the awakeness I feel today was/is totally worth it.
So I’m at the conference and [...]

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Ben on June 16th, 2008

So far so good. The day started out pretty rough. 5am, no matter how many times I get up that early, is always too early. Today was no exception. But, unlike a time before, we managed to make it to the airport on time.
The plane ride there wasn’t to bad. I was in an asile [...]

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