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This morning, after all of the rain, Carol and I head into the city to pickup Barry & Buffy to go to the Field Museum to see a special exhibit - Baseball As America. It's a traveling exhibit from the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum that's there from February 8 to July 20, sort of to coincide with the All-Star Game. It's the first time that some of the artifacts have left the Hall of Fame for a tour. This was a wonderful exhibit. A must see for any baseball fan. It'll be touring the country for another 2 years, so see if it's coming anywhere near you (If you're in NY or LA, you're out of luck - you missed it). People spent a long time at each exhibit piece looking, reading, talking. They just soaked it in. I can't tell you how many men I saw there that, at one time or other in the exhibit, were wiping their moist eyes (myself included). It really showed how baseball mirrors life in America. I just can't say enough about the exhibit.

We didn't stay too long at the museum. The sun had finally come out and we took a walk around the Museum Campus. Though the sun was out, the breeze off the lake made it feel a little chilly.

We then drove to Stanley's Kitchen & Tap on Lincoln for dinner. We're talking "comfort food" here - fried chicken, pot roast, meat loaf. A great bar, too. (A very large whiskey selection).

Then it was back to B&B's to discuss our Florida Trip. We'll be in Orlando for a week starting June 21. We wanted to make some dinner reservations for some specific places (like Emeril's Tchoup Chop). Then we were off to get home and collapse.