>>>>>I lived on Goerte street in a condo right off Michigan Avenue. I worked at State and Dearborn. My Grandparents and Parents were from Illinois. I have lots of family in Illinois to this day including my son and his family.
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>>>>State and Dearborn? Don't they run parallel? IAC I worked at State and Wacker for years. Well, the office was there. I was usually out in the field, all over the U.S.
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>>>Yes they do.. LOL.. I worked at 500 N Dearborn on the 4th floor. I forgot what the cross stree name was. I guess it must have been w. Illinois....
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>>Sure, I know where that is. Illinois probably is the E-W cross street, just south of Grand. Near the IBM tower.
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>While the state of Illinois is simply that place south of Wisconsin with all that crime... :o)

No, you misunderstand. Wisconsin is a dairy farm for Chicago ;-)

Emily and I were up there this afternoon, in Burlington. I woman ran an ad in the local free paper for a puggle she wanted to sell. Emily was on a big puggle kick a year or two ago and even has a picture of one in her room. 2 year old female. We both liked her so I said yes. How much difference is there really between 2 dogs and 3? ;-) The only thing is I may need to take her to a different vet. Not really, but I asked Dr. Barcus (that's really her name) about puggles when Emily first got interested in them. She said in her opinion they combine the worst traits of both breeds -- the spaciness of a pug and the stubbornness of a beagle (LOL). We'll see....