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#1 on board today.

That movie don't count - it's not an Ian Fleming novel.

You got a "lair"? You can't be a cool Bond villain without a tricked out lair.

Yeah that is pretty weird. Liars Club & The Red Lion (Brit pub) both are supposed to be haunted. I went to the Lion before I heard it was haunted & told the friend I was with that I bet it was. There was something to the vibe of the place - I figured someone died upstairs & the story is that a woman committed suicide up there.

Forgot to mention, you could check out any one of the Comedy Clubs too. I don't know what the situation will be with Covid in June, but there's iO Theater (Improv Olympic) and of course, Second City. Second City was up for sale - I think someone bought it so I don't know if they'll have anything going on by that time. Then again, that would be a bit of a "Busman's Holiday".

That's what we tell the tourists. Tavern style is what Chicagoans eat, crispy thin crust, sauce base, toppings then cheese.

Not sure on Crobar - it doesn't show up anywhere on the Chicago Bar Project, but does on Google as being in a Whole Foods, which is odd. Deep Dish is ok once in awhile, but it's not the Chicago staple. Mag Mile is more for people watching, not shopping. You don't need to travel in groups if you learn how to use reflections in storefront windows and not show off your phone/cash - don't look like a tourist/mark/easy target, same as any big city. I also forgot to mention Goose Island Brewery.

"Over Macho Grande?"

You can find any type of food you want, any nationality. If you want to stick with Chicago fare, Thin Crust/Tavern style pizza at D'Agostino's near Wrigley or find a place that does Italian Beef (they're everywhere). There's the Museum Campus (Field Museum (see the movie "Relic"), Adler Planetarium, Shedd Aquarium), all a nice stretch of the legs from the Art Museum (see the movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"). Cloud Gate (aka The Bean). The Mag Mile. Ghost Tours, Architectural Tours, Gangland Tours (there are still bullet holes in Holy Name Cathedral from when Hymie Weiss was gunned down in 1926, and Dillinger's Alley steps from the Biograph Theater). There's the original Billy Goat Tavern on lower Wacker Drive (cheezboigie, cheezboigie). Sears Tower and the Hancock buildings have great observation decks. Great Blues bars (Kingston Mines, Buddy Guy's Legends where I saw Buckwheat Zydeco, Blues Etc, B.L.U.E.S), Hip Hop clubs, House of Blues, Jazz bars (The Green Mill was a Capone haunt and a couple blocks from where the 3 Stooges started)... There's the Museum of Science and Industry (ever been on a U-Boat?) on the South Side. Of course, what's open depends on how the COVID thing is going in Chicago.

That place is about 2 mi from my first apt in Chicago and under a mile from the Damen/Milwaukee/North six corner area where the "Double Door" once stood. Be advised, there have been a lot of car jackings (though the cops say that recent tactics have lessened that) and quite a few shootings on the expressways. Be safe & enjoy your gig and the city while you're there.

Similarly, I was going to work on the "L" (Chicago). We get to the Belmont stop & 2 guys in suits get on (there's only 3 or 4 of us on the car). One of the guys suddenly bends over and heaves all over the floor, then they both leave. The rest of us scramble out of the car and onto other cars before the train takes off. The guy was outside & it was nice - he could have tossed into a platform trash can, but noooooooo, he has to get on a train to let fly.

Matthew 7

Hey, at least he wasn't stuck in the Can like Albert.

It cost Morton Downey Jr. and Jessie Smollett quite a bit.