November 9, 2024
They were pretty packed there, and we explained we were just wanting a quick drink, in and out. The floor manager and hostess were super nice and accommodating, and we got seated fairly quickly at the bar.
We got some drinks (Grace got a mocktail), and relaxed a little bit after a lot of walking. There may have been some sneaky switching of drinks during the course of our time here. But you didn’t hear that from me.
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August 20, 2023
The Hutte family was in town for a big event: sending Jasmine off to college.
It’s incredible to me, mind boggling really… that Jasmine is now going to be off on her own. To me, it wasn’t that long ago that we were hanging out for the first time. It feels like she had just met Harmony the cat a bit ago. And that she just recently figured out how to eat a birthday cake.
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October 8, 2018
Whenever I’m in Chinatown, I always think back to my excursion with Alex. And Jahnu’s sword made me chuckle, as I remembered all the deals one can find in Chinatown, if you know where to look.
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May 22, 2017
Liz and I met up with Julie and Bob for Mother’s Day a while back, and spent a leisurely day hanging out in Chinatown, Northerly Island, and then later in Hyde Park.
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November 15, 2015
On Sunday, Liz and I met up with Meg, Josh, Michelle, and Mike for an early Dim Sum meal at Ming Hin.
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April 4, 2015
One interesting thing about this place is the ordering process. Instead of roving carts that you’d call over to the table, there were mostly roving waitstaff. Your table gets a large menu with images of all the items, along with blank box in the corner of each. Fill out the quantities you want, and someone takes your order.
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September 27, 2014
Justin, after many years of being a Chicagoan, is packing up and starting a new chapter in Detroit. On hearing this news, Alex and Linda decided to trek down for the weekend, to hang out during Justin’s last few days in town.
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February 18, 2010
In addition to being Valentine’s Day this past Sunday, it was also the Chinese New Year. More specifically, it also marked the year of the Tiger. Which is good news for me, seeing as how I was born in 1974 – this is my year! Sunday AM, I had an interest in going to Chinatown to check out the parade….
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