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Last Wednesday evening at this time I was sitting across a table in a little neighborhood restaurant eating some of the best Mexican food I’d had in a long time.

Outside there was a light snow falling, shimmering in the streetlights, just enough to make it look like one of those snow globes had just been shaken up. And it was so cold the weather guys said they were running out of adjectives to describe it.

But inside we were nice and toasty over our dinner.

I’d driven nearly an hour through the Chicago evening commute traffic for the opportunity to meet Liz Strauss face to face.
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A Little Fun With Work

Last time I was here in Chicago I made it a point to check out the Sears Tower. I figure when you are in a city you should see the important things there.

This trip I decided to try to see an important person if I could. You all probably know that Liz Strauss over at Successful-Blog is one of my blogging friends. She’s a deep thinker who keeps one simple rule at her blog: Be Nice.

Who can’t like that? Well I was able break away from my commitments up here for a little while last night and connect with Liz for some dinner and great conversation.
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You Know It’s Cold When…

I thought I was just suffering from a bad case of thin blood because of living in the Southeast for nearly the last 20 years.

I was standing outside with the heaviest parka I’ve worn in years the other night. Actually I think it may be the heaviest coat I’ve ever worn. It wasn’t enough though. Shivering. Uncontrollably. Haven’t done that in a while.

It’s not even so much the cold that will get you here in Chicago. It’s the famed wind.
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