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Chicago Photo Tribute #7: Art of the Navy Pier
Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: [This coming] weekend is the fourth annual Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (that “C2E2″ thing I won’t shut up about) at Chicago’s McCormick Place...
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Chicago Photo Tribute #8: Little Details off Michigan Avenue
Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover, as begun last April: [This coming] weekend is the fourth annual Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (that “C2E2″ thing I won’t shut up about) at Chicago’s...
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Chicago Photo Tribute #9: Architecture Potpourri
Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: [This coming] weekend is the fourth annual Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (that “C2E2″ thing I won’t shut up about) at Chicago’s McCormick Place...
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Siskel & Ricky Jay and Movie Magic
The Siskel Film Center: sincere, comfy, willing to showcase material beyond the major studios’ low-budget farm teams. Two thumbs up. Indianapolis has exactly (1) one art-film theater, which leavens its...
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Chicago Photo Tribute #10: Brief Lake Michigan Walkabout
It’s that time of year again! A time for travel, a time for getting out of the house and out of town, a time for remembering what sunlight feels like, and a time for forgetting all about that nasty...
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The MCC C2E2 Archive, 2011-2013
Stop me if you’ve heard me mention C2E2 one too many times. Well, you can try to stop me. My wife and I are now in scenic downtown Chicago, having spent the evening enjoying some non-geek quality time...
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Top 10 Exhibits We Won’t See at George Lucas’ Chicago Museum
One of many unreleased pics from our 8/31/2013 visit to the Indiana State Museum to see the “Star Wars: Where Science Meets the Imagination” traveling exhibit. It belongs in a museum! Midwest Star Wars...
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Chicago Photo Tribute #11: Hail Hydrants!
Psychedelic nature hydrant was one of the most eye-catching of the lot, and that’s what counts. That and the capacity for fire extinguishing. It’s that time again! At least twice per year, Anne and I...
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Chicago Photo Tribute #12: Random Reasons to Visit
The view from the Westin along the Chicago River, with a window-washer’s-eye view of the Loop. Chicago beckons us once more. I’m up late tonight preparing for our geek-filled journey to the sixth...
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No, YOU Are Now Leaving Chicago
Whenever we drive home to Indianapolis on Saturday night after C2E2 or Wizard World Chicago, our last stop before returning to Indiana is nearly always for late supper at this tiny, grungy McDonald’s...
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The Worlds Outside Our Hotel Windows
Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: back in April my wife and I attended C2E2 in Chicago. Rather than stay in the adjacent hotels where all the drunken partying happens, which has nothing to with...
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Wizard World Chicago 2017 Photos, Part 5 of 5: Who We Met and What We Did
Ain’t no party like a Pippin party ’cause a peppy perky poppin’ Pippin party got pizzazz! Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: It’s that time once more! This weekend my wife and I made another...
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Chicago Photo Tribute #13: A Wizard World Chicago Epilogue of Edibles
Best food of our weekend: Park Tavern’s Animal Tots — tater tots topped with pulled pork, cheese curds, mustard, fried eggs, and gravy. Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: my wife Anne and I...
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Another Smile in Chicago
The lovely Anne — wife, travel companion, convention partner. Dateline: Friday night around 7-ish in downtown Chicago. Twice per year my wife Anne and I travel three hours northwest from our...
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Return to Gino’s East: A C2E2 2018 Side Quest Gallery
Once more, with pizza. Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: two weekends ago my wife Anne and I traveled once again to the wondrous wilds of Chicago for another round of conventioning at C2E2, with...
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Our 2009 Road Trip, Part 1: The Chicago Prelude
Welcome to Chicago. Big Sister is watching you. Every year since 1999 Anne and I have taken a road trip to a different part of the United States and seen attractions, marvels, history, and institutions...
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Our 2009 Road Trip, Part 2: One Great Big Magic Bean
A strange case of art holding a mirror up to society and proclaiming, “Everything is a fun house now! It’s WACKY!” It’s odd how repeated exposure to some unusual sights can subtract from their...
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Our 2009 Road Trip, Part 3: The 99th Floor, Brought to You by Sears
Chicago skyscrapers: they’re everywhere! Get used to them! This isn’t the first time we’ve shared this particular photo set on MCC, but it’s been a few years since I reused them for a miniseries about...
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Our 2009 Road Trip, Part 4: Jurassic Park Meets the Mummy
Sue the T-rex, like a rock star in the dinosaur fossil world, had a replica residing at our own Children’s Museum in Indianapolis for a while before we met the real thing in ’09. Dinosaurs! Every kid...
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Our 2009 Road Trip, Part 5: Harry Potter and the Magic of Science
Sure, you could curate an exhibit on spaceflight and only include nonfictional space travel outfits…but why? Once upon a time in 2007, I chaperoned a field trip to Chicago’s Museum of Science and...
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