{"id":8490,"date":"2022-01-16T17:02:59","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T23:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/?p=8490"},"modified":"2022-02-04T09:45:57","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T15:45:57","slug":"ta-ta-ta-tum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/16\/ta-ta-ta-tum\/","title":{"rendered":"Ta Ta Ta TUM"},"content":{"rendered":"

We went to Chicago yesterday for an overnight to see the Symphony perform Beethoven, the 8th and 5th symphonies<\/a>. So popular and a Saturday night, it was a much more mixed-age group than the Friday or Sunday matinees we go to, where in our 60s (oh, and 70s I keep forgetting …) we’re the youngsters in the crowd.<\/p>\n

We had take out dinner from Xoco, eaten in our hotel room, no pics of that. We got guacamole with bacon and tomatoes on top, always delicious, a Cubano for Mark, and at the last minute I switched my order from pork tacos to the “seasonal tlayuda<\/a>“, described as a giant crispy tostada, and the current toppings being bacon, black beans, and squash I was drawn to it. It arrived in a pizza box, and was tasty but would have been a lot better if it wasn’t ice cold.\u00a0 And John and Megan came to meet us for a beer in the hotel bar, no pics of that either.<\/p>\n

Here’s the rest of the photos from the trip.<\/p>\n

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View from the train window<\/p><\/div>\n

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Coffee on the way there, at the Firehouse Depot<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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Break time at the symphony, looking out at Michigan Ave. & the Art Institute<\/p><\/div>\n

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View from the hotel<\/p><\/div>\n

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Million dollar, no make the 200 dollar, view<\/p><\/div>\n

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Breakfast at Little Goat, vegan spiced apple pancakes with a side of bacon for me, biscuits with sausage gravy for Mark<\/p><\/div>\n

I think I am going to have to make my standard breakfast at Little Goat be either the biscuits with sausage gravy or the corn beef hash. Last time we were there there I had This little piggie went to China<\/a>, a form of biscuits and gravy, but just a little too rich, and this time I could have done without the star anise or 5-spice powder with star anise that was the spice in the spiced apple pancakes. The bacon was really good though.<\/p>\n

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