Hello everyone! Lew here again. We have been deprived of wi-fi for our Macbooks for much of the entire trip. That, or we just got way too busy driving straight through. Time to do a little catching up for all of you hungry for some more information!
After the Buffalo fiasco, we decided we would try to get right to Chicago. Then I convinced myself and Brooke that it was worth it to take a trip to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in Cleveland. I was partially right. It was about $20 per person for essentially a very large Hard Rock Café display, with lots of outlandish outfits and paraphernalia. It was cool to learn about the different influences that major cities have had on music. For instance, I never knew about the exchange of punk music between NYC and London, even though I knew about those individual scenes. On a definite upside, there were replicas of props used in the oh so trippy Pink Floyd film, The Wall.
Two boring, flat, states later and we were in Chicago, the land of a thousand tolls. Every few miles we got tagged about an extra two bucks. My guess is that a lot of authorities are trying to get their money’s worth. Driving in Chicago was a terror. This is coming from a guy who has been foolish enough to drive in Manhattan. Never seen so many cars moving so slowly. Ask Brooke how much I liked that part.
Despite the traffic, we made it to a pizza place called Lou Malnotti’s just before they closed at 10 PM Central. I gave it a thumbs up, Brooke gave it a thumbs down. Part of her distaste was probably that we ate it at the Super 8 we stayed at. It smelled like cat urine and smoke, despite it being a non-smoking apartment. I’m pretty resilient, but even I had to give the management an earful. Long story short, Super 8’s were off the table for the rest of the trip.
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