{"id":147,"date":"2006-07-24T04:36:01","date_gmt":"2006-07-24T04:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alephnaught.wordpress.com\/2006\/07\/24\/avivas-brother-came-to-visit\/"},"modified":"2006-07-24T04:36:01","modified_gmt":"2006-07-24T04:36:01","slug":"avivas-brother-came-to-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2006\/07\/24\/avivas-brother-came-to-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Aviva&#8217;s brother came to visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content_div-147\">\n<div><span style=\"font-family:Helvetica;\">We had a great time I think.  Friday I met up with Aviva and Brian at Room and Board, an upscale furniture shop.  We had dinner at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opera-chicago.com\/\" target=\"NewWindow\">Opera<\/a> , a really nice Chinese restaurant.  We took Brian to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unclefunchicago.com\/\" target=\"NewWindow\">Uncle Fun<\/a> on Saturday &#8211; that&#8217;s a really<br \/>\ninteresting shop that sells strange toys. <\/span><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/unclefuncard.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"278\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2005\/04\/04\/body-worlds-exhibit\/back\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/back.jpg?fit=533%2C1288&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"533,1288\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"back\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/back.jpg?fit=424%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-278 colorbox-147\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/unclefuncard.jpg?resize=300%2C180\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family:Helvetica;\">We went to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fieldmuseum.org\/tut\/index.html\" target=\"NewWindow\">King Tut<\/a> show after that, then decided to head south to show Brian Hyde Park.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family:Helvetica;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/kingtutticket.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"279\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2005\/04\/04\/body-worlds-exhibit\/horseandrider\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/horseandrider.jpg?fit=352%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"352,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"horseandrider\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/horseandrider.jpg?fit=352%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-279 colorbox-147\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/kingtutticket.jpg?resize=300%2C108\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"108\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Helvetica;\"> <\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family:Helvetica;\">But, we ran out of gas as we passed the Museum of Science and Industry.  Eventually a cab stopped and took us to a nearby gas station where we could get a can and a gallon, put it in the car, filled up at the same station and just went to dinner at <a href=\"http:\/\/metromix.chicagotribune.com\/dining\/105531,0,5936406.venue%22%20target=%22NewWindow\">Luna Caprese<\/a> , an Italian restaurant Aviva and I favor right now.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"translate_block\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<hr class=\"translate_hr\" \/>\n<a class=\"translate_translate\" id=\"translate_button_post-147\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\" href=\"javascript:show_translate_popup('en', 'post', 147);\"><span>Translate<\/span><\/a><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/google-ajax-translation\/transparent.gif?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" id=\"translate_loading_post-147\" class=\"translate_loading colorbox-147\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a great time I think. Friday I met up with Aviva and Brian at Room and Board, an upscale furniture shop. We had dinner at Opera , a really nice Chinese restaurant. We took Brian to Uncle Fun on Saturday &#8211; that&#8217;s a really interesting shop that sells strange toys. 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