Hands down, the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago has the best stuffed animal collection ever... and I don't mean the cutesy Hello Kitty kind either. No, the ones I'm referring to are the hunted, killed, stuffed, and put-on-display taxidermy kind that would eat you if they were still alive... kinda like what they used to have at the old Academy of Sciences before they screwed it up. I swear there must be one of every known mammal that ever existed here... from man-eating lions to the smallest hummingbirds. I know, it's kinda morbid and inhumane, but the educational value is undeniable, especially when today is Target free day at the museum! Yay, we heart Tar-zhay!
Anyhoo, today we bid adieu to the lovely ladies, and say 'ni hao' to another set of ladies on our way to Chicago's Chinatown. The wifey and I are on the Red Line train, but we really have no clue as to where the hell this Chinatown is... so, I figure we'd kinda just wing it when we get there. To our luck, scurrying along past us comes a couple of old Chinese ladies toting plastic bags full of groceries. Now, try to imagine your mom going mai sung [grocery shopping] with her buddy. Hmm, where would they be heading? Chinatown, of course! Tail them! It'll be like following a couple of ducks to the pond... or in this case, a couple of ah-moos to tong yun fau. 
I dunno what is it about my desire to go to every C-town in every city we visit. Maybe I just have a thing for big gaudy gates. Though, the gate here isn't very elaborate. The Chi-town Chi(na)-town only runs like 5 blocks down Wentworth Street and consists of mostly restaurants, boba tea shops, knick-knack stores, and a few markets. Wait, I think I just described every Chinatown in the world. It's kinda dreary here actually, but I'm strangely drawn to it. Maybe deep down inside, I'm really the duck forever waddling to that pond called Chinatown. To it's credit though, I've yet to see anyone hock a loogie. I wonder how the milk tea is here.
Random Stuff:
Stopping at Garrett Popcorn for some greasy popcorn. You can smell that buttery aroma a block away, but it just kinda tastes like warmed Cracker Jacks... without the toy.- The Chicago Tribune Tower has actual pieces of famous monuments from around the world (the Great Wall, the Taj Mahal, etc.) attached to its exterior walls. A cool collection, but isn't it vandalism to take chunks from all those landmarks?
The Field Museum also has Sue, the world's largest and most complete T. Rex fossil. - Housekeeping throws away Cindy's shoebox.
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