Author: kathleenmartini
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Wine on the Chicago River
My goal for this spring is to experience something new every week. Week one was drinking wine in one of these: I love Chicagoist.com for many reasons, but right now it’s mostly because it introduced me to the City Winery River Domes. Basically they set up these big plastic bubbles near the river, give you a bluetooth…
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Israel
If there’s anywhere in the world I thought I’d never, ever go, it’s probably the Middle East. Don’t get me wrong, I love experiencing different things, but I’ve always had this apprehension of the Middle East being so far different from anything I’ve ever experienced that I just wouldn’t be able to enjoy my time…
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San Antonio
Man oh man. I didn’t think I’d have a post about good ol’ San Antone on this thing, well, ever. I went to high school in San Antonio, and my family lived there until my junior year of high school. It is the place of my most vivid and some of my fondest memories. It…
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Cambridge (Head of the Charles)
I visited my parents for fall break this year and coincidentally crossed over with Head of the Charles, one of the largest and most prestigious rowing races in the world. Absolutely beautiful. Boston’s growing on me.
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Lake Michigan (the other side)
School is back in full swing, transitions are happening, life is both beautiful and difficult, and autumn is good for the soul. In light of all that, here are some pictures of my trip a few weeks ago to the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, where some friends and I spent a few days in…
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Budapest
I just got home from spending two weeks in northern Hungary, and what a life-changing experience it was. We stayed in a German boarding school in Pilisvöröswar for a world meeting of the Donauschwaben people and traveled to surrounding villages (with a day trip to Budapest) for performances, mock weddings, and cultural stuff. It was…
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Boston
AAU Nationals has come and gone over the Fourth of July week, and I’m all moved into a new apartment in Chicago. The month of July was the one I’ve been waiting for all summer, because I’m literally criss-crossing the United States right now. I flew from Chicago to Fort Lauderdale for nationals, Fort Lauderdale…
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Summer in Chicago
I love this city. I will never stop loving this city. Some part of me wants to live and die here. To be determined how large that part is. I’ve spent much of the last two weeks in Soldier Field watching soccer, at a bar watching soccer, working at my kitchen table, or training for…
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Sailing on Lake Michigan
I’m no longer a 1L and have put the hazing of the first year of law school behind me. It’s going to take me a minute to unlearn to palpable guilt I have checking social media and not studying, but nights like last night help with that a bit. A few months ago I won a…
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San Francisco
Someone once told me that I struck them as a NorCal girl, with my hippie hair and penchant for elephant pants. I’d never been to NorCal, but I was determined to find out if she was right. Over the winter I had the opportunity to check out a different part of California than my soul…
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