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Playing in the fall leaves behind Michelin's house in the country.
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In Chicago, we went and got a tour of the Chicago Board of Trade. Here's me on the trading floor.
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Busy Christmas shopping at Macy's department store. This expensive couch was actually kind of comfortable.
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Mom and Dad waiting for our train in the heated little train station near my house.
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At the symphony.
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After the symphony.
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On the windy shores of Lake Michigan.
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The Museum of Science and Industry--beside a captured German submarine from WWII.
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And the Christmas store windows downtown. I absolutely adore ballet.