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First Time (1998)

My bestest buddy (Kit) moved to Chicago with his (then) wife Chelle in January of '98 to pursue their acting carreers, and I haven't seen them since. So for July 4th weekend, I called up Chelle to help me with the surprise. He had no idea I was coming. It was a blast...

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  • <div CLASS="Caption"><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Illinois/Cities/Chicago/" target="_Ricky">
    Chicago</a> Hope
			<div class="Location">
			Outside <a href="http://cubs.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/chc/ballpark/chc_ballpark_history.jsp" target="_Ricky">Wrigley Field</a>, <a href="http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Illinois/Cities/Chicago/" target="_Ricky">Chicago</a>, <a href="http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Illinois/" target="_Ricky">IL</a></div></div>
    <div CLASS="Detail">
    Here I am being &quot;pedestrian directed&quot; after leaving the <a href="http://www.cubs.com">Cubs</a>
    game. You want to make friends with these people.</div>

    Chicago Hope
    Outside Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL
    Here I am being "pedestrian directed" after leaving the Cubs game. You want to make friends with these people.

    chicagohopepolicerickyfaulstichwrigleyvilleillinois

  • <div CLASS="Caption">
    <a href="http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Illinois/Cities/Chicago/" target="_Ricky">
    Chicago</a> Dysfunction
			<div class="Location">
			Some bar in Wrigleyville, <a href="http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Illinois/Cities/Chicago/" target="_Ricky">Chicago</a>, <a href="http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Illinois/" target="_Ricky">IL</a></div></div>
    <div CLASS="Detail">
    Kit and I acting like the complete retards that we are.</div>

    Chicago Dysfunction
    Some bar in Wrigleyville, Chicago, IL
    Kit and I acting like the complete retards that we are.

    discombobulatedchicagorickyfaulstichwrigleyvilleillinoisdrunkkithelton

  • <div CLASS="Caption">
    Chocolate Fudge
			<div class="Location"><a href="http://centerstage.net/bars/Murp.html" target="_Ricky">
	    Murphy's Bleachers</a>, <a href="http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Illinois/Cities/Chicago/" target="_Ricky">Chicago</a>, <a href="http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Illinois/" target="_Ricky">IL</a></div></div>
    <div CLASS="Detail">
    I'm your ice cream man, babe... stop me when I'm passin' by...&quot; When we
    couldn't afford our beer tab, we agreed to work for it.</div>

    Chocolate Fudge
    Murphy's Bleachers, Chicago, IL
    I'm your ice cream man, babe... stop me when I'm passin' by..." When we couldn't afford our beer tab, we agreed to work for it.

    ice creammanchicagorickyfaulstichwrigleyvilleillinois

  • <div CLASS="Caption"><a href="http://www.lyricsdepot.com/frank-sinatra/love-and-marriage.html" target="_Ricky">
    Love and Marriage</a>
			<div class="Location">
	    Gant Park, <a href="http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Illinois/Cities/Chicago/" target="_Ricky">Chicago</a>, <a href="http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Illinois/" target="_Ricky">IL</a></div></div>
    <div CLASS="Detail">
    This is the fountain that was in the opening credits for <a href="http://www.spe.sony.com/tv/shows/married/" target="_Ricky"><em>Married With Children</em></a>.&nbsp;
    Kit calls it the &quot;<a href="http://www.lyricsdepot.com/frank-sinatra/love-and-marriage.html" target="_Ricky">Love and Marriage</a>
    Fountain.&quot; None of us knew its real name.</div>

    Love and Marriage
    Gant Park, Chicago, IL
    This is the fountain that was in the opening credits for Married With Children.  Kit calls it the "Love and Marriage Fountain." None of us knew its real name.

    love and marriagefountaingrant parkchicagoillinois

  • <div CLASS="Caption"><a href="http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/timeline/picasso.html" target="_Ricky">
    Picasso Statue</a>
			<div class="Location">
	    Outside the court building downton, <a href="http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Illinois/Cities/Chicago/" target="_Ricky">Chicago</a>, <a href="http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Illinois/" target="_Ricky">IL</a></div></div>
    <div CLASS="Detail">
    Here is that world-famous <a href="http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Visual_Arts/Painting/Artists/Masters/Picasso__Pablo__1882_1973_/" target="_Ricky">Pablo Picasso</a>
    statue that is in the middle of downtown. You may have seen Jake and Elwood run by
    it a lot at the end of <em><a href="http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Movies_and_Film/Titles/Musicals/Comedy/Blues_Brothers__The/" target="_Ricky">The
    Blues Brothers</a>.</em> It's supposed to be Picasso's Afgan dog or a baboon of some
    sort. I know very little about art, and this is just another one to be added to
    &quot;Ricky's List of Pieces of Art That He Doesn't Get.&quot;</div>

    Picasso Statue
    Outside the court building downton, Chicago, IL
    Here is that world-famous Pablo Picasso statue that is in the middle of downtown. You may have seen Jake and Elwood run by it a lot at the end of The Blues Brothers. It's supposed to be Picasso's Afgan dog or a baboon of some sort. I know very little about art, and this is just another one to be added to "Ricky's List of Pieces of Art That He Doesn't Get."

    picassochicagoillinois

  • <div CLASS="Caption"><a href="http://centerstage.net/bars/Murp.html" target="_Ricky">
    Murphy's Bleachers</a>
			<div class="Location">
	    Outside <a href="http://cubs.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/chc/ballpark/chc_ballpark_history.jsp" target="_Ricky">Wrigley Field</a>, <a href="http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Illinois/Cities/Chicago/" target="_Ricky">Chicago</a>, <a href="http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Illinois/" target="_Ricky">IL</a></div></div>
    <div CLASS="Detail">
    That's me standing in the middle of the street in front of <a href="http://centerstage.net/bars/Murp.html" target="_Ricky">Murphy's Bleachers</a>, a required watering
    hole if you're a tourist in <a href="http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Illinois/Cities/Chicago/" target="_Ricky">Chicago</a>.&nbsp;
    Kit told me that the bar is completely run by <a href="http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Illinois/Cities/Chicago/" target="_Ricky">Chicago</a>
    cops, and by the looks of the thugs that work there, I believe him.</div>

    Murphy's Bleachers
    Outside Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL
    That's me standing in the middle of the street in front of Murphy's Bleachers, a required watering hole if you're a tourist in Chicago.  Kit told me that the bar is completely run by Chicago cops, and by the looks of the thugs that work there, I believe him.

    rickyfaulstichchicagoillinoismurphysbleacherswrigleyville

  • <div CLASS="Caption">
    Sanford sans Son
			<div class="Location"><a href="http://centerstage.net/bars/Murp.html" target="_Ricky">
	    Murphy's Bleacher's</a> Deck, <a href="http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Illinois/Cities/Chicago/" target="_Ricky">Chicago</a>, <a href="http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Illinois/" target="_Ricky">IL</a></div></div>
    <div CLASS="Detail">
    This was just too funny not to take a picture of.  Kit tells me there's even more
    characters in this city than in New Orleans. I bet I met them all. My favorite
    is the black woman walking in the middle of downtown Thursday's hustle and bustle, yelling
    at the top of her lungs, &quot;You like all dem white women, Debbie. You know it's
    true, don't lie!&quot; </div>

    Sanford sans Son
    Murphy's Bleacher's Deck, Chicago, IL
    This was just too funny not to take a picture of. Kit tells me there's even more characters in this city than in New Orleans. I bet I met them all. My favorite is the black woman walking in the middle of downtown Thursday's hustle and bustle, yelling at the top of her lungs, "You like all dem white women, Debbie. You know it's true, don't lie!"

    sanford and sonwrigleyvillechicagoillinois

  • <div CLASS="Caption">
    Sears Tower
			<div class="Location">
	    Downtown, <a href="http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Illinois/Cities/Chicago/" target="_Ricky">Chicago</a>, <a href="http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Illinois/" target="_Ricky">IL</a></div></div>
    <div CLASS="Detail">
    Here is a picture I took of the Sears Tower stretching into the clouds. Kit and Chelle
    are at the bottom right of the picture giving each other a smooch but it didn't come out
    so well. I really wanted to go to the observation deck and look over Chicago (the
    tower is 110 stories tall,) but the line was as long as the building is high. Only
    one of the two things I wanted to see but didn't on the trip.</div>

    Sears Tower
    Downtown, Chicago, IL
    Here is a picture I took of the Sears Tower stretching into the clouds. Kit and Chelle are at the bottom right of the picture giving each other a smooch but it didn't come out so well. I really wanted to go to the observation deck and look over Chicago (the tower is 110 stories tall,) but the line was as long as the building is high. Only one of the two things I wanted to see but didn't on the trip.

    sears towerchicagoillinois

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