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cafegroundzero
Illinois

Loyola University Chicago

Worth visiting!

Why I recommend this place to visitors

Very good, sound, education both liberal and oriented toward getting a job in the real world. Best of both liberal and applied sciences & arts education. Excellent facilities, up to date and convenient to the city and north shore.


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Illinois

Indian Springs

Why I want to go to this place

Besides see the place where the Creeks signed the Treaty, I want to check with the BOE of that county and see what schools need teachers. I want to see the High School.


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Illinois

Barcelona

Worth visiting!

The last time I went to this place

My dear friend, X.Y. Z____ and I went to attend my sister’s wedding in a northwest Barcelona neighbourhood.

Both my sister and I had attended a program that allowed us to study in the University of Barcelona. She met her fiance’ there, and they dated for SEVEN YEARS before they tied the knot.

So, yeah, we had a great time.

I had passed a year almost, ,more than most academic residents of our program. I stayed the summer to travel and visit with my friends from Sudan, who were living in Barcelona.

I do want to go back. Ojala!


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Illinois

Savannah

Worth visiting!

A tip I have about this place

If you’re living cheap, consider going to The Sentient Bean, Cafe’ Galeria, or Metro Cafe’.

You can nurse your cup of whatever for as long as you like, and no one will bother you. You can catch up on the news at any of these places. The Sentient Bean is the best, for someone always leaves the New York Times there.

The Sentient Bean is not far from Kroger, where you can shop leisurely in the air conditioning, read magazines from the rack, and even sit outside on brick walls near the corner.


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Illinois

Kenya

(in Africa)
Why I want to go to this place

Okay, I’ll be even more honest than I was before (isn’t that the way it usually turns out? Not many start out very honest and gradually turn out otherways, or tell me an instance). Anyway, I’d like to go to Kenya with this program:

http://www.sumlitsem.org/kenya/faculty.aspx

I would like to meet or listen to a reading by Parselelo Kantai (I’ve seen his name spelled Kentai)The following essay “The Treasure Buried In Nairobi’s Dumps” appeared in The East African on 18 December 2000:

http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/36/145.html


cafegroundzero
Illinois

Fort Polk

Worth visiting!

I served three JRTC tours, and all I have to show for it is a lousy tee shirt

I will say, the wild horses are a wonderful memory.


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Illinois

Route 21

Worth visiting!

The construction lobby and the two Georgia Senators are pushing this Interstate

Another interstate that will connect Savannah and the Appalachies. Despite opposition from conservation and environmental groups, the highway has begun, even as only studies are supposed to be underway to find “feasiblity.” It’s being snuck through stage by stage.


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Illinois

Bulloch County

Worth visiting!

A tip I have about this place

The French Quarter Cafe’ is an oasis of good food, drink, and culture within the town. Sometimes there are Irish folk music nights here. There’s a balcony above. Within easy walking distance of downtown.


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Illinois

Effingham County

Worth visiting!

A rumor about this place

This afternoon I got much closer to Tiger Ridge. On Route 21, I found an El Cheapo gas station where the owner indicated I might find T.R. by taking the side road. Unfortunately, no time was left today, and I had to return to bring the milk home to the wife and children.
But I have the feeling I am closing in.

Now, some rumours I heard when I first heard about this place. A friend of mine had got lost one evening, coming back from Savannah with his friends. They were all drunk. They took the wrong turn of Route 17, and somehow ended up here. My buddy, a former sailor, said he made the mistake of laughing at some of the people here, and got thrown into jail.
When I began to inquire about Tiger Ridge, and tried to find out more about these people, I heard:

-They are very very tight knit.
-Some of them have six fingers, or other deformities. Some of them are rumored to have very large heads.
-One man chases after vehicles, and if he can get close, he barks at you like a dog.
-Folks here will just as soon kill you and throw you in the river to the gators. They want to be left alone.

Fair enough. But reality is, the state decided to build an interstate which runs very close to T.R. What will happen now? And do these folk not deserve a chance to tell their own story, maybe set the record straight? I suspect there is much to be corrected in the way of stereotype and myth, and I smell a good story here.


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Illinois

Tybee Island

Worth visiting!

My friend, Mac, and I meet here about once a month. He's been a regular

for years. He has so very many stories about it. And he’s gathered stories from acquaintances and friends.

We like to sit just a little north of the 16th St. pier and gazebo.