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Tuesday, November 22, 2005 I know, I know, the lights at the top of the Hancock are overexposed, but it was about 25 degrees and I stepped out on the terrace in my PJ's to take the pictures. I didn't have time to mess with the camera :) 
Monday, November 21, 2005 YAY - Tanzania Viasa! Hopefully the next 31 days will pass quickly. 
Thursday, November 17, 2005 YAY - Visas for Kenya (took over a month due to postal screw-ups). One down, one to go. 
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 Note the date and time. Winter arrived in downtown Chicago today a little after noon. 
Tuesday, November 15, 2005 For those of you interested in photography, you've got to try autostitch. This was my first attempt - please excuse the jagged edge :) I took 32 pictures of the interior of our loft, launch autostitch, select the 32 images, that's it. No manual editing whatsoever, couldn't be easier!  And check out how our interior design matches the web site color scheme - what's with that?!? Monday, November 14, 2005 Sunrise - 6:34am 
Sunday, November 13, 2005 The 45-foot Christmas tree, which was lit yesterday by Billy Chrystal, in the Walnut Room at Marshall Field's. No, we didn't wait in line to eat there :) ) Taken with a Nokia 3650 Cameraphone - View all cameraphone pictures Saturday, November 12, 2005 A couple more fall foliage pictures before all of the leaves are gone and winter arrives.  
Tuesday, November 08, 2005 ) In preparation for our upcoming trip to Kenya and Tanzania, we recently visited the Northwestern Travel Clinic. We both expected the decor to be more thematic - perhaps some maps, or stuffed animals, or even one of those endtables made from old suitcases, but aside from a National Geographic in the waiting room, it looked remarkably similar to the orthopedic office (which we know too well after the broken arm incident). Step 1 - Patient immunization and immunization-related disease history and current medications. Step 2 - Immunization Plan. I needed 4: Yellow Fever, Typhoid, Polio booster, and Flu (I know, flu's not required, but we were there so what the heck). Andy needed 6, two the first visit (Yellow Fever and a measles/mumps/rubella booster since the vaccine used in the 60's was not good) and 4 more the second visit (Typhoid, Polio Booster, Flu, and Hep A - which I'd already gotten for Egypt). Luckily we'd already gotten Tetanus for the Galapagos or we would have had to get that one too. And we promised not to get tatoos or have intimate contact with the local population to avoid the Hep B shot :) Step 3 - Medication Plan. It took a while to check all of the drug interactions with my migraine meds - we ended up with Malarone for malaria and Bactrim for..."travel sickness". They said that if we experience any..."symptoms" we should start the antibiotics and not bother with immodium because it just "slows the evacuation" and doesn't kill the bacteria causing the problem. Interesting information, entirely too much talk of poop. Step 4 - The shots. OUCH! A few of them really stung. I got two in each arm. Whatever ones went in my left arm hurt more. That night I couldn't raise my left arm that much, and for the following few days it was significantly uncomfortable, one is still kind of irritated like a big mosquito bite, and I had malaise and myalgia (which is a fancy way of saying "vague sense of ill-being" and "muscle pain"). ) ) But, we're covered for 10 years so it looks like we'll be getting all of the Africa travel out of our system in the next decade. ) ) Our torture is documented in a handy passport-sized "International Certificate of Vaccination" booklet. Our favorite parts of the visit were: Taken with a Nokia 3650 Cameraphone - View all cameraphone pictures Saturday, November 05, 2005 Slightly different that our usual posts - Andy made this image by scanning (rather than photographing) a brightly colored leaf. 
Friday, November 04, 2005 Andy's in New York for work. He snapped this shot of the Empire State Building as he was crossing the street. 
Wednesday, November 02, 2005 Yes, I put hair-friendly throws on their favorite lounging spots. And yes, his paws are mauve. ) Taken with a Nokia 3650 Cameraphone - View all cameraphone pictures
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