Thursday, July 17, 2008

Back in Cambodia

We were downtown Chicago today enjoying a trip along the river on the famous First Lady Architecture Tour. Since we arrived a few minutes early, we got a pleasant surprise.

Next to where the tours depart is the Chicago Tribune Building which has an interesting history. As the building was being built in the 1920's, the architects incorporated some of the rocks and stones that reporters had brought back over the years from their various trips.

Stones came from the Alamo, Notre Dame, the pyramids, the Parthenon and even the great wall of China.

And sure enough, there was one from...

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

When I went I was very disappointed that they didn't have a stone from my house. After all, i am a world famous international blogger.

Philistines

2:26 AM  

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