{"id":5607,"date":"2023-12-04T10:26:48","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T15:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=5607"},"modified":"2024-01-18T11:36:47","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T16:36:47","slug":"5607","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=5607","title":{"rendered":"Darkest hour before the dawn. Times we know will soon be gone. Flames of freedom fill the air. I can hear them calling."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Spent hours Friday evening and Saturday morning boxing gifts and filling out greeting cards for friends and family. It was a lot. Saturday I took an Uber to the UPS store in North Center to ship everything out. I wasn’t in the mood for a USPS trip with attitude and long lines. It cost more but was worth it. 100 % hassle free. Boxes will be arriving around the country this week. Then I took a walk up Lincoln to Lincoln Square. I put posters up and fliers out. Hansa Clipper only had one customer so I skipped stopping in and having a pour. I noticed a lot of places have gone out of business. It was sad. I was very hungry so stopped at Culvers on the way home. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Looks pretty and peaceful doesn’t it. Looks can be deceiving and that is exactly what Chicago identitarian politics has done to this once great holiday destination. I fear for downtown shoppers. <\/p>\n\n\n

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DAMN THIS PLACE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Only 10 days to go till my final Chicago production. Ever.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Sunday I was so damned hungry and planned to go to The Brig and hang out with Eric Mills again. I first had to go grocery shopping. I decided to eat at Flacos since El Palmar was packed. I hadn’t’ been here since My 2019 on my way home from the office via bike. I was craving tacos and a margarita but my heartburn had other ideas. I couldn’t finish my food or my drink. I was in dire pain. Shopping at Aldi in Edgewater wasn’t pleasant either. It was very crowded. I was in so much pain I ordered an Uber instead of taking the train home. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Flaco’s Tacos 1116 20 W Granville Ave <\/p>\n\n\n

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The shrimp taco was amazing and it was wasted. I’ll be going back. Oh and when I got home my package from Amazon with my Prilosec arrived. Life saver. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Eleven days till the trip<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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One year ago yesterday Max Bravo took this photo of Katrina on the coffee table<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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I had four of these mofos shipped to my son in WV for his birthday<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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