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We walked for five miles through several neighborhoods, striking out on street art in River North, catching a car downtown to the state capitol building and wandering along one side of things as the skies darkened, hitting a stand to repair my wristwatch hinge, waiting out rain in a cafe before checking out a couple of Tattered Cover bookstores, then threading between brief hail to sit at a happy hour and chow down in peace.