{"id":16543,"date":"2022-10-31T07:25:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T11:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/?p=16543"},"modified":"2022-10-28T21:59:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-29T01:59:06","slug":"back-to-chi-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/back-to-chi-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to Chi-Town"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After a <a href=\"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/chi-town-a-quick-intro\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/chi-town-a-quick-intro\/\">seven-year hiatus<\/a>, we made it back to Chicago &#8211; a first for one of us! 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