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Waiting in line at The Chicago Academy for the Arts annual showcase, a tall man sporting a houndstooth beret approached me. With a smile, he told me about his freshman son’s involvement in the theater department, one of the six concentrations offered at “The Academy.” Our conversation was cut short when a man in a.
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Lines of them, decorated, drivers honking, people hanging out of them waving, screaming, singing, fist-pumping.
The scene has played out thousands of times, for myriad reasons, as vehicles became an all-important conduit during the pandemic for showing you care about something deeply.
Jean Smith can attest.
Family and friends formed a caravan and rolled by her Hyde Park apartment building in April to celebrate Smith’s 99th birthday.
Jean Smith was thrilled when friends and relatives formed a car caravan and drove by her Hyde Park apartment to celebrate her 99th birthday in April.
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“It made me feel like I was on cloud nine, or cloud 99,” she said with a laugh. “To get to be 99 and have that many people interested in you? Most of the time they just throw you by the wayside, but I felt like I was Queen Elizabeth. I thoroughly enjoyed it,” said Smith.