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I have a guest staying with me this week, and I haven't been able to show her around much because I've had to work and she's had to do some remote-work in the mornings. But today I took off, so we've been watching Hannibal all morning (both of us are puzzled by season three, so an analytical rewatch was in order) and now we're preparing to head out to do some touristing. I need to hit thrift stores, and up at Belmont there's a Korean chicken place we're going to try. Big days in Chicago!

Today’s origami is a lion – done with paper that is printed with cats, and really I should have folded a reverse lion because not a single kitty is visible. Still, I kind of like the pattern that emerges on his mane regardless.



The pattern is older than the site makes it seem – I folded it during my first year of origami, once upon a time – but the diagram is a nice tribute to Cecil the Lion and anyway is a nice clean example of the fold.

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AND THEN CHICAGO GAVE US FREE DONUTS.

We went shopping at Belmont Army, where my guest got a dress and I did NOT find a new suit coat that fit, but at least we had fun. Also, Crisp on Belmont, for those of you in Chicago, has really delicious Korean chicken, but the wings are FULL wings, so you don't want the ten-wing platter unless you have a powerful hunger.

After chicken, I decided we should take the train back instead of taking the bus, which meant we could swing past the new Stan's Donuts (HIPSTER DONUTS) and get some donuts on the way home. But I couldn't go into Stan's when I tried, because there were a bunch of people in the doorway...handing out free donuts.

Apparently it's free donuts day at Stan's!

So to sum up, today it was 60 degrees and sunny in Chicago and they gave me a free donut.