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Chicago inspires recollections of Texas hospitality

Editor’s Note: One day before the following narrative occurs, the Texan wanders through Chicago and discovers much about the city reminds him of Burnet County, including its art, food, friendliness. Here, the two-part story concludes.
The Highlander staff writer Raymond V. Whelan, 'The Texan,' waits in Chicago at the Blue Line Damen Station for the 'L' train to the Loop (downtown Chicago). Contributed photo

Editor’s Note: One day before the following narrative occurs, the Texan wanders through Chicago and discovers much about the city reminds him of Burnet County, including its art, food, friendliness. Here, the two-part story concludes.

The next morning at breakfast in the Chicago Robey Hotel, the Texan eats poached eggs with Andouille sausage, handed to his table by the elegant Gisele Easton, “a supervisor, server and bartender extraordinaire” who studied acting in Chicago at Columbia College, also in Ireland, where one of her friends met Cillian Murphy, the actor who received an Academy Award Oscar trophy for his lead role in the film "Oppenheimer."

“I am jealous,” Easton said.

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