It's been awhile! We've been travelling and having guests, but we're finally back. To make up for lost time, we combined two walks into one this weekend. The first was Devon Avenue.
The card for the Devon Avenue walk was sorely lacking -- it just told us to walk down Devon between Western and California, and cited no specific stores, restaurants or landmarks. So we had to make our own way. That area of Devon Avenue is the center of Indian and Pakistani communities here in Chicago. Filled to the brim with Indian restaurants (Matt was seduced by the siren song of the lunch buffet all day long), clothing and jewelry stores, and incredible markets. We saw street vendors selling fresh coconut milk and incredible saris. If I wouldn't look like an idiot / poser, I think I'd love to have one.
Parts of Devon are apparently quite Russian, too, though we didn't see much of that. We walked by a Russian bookstore but that was about it. We stopped for a lovely lunch at the Viceroy of India. Now, I know very little about Indian food, so I can't offer you opinions on whether it was authentic or representative. But it was delicious. Isn't that enough?
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