After three weeks on the West Coast, it was time to start making my way back eastward - very, very indirectly. My first stop en route home was Chicago, where I happen to know a few good nerds. Chicago's gay life is centered around the area known as Boystown - a long strip of gay bars, shops and restaurants located on Halsted Street, north of downtown. For some reason, this tobacco shop nearby had life-size Alien and Predator statues in the window, i g 
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