Enjoying time with my daughter before her USMLE Step 2 test

Posted By on August 1, 2010

giordanospizzaMy daughter Katelyn and I are checked in at the Marriott in Chicago for her USMLE Step 2 testing on Monday and enjoyed an evening together. We took advantage of the 35 minute pizza baking time for the award winning stuffed pizza at Giordano’s Restaurant inorder to practice a bit more. I’m the acting patient and she’s the doc!

Dinner and our time together was far more relaxing than our drive through Chicago traffic … I think this will be the last time I take the Dan Ryan Expressway in order to see the skyline of Chicago … it ain’t worth it. I’ll include a couple photos from the Palm Pre below (as usual, click for larger images).

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Heavy traffic entering Chicago (more photos below)

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Windturbines (100s) in Indiana | Katelyn eating ‘yummie’ pie | View from Marriot

Comments

  • http://bilikfamily.com/ Scott

    It’s “like deja vu all over again”. My family loved seeing all of the wind turbines along I-65 but hated it once we got off the Skyway and onto the Dan Ryan last weekend. We crawled all the way from the Dan Ryan to Rosemont. Next time we’ll try to use the tri-state tollway. We took that going back to MI. It had a minor delay compared to what we endured on the way to Rosemont.

  • http://bilikfamily.com/ Scott

    It’s “like deja vu all over again”. My family loved seeing all of the wind turbines along I-65 but hated it once we got off the Skyway and onto the Dan Ryan last weekend. We crawled all the way from the Dan Ryan to Rosemont. Next time we’ll try to use the tri-state tollway. We took that going back to MI. It had a minor delay compared to what we endured on the way to Rosemont.

  • http://richcorbett.us RichC

    Yes Yogi, we “crawled” as well. Going to fork over the toll and try the Tri-State on the way home … ugh, rush hour tonight.

    For others who might read this, the special med student rate and location of the Marriott to the USMLE test location works great and keeps your testing pressure to a minimum. Be aware of extra costs like breakfast, parking and water bottles in the room though — just big city business.

    Here’s a photo from the test facility looking back on the Marriott which is just a shuttle ride to O’Hare for those flying in.

    USMLE Test location in Chicago looking back at Marriott

  • http://richcorbett.us RichC

    Yes Yogi, we “crawled” as well. Going to fork over the toll and try the Tri-State on the way home … ugh, rush hour tonight.

    For others who might read this, the special med student rate and location of the Marriott to the USMLE test location works great and keeps your testing pressure to a minimum. Be aware of extra costs like breakfast, parking and water bottles in the room though — just big city business.

    Here’s a photo from the test facility looking back on the Marriott which is just a shuttle ride to O’Hare for those flying in.

  • nora

    is THAT a Chicago deep-dish pizza? Doc Katelyn looks confused by the pie.

  • nora

    is THAT a Chicago deep-dish pizza? Doc Katelyn looks confused by the pie.

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