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After falling into a dead sleep Saturday night, Sunday got off to a slower start.  Harper eventually drifted down to join me n the lobby.  Her reaction here was triggered by a spoon mishap.  Love her :) Okay, let's talk about Divvy-bikes.  Look how lovely they are in this stock photo: They're all over Chicago, including in front of our hotel.  "Let's ride bikes," we thought.  So, we got 4 Divvy bikes and started riding to breakfast, mapping our route via phone GPS.  You need to check your bike in every 30 minutes or you'll get more charges.  So, problem #1: when we did this, our bikes locked up and the machine wouldn't give us another code.  We needed to get across town for brunch, so after much "discussion" about the bikes, we gave up and grabbed a cab.  More on the bikes later. We joined our friends Alyson and Michael and their daughter Meredith at Sunnyside Up for a crazy yummy brunch: bacon pancakes, confetti pancakes, chocolate chip...