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I'm a Chicago-based freelance journalist and a former St. Petersburg Times and Dallas Morning News staff writer. My work has been featured in Travel + Leisure, American Way, Chicago Tribune, Chicago magazine, CNN.com, MSN.com, Boys' Life, Restaurants & Institutions and a variety of other outlets. My blog "A Quirk in the Road" is all about the quirky, off-beat things in Chicago and has been featured on Newsweek.com and AOL.com. Follow me on Twitter @dawnreiss