On the walk from the train home tonight I ran into Laura on her bike and stopped to talk to her for a minute. When I continued on walking, on the corner of Roscoe and Wolcott, there was a guy with a cart and an umbrella giving out free cups of ice cream.

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Free Mint in Lakeview, Chicago
A couple months ago Margaret and I were walking up Clark and these guys were giving away free mint plants to promote Bloomscape. I was interested in taking one but not interested in carrying it around all day, so I passed.

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Free Frosty, East Ukrainian Village, Chicago
This weekend only!

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Dave Matthews Singing All Along the Watchtower, Central Park, Manhattan
Tonight was the free Dave Matthews Band concert, raising money for public schools, at Central Park. Despite the fact that it was sponsored by AOL (bleh!) and that I haven’t really been “in to” DMB for a few years (I actually used to trade tapes back [...]

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