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Had a fun coincidence happen with the writing of Kelsey's short story.  I needed to know what Kelsey's condo looked like, so I wandered the web looking for condos in Chicago's loop.  I happened onto a site that had floor plans for several of Chicago's residential high-rises, so I happily wandered that site for a while, and found the perfect condo.

Two-story penthouse, glorious view, only a few blocks north of the loop, perfect room set-up... all-in-all it's exactly what Kelsey would be living in... and I had a floor plan!  I couldn't ask for anything more.

Yet, for the fun of it, I wanted some more pictures to see if I could get a better idea of the view.  So I wandered the condo for-sale sites looking for condos in that building that might be for-sale and might have better pictures of the view.

And... the EXACT condo I picked out for Kelsey... not even the same floor-plan, but the EXACT condo is up for sale.  And it's empty!  Of course it costs more than I've made in this lifetime, but hey, it's called "fiction" for a reason.  :-)

Unable to resist temptation, a few more searches later I found the realtor who listed the condo and emailed him asking if I could see the condo, telling him about my story.

He email back today and said the owner was fine with the idea, and so we're now negotiating a time for me to go see a condo that is so far beyond my wildest imaginings that I'm having the grandest time thinking about it.

While I'm there, I'll take lots of pictures so I know what the place looks like when I get back to writing the rest of Kelsey's novel.

I'll let you know what I think of it after I see it.  Should prove interesting.