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The Life Aquatic

03.04.2009

Submitted by dsimmons on Wed, 03/04/2009 - 12:00am.
The Bite:
Wanna set off on a water expedition, no man-eating sharks included? Take your crew aboard this vessel: the Field Museum on World Water Day (aka March 22). Inside, take a tap vs. bottled water taste test (gets us every time), then punch your shower- and dish-washing times into FM's new water calculator (see it online same day) to figure out what's racking up your water and heating bills. Outside, join the hour-long walk-a-thon (register ahead) around Museum Campus, which benefits the billion people who live without running water - your ten buck donation = UNICEF increasing their access to clean H2O. Dynamite.
Wanna Try: 
The Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr. Map It (312-922-9410). World Water Day; Mar. 22, 10 am-2 pm. Museum admission: adults, $13; children, $9. (Free for walk-a-thoners.)

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Cocktail Fact

Jacques Cousteau's ship was The Calypso while Steve Zissou's ship in The Life Aquatic was the Belafonte (Harry Belafonte was famous for singing calypso songs).

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