windy city (Day 1)
Day 1: (of the windy city trip). Drove from state college to chicago today with five of my colleagues. It is a little strange travelling with people you don't know... noone knows what to say and at times the silence is deafening. I was riding shotgun which made listening to my ipod most difficult... which kind of bummed me out, since I had spent so much time uploading new music onto it this week. oh well. there is always the trip back i guess...
I successfully navigated the L train from down town to my aunt and uncle's place on the North Side (off Diversy). It was pretty easy, but I (as well as anyone who knows me) had my doubts. (I must have asked at least five people, "is this a north bound train")
i took this picture as we pulled into town (driving west on I-90. In the back ground you can see the Sears tower. I didn't notice this when I was taking the picture but near the bottom, you can see two large murals commemorating the Attack on Pearl Harbor and 9/11. I am not quite sure what utility the serve (Chicago was not directly hit by the attacks), they are kind of located in an industrial district. The only thing I can think of is to inspire patroitism among the blue collar laborers working in the area. You can imagine with the number of good jobs going overseas, inspiring an us against them mentality has its uses for modern industrialists.
Things to Do in Chicago:
1) If it is nice, I think I will go down to the lake and walk along Navy Peer... maybe hang out on the "beach" and do a little reading and blogging.
2) If it is rainy, definately going to check out the art museum.
3) Go to Portillo's and eat too many chicago-styly hot dogs.
4) Go to the cubs game, get a cubbies hat (or a cheap sammy sosa jersey), and eat even more Chicago style hot dogs. (If I am feeling ambitious, I can attempt the nine dogs, nine beers, in nine innings challenge.)
5) Find a cool used music store and get some new cds for my ipod.
6) Maybe go to my conference.
7) Drink a Murphy's Irish Stout.
Music to listen to: I picked up Wilco's "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" which was supposedly inspired by Chicago. Figure that will help get me in the mood.
Current Music: [Eve, the Apple of My Eye - Bell X1]
I successfully navigated the L train from down town to my aunt and uncle's place on the North Side (off Diversy). It was pretty easy, but I (as well as anyone who knows me) had my doubts. (I must have asked at least five people, "is this a north bound train")
i took this picture as we pulled into town (driving west on I-90. In the back ground you can see the Sears tower. I didn't notice this when I was taking the picture but near the bottom, you can see two large murals commemorating the Attack on Pearl Harbor and 9/11. I am not quite sure what utility the serve (Chicago was not directly hit by the attacks), they are kind of located in an industrial district. The only thing I can think of is to inspire patroitism among the blue collar laborers working in the area. You can imagine with the number of good jobs going overseas, inspiring an us against them mentality has its uses for modern industrialists.
Things to Do in Chicago:
1) If it is nice, I think I will go down to the lake and walk along Navy Peer... maybe hang out on the "beach" and do a little reading and blogging.
2) If it is rainy, definately going to check out the art museum.
3) Go to Portillo's and eat too many chicago-styly hot dogs.
4) Go to the cubs game, get a cubbies hat (or a cheap sammy sosa jersey), and eat even more Chicago style hot dogs. (If I am feeling ambitious, I can attempt the nine dogs, nine beers, in nine innings challenge.)
5) Find a cool used music store and get some new cds for my ipod.
6) Maybe go to my conference.
7) Drink a Murphy's Irish Stout.
Music to listen to: I picked up Wilco's "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" which was supposedly inspired by Chicago. Figure that will help get me in the mood.
Current Music: [Eve, the Apple of My Eye - Bell X1]
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