Jan 17 2003

Chicago

Published by at 5:24 pm under Uncategorized

No news is good news, right? At least, I have noticed that if there’s bad news, someone’s going to make damned sure you hear about it, and without delay. So my lack of posting hasn’t been because of death or disaster, but because of the previously mentioned and time-consuming stultifying boredom of the conference.

To rewind: it was 66 degrees and sunny when I left San Francisco on Wednesday, and 19 degrees when I arrived in Chicago, which is really barely endurable. On the bright side, the flight was half an hour less than advertised, so yay.

Chicago is really pretty and has great energy, from what little I have seen of it so far. The hotel doors had signs on them saying “Please use other doors [the revolving ones] due to wind”, which kind of tells you all you need to know about that. The Windy City reputation is not undeserved. It snowed last night, and it was so windy that it was flying sideways. Really pretty, though, and from my window, I can see the lake, which appears to be partially frozen along the shoreline.

Meeting Kelly on Wednesday was the high point of the trip. We had such a great time talking that she ended up having to take a very late train home. She had chosen a fabulous Thai restaurant for dinner, Erawan, where we ate in traditional Thai style. The food was excEt, and beautifully presented – it was like eating art. Kelly took a picture of the gorgeous swan carved out of Japanese radish, complete with eyes and beak, which the garnish on on her entr&eacutee. You’ll have to see it to believe it. It was a wonderful evening.

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3 Responses to “Chicago”

  1. Suzanneon 18 Jan 2003 at 11:53 am

    First let me say that this is the first time I have felt the need to respond. One to say that I read with glee that you may actually get to Ottawa/Canada for a visit in May… and second please be oh so glad that you were only subjected to 19 deg temps. While you were in the Windy City, those of us who live above the international border were, and are still subjected to daily highs of -15 deg Celsius (approx 5 deg F) and last night before I went to bed it was -30 (-20F or so). I can only dream of 66 temps and will probably have to wait April or May to enjoy!

  2. LisaBon 20 Jan 2003 at 12:02 pm

    That’s rough about the cold. It really is miserable here in January. But aside from freaky weather, Chicago is neat, eh?

  3. Kellyon 22 Jan 2003 at 7:06 pm

    It was a fantastic meal, but the company was even better. Truly it was such a pleasure to meet you, Suzy!

    I finally got around to posting a photo of that swan garnish. I’m still amazed by it!