day 1 ASD: chicago
i have about 3 minutes to write all this before pamy comes out of the toilet.
leaving san diego on a cloudless sunday afternoon, and with a heavy sadness in my heart, pamy and i took a plane to chicago to meet my friend shaun, who is studying at the university of chicago. who kind of lifted my sadness a tad bit.
now chicago at first glance strikes you like any normal city, but is charm grows on you slowly. it has beautiful gothic inspired architecture and the buildings look aged from the vigours of time. we visited john hancock observatory, which offered great views of chicago as well as an informative audio tour; walked the millenium mile (think orchard road) and ate deep dish pizza at the first restaurant that invented it in chicago. deep dish pizza is an interesting one; it was invented in uno pizzeria in 1943 and the crust tastes like pie. and it is filling. 2 slices of just plain pepperoni pizza will fill you up. but it is oh so good!
for today, the places we are going will be numerous and i sure hope i wouldn’t tire out by the end of the day. the art insititute of chicago, hull house (anyone find this familiar?), threadless store, navy pier and possibly a trip to a live jaz bar tonight.
and now, from shaun’s 23rd storey apartment overlooking lake michagan, i am about to set off for another day in the ‘second city’.
