Today Jason’s mom went with us to Chicago (via the train). We went to the Art Institute of Chicago (wow), lunch at Chipotle’s (which somehow managed to move about a mile further than where it was the day before), the Chicago Cultural Center (which was the old library — again, “WOW”), and then the [...]
Monthly Archive for July, 2004
DAY I - Down the Rabbit-Hole
Posted in General on Jul 2nd, 2004
Original plan was to beat-feet over to East Chicago (about 20 miles from the hotel) to catch the ever-so-cool (because they’re electric) South Side train into the city. First stop was scheduled to be “The Taste”, but after being cooped up in a train car listening to a gaggle of over-40 (but not [...]
Time to fly from Norfolk (via Charlotte) to O’Hare: 3 hours 50 minutes
Time to drive from O’Hare to where Jason’s mom lives (30 miles): 2 hours 40 minutes
(and $1.20 in tolls)
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
But Jason’s mom had a great dinner waiting for us, so that was very nice. The last meal was at 8am — had planned [...]