I made it to Chicago
Aug. 28th, 2012 10:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dormouse1953I'm in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency in Chicago, where the wi-fi is free to guests. Got in Sunday afternoon. It was raining. Shared a taxi from the airport with Martin Easterbrook and Margaret Austin, who were on the same flight as me. Had a meal with Eddie Cochrane at Hoolihan's a nice little place which you can get to from the hotel without going outside. (They also do a breakfast buffet cheaper than the hotel.) Went back to my room to watch Sunday night baseball on ESPN, but the rain was so bad there was no reception on ESPN. The Cubs game on another channel was abandoned after eight innings.
Spent Monday morning walking around, buying more books on the American civil war. By then the weather was dry and hot. Bumped into Alan and Ann Woodford by the water tower, a Chicago landmark. By mid-afternoon, it was back to the hotel to crash. I do like hotel rooms with iPod docking stations. Makes up for the widescreen TV not having the ability to change the aspect ratio. When I did finally get to see baseball, they were playing with elliptical balls.
Last night, I headed into the hotel lobby to see if there was anyone interested in a meal and bumped into a group of mainly Scandinavian fans. We ended up at a place called Texas de Brazil, an all the meat you can eat place. We looked at the decor, saw the woman on wires getting the wine bottles from the floor to ceiling wine rack (think Parker in Leverage) and realised this place was going to be expensive. But it was good, even if I was beginning to flag after about the tenth variety of meat. Had room for a creme brule, though. we'd asked for separate checks and mine was $80!
Well, I think I'll head out to the Art Institute now.
Spent Monday morning walking around, buying more books on the American civil war. By then the weather was dry and hot. Bumped into Alan and Ann Woodford by the water tower, a Chicago landmark. By mid-afternoon, it was back to the hotel to crash. I do like hotel rooms with iPod docking stations. Makes up for the widescreen TV not having the ability to change the aspect ratio. When I did finally get to see baseball, they were playing with elliptical balls.
Last night, I headed into the hotel lobby to see if there was anyone interested in a meal and bumped into a group of mainly Scandinavian fans. We ended up at a place called Texas de Brazil, an all the meat you can eat place. We looked at the decor, saw the woman on wires getting the wine bottles from the floor to ceiling wine rack (think Parker in Leverage) and realised this place was going to be expensive. But it was good, even if I was beginning to flag after about the tenth variety of meat. Had room for a creme brule, though. we'd asked for separate checks and mine was $80!
Well, I think I'll head out to the Art Institute now.
