Chicago
Oh glorious weekend! Having gone to work all of last week despite food poisoning, headaches and a cold, I've decided to take a break from activities today - sleep in, shake off the last traces of the cold and bring you up to speed with my life.
I realise I haven't finished my American story, and since I'm not much of a storyteller, I'll show you some pictures instead.
Aditi and I went to Chicago over Thanksgiving - arrived on Thanksgiving Day itself in what seemed like a ghost town. Everything was closed and the streets were empty. I don't think we expected how quiet it would be, but it made for a great touring experience. We took to streets on foot, taking in the sights and feeling like we owned the whole town.
I took a lot of pictures of skyscrapers because I love them:
Not the best picture of Sears Tower, but it will have to do.
The Chicago Tribune with its Gothic Revival architecture.
I even like the fire escapes. Throw in some rain, the pitch black of night time, the dirty yellow flicker of the streetlamp above and dark sound effects and you have a scene from Batman!
I realise I haven't finished my American story, and since I'm not much of a storyteller, I'll show you some pictures instead.
Aditi and I went to Chicago over Thanksgiving - arrived on Thanksgiving Day itself in what seemed like a ghost town. Everything was closed and the streets were empty. I don't think we expected how quiet it would be, but it made for a great touring experience. We took to streets on foot, taking in the sights and feeling like we owned the whole town.
I took a lot of pictures of skyscrapers because I love them:
Not the best picture of Sears Tower, but it will have to do.
The Chicago Tribune with its Gothic Revival architecture.
I even like the fire escapes. Throw in some rain, the pitch black of night time, the dirty yellow flicker of the streetlamp above and dark sound effects and you have a scene from Batman!Some scenes from around Millennium Park and beyond:
The famous Bean.
Bridge, or art?
I like this.
The famous Bean.
Bridge, or art?
I like this.
From the pictures, you can see that we enjoyed spectacular weather while we were there. If you knew the kind of warnings we received about Chicago weather in November, you would know that we were very lucky to have got such blue skies and sunshine.
From ghost town to Black Friday, Chicago came alive. All I knew about Black Friday were news reports about people getting killed at stampedes at Wal-Mart, so naturally, I was quite curious to see how the crowd would be. We joined the bustle along the Magnificent Mile on Michigan Ave, gawped at the Apple Store (well, I did... and the stacks and stacks of iPods flying off the tables) and did a little shopping.
We parted ways at the end of the trip, Aditi back to Georgetown and I, to Penn. The next time we met was in New York, where we could get lost (as we tend to do) and have Rachael come to the rescue - but that's another post!
From ghost town to Black Friday, Chicago came alive. All I knew about Black Friday were news reports about people getting killed at stampedes at Wal-Mart, so naturally, I was quite curious to see how the crowd would be. We joined the bustle along the Magnificent Mile on Michigan Ave, gawped at the Apple Store (well, I did... and the stacks and stacks of iPods flying off the tables) and did a little shopping.
We parted ways at the end of the trip, Aditi back to Georgetown and I, to Penn. The next time we met was in New York, where we could get lost (as we tend to do) and have Rachael come to the rescue - but that's another post!
