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Friday, May 05, 2006
About a month late: my impressions of Chicago, the university, and the conference.
Thursday
My first impression of Chicago is good - as we fly in, I see lots and lots of trees. If there's one thing I appreciate in a city, it's trees. O' Hare is as expected - quite large. I'm happy, however, that there is a subway/elevated train linking it to the rest of the city. The subway ride is long and uncomfortable - I swear the seats have about the least padding of any public transportation thing in the world. One thing strikes me - a billboard for a radio station proclaiming (and this is the only line on the billboard, other than the radio call number) "Liberals Hate It!". Somehow this boggles my mind.
After finally getting in, I set out for one of my main purposes of any trip: food! I did extensive research on restaurants before I left, and found some interesting looking cheap restaurants. I ended up at one of my research choices - a small Mexican place. This is one thing I now find I miss in Canada - an abundance of real Mexican restaurants. I had this shredded chorizo on just-made tortillas, so good. Their pico de gallo also awesome. I left feeling quite pleased with Chicago.
One word for Chicago, and especially the University - confident. This is a city and university that knows it is doing well - you can feel it everywhere. People seem happy, productive, and are looking forward. This is the only American city I've been to that I've actually liked.
Tomorrow - the actual conference.
Thursday
My first impression of Chicago is good - as we fly in, I see lots and lots of trees. If there's one thing I appreciate in a city, it's trees. O' Hare is as expected - quite large. I'm happy, however, that there is a subway/elevated train linking it to the rest of the city. The subway ride is long and uncomfortable - I swear the seats have about the least padding of any public transportation thing in the world. One thing strikes me - a billboard for a radio station proclaiming (and this is the only line on the billboard, other than the radio call number) "Liberals Hate It!". Somehow this boggles my mind.
After finally getting in, I set out for one of my main purposes of any trip: food! I did extensive research on restaurants before I left, and found some interesting looking cheap restaurants. I ended up at one of my research choices - a small Mexican place. This is one thing I now find I miss in Canada - an abundance of real Mexican restaurants. I had this shredded chorizo on just-made tortillas, so good. Their pico de gallo also awesome. I left feeling quite pleased with Chicago.
One word for Chicago, and especially the University - confident. This is a city and university that knows it is doing well - you can feel it everywhere. People seem happy, productive, and are looking forward. This is the only American city I've been to that I've actually liked.
Tomorrow - the actual conference.
Comments:
sometime when you are in Toronto, I'll have to take you to Burrito Boyz. It's a really tibny take-out polace that makes fabulous burritos. I just had their bean-and-cheese burrito with guacamole and rice and some jalepeno peppers -- yum!
Yeah, I have to say when I was visiting texas they had really good mexican food. Its about all they have, but anyway, we really don't get it here.
Did you try the chicago pizza? I remembering it being excellent.
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