Chicago!

Hello from the Windy City!

G was here for work and I decided to join him over the weekend. I've never been here before and so far I love it.

For obvious reasons.

Deep dish pizza from Giordanos! I got the first flight out of Denver yesterday (and did two hours of homework on the plane) so I was able to get here and meet up with G and be at the best pizza place in the world by noon. I don't mess around.

As G said, after eating this it's gonna be hard to go back to Papa John's.

We then burned off calories (not really) by meandering to the Willis Tower (formally the Sears Tower) and venturing out above the city.

Literally.

We went out on the glass ledges that extend four feet from the building. We were on the 103rd floor here. It was awesome.

The weather has been fantastic! Sunny and in the mid- to upper-forties! Can't complain about that, what with the coming blizzard that we're going to deal with when (if?) we get back to Denver.

This past week was a doozy for both of us, so when the afternoon rolled around I napped while G watched the Avengers (for the millionth time) in the hotel room. Glorious, glorious hotel naps. The only thing that got me out of bed was the thought of pub food.

We went all out and had hard cider.

Then went to the Palmer House Hilton downtown - home of the original brownie, created in (they told us) 1893. I do believe I will. Consider it historical research. Consider it tasty.

Then it was back to the room for a few hours of grading (sigh) before returning to glorious sleep. Not bad for Day 1! More tomorrow!