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A Week In Chicago

May 6, 2013 richardt

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We landed at Chicago O’Hare on Monday morning and took the subway from the airport to downtown. Our room wasn’t ready so we dropped off our bags and headed out. Not quite the load of the people in Shanna’s Viet-Nam photos, this was the delivery guy for the sandwich shop we had lunch at.

The Water Tower in downtown Chicago, one of the few surviving buildings from the Great Fire of 1871.

There were beds and beds of tulips in the downtown core.

Looking south on Michigan Avenue.

Outside a candy store in The Water Tower Place mall.

The dresses were made from Skittles wrappers and Jelly Belly wrappers.

The Hershey Store.

We were staying at the Allerton Hotel right on Michigan Avenue.

With both the Blackhawks and the Bulls in the playoffs, there were a lot of jerseys arounds, even on these statues outside one of the hotels.

We had dinner at Giordano’s and had some deep dish pizza.

After dinner we headed to the Signature lounge on the 96th floor of the John Hancock Center. The lounge is free to visit, but the drinks are pricey. We were able to get a table by the window with a view of the south.

NADP Spring Meeting

April 26, 2013 richardt

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I was down in Madison, Wisconsin this past week for work.

I flew out of Toronto Monday morning with a connection through Chicago. I didn’t experience any delays due to the air traffic controllers being on furlough, I did experience a 90 minute delay due to a broken latch on the cargo door. The meeting hotel is right across from the state capitol.

The Solidarity Singers Have been protesting daily at the Capitol against Governor Walker. He was the one who passed into law the measure to strip most public union workers of many of their bargaining powers, while forcing them to pay more for their benefits. It led to massive protests back in 2011.

Looking down State Street.

This the third Wisconsin Capitol, it was completed in 1917.

Chalk protest.

The capitol building at night with a full moon.

I flew back Thursday, but not before more delays, my flight left Madison on time. When I landed in Chicago my connection to Toronto was already delayed two hours, in the end it was almost three hours late taking off. I came back on American Airlines.

Encarnacion Bobblehead Day

April 21, 2013 richardt

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We headed down to Rogers Centre early on Sunday morning for the Blue Jays game against the New York Yankees. It was Edwin Encarnacion bobblehead day so the crowds were lining up early.

We weren’t sure what this guy was suppose to be dressed up as, he had a crown (homemade), a cape (a blanket), a shield (out of cardboard) and blue hair.