I'm in Chicago this week with a few other classmates/friends along with one of my professors (Rand Blimes) to present at the MPSA conference. I have worked with Alice Yiu as a research assistant to Dr. Blimes over the past few months and now have a chance to present our work here. We don't present for a few days so we've been touring the city and eating a ton of great food. So far it has been great. I have always wanted to see the giant reflective bean and now I can check that off my list. I'm happy as a clam. I love it here. Sure, it's cold and windy but I like the change of pace from my island home. The nice thing is I get to go back to it. Good deal huh?
We are staying at the Palmer House Hotel and it is a nice one... let me tell ya. I feel pretty important just walking through the doors. It has a lot of history and it is right downtown.
Picture 1: Cloud Gate (aka the bean).
Picture 2: Portillo's (famous for it's hotdogs & Italian Beef Sandwich).
Picture 3: Crown Fountain (awesome video and brick thing).
Picture 4: View from outside the doors of The Art Institute of Chicago.
Picture 5: Downtown.
Picture 6: View of some window washers as their ropes dangled on the sidewalk. Cool job. They were up high.
Picture 7: Most of the Gang. Myself, Takash, Dr. Blimes, Alice, Sam, & Phil (Great group).
P.S. I love being a tourist. I'm taking it all in and have no shame snappin' shots on my Canon G9. For only being here in a day and a half, I must say we've done a lot.
