Greetings from downtown Chicago in the Gold Coast district! We got here yesterday afternoon after an 8-hour drive from Omaha. It's kinda odd being here in Chicago to a certain degree. For one thing, this is my eighth day into this road trip and I think we're officially past the half way mark in the US when we drove across the Mississippi River. To another degree, we hit a city that I've been to before and it's great seeing familiar faces. The last part is that I expect to see more urban cities and areas during the rest of the drive back home. No more deserts or large plain land.
Our first stop on the trip was in Evanston, IL, where we checked out Cathy and Brian's new condo in Evanston. After checking out the place (which is still in the process of being unpacked and settled), I turned to my sister and said, "You're all growns up." Seriously. What an adult thing to do! The new pad is very cool and more importantly, very spacious.
This is probably my fifth time in Chicago, and every time I'm out here, I've always had a great time. Dan's old roommate lives out here and gave us free tickets to the White Sox/Blue Jays game out in US Cellular Field. The pitchers were the Sox's ace Mark Buehrle and Jay's ace Roy Halladay. It was a great pitcher's duel, but what was more remarkable was that the game only took 2 hours, 10 minutes to complete! When do you see that happen? The game was followed by a fireworks show.
Afterwards, I met up with my friend Allison, who just moved to these parts, and we went to a few bars in the Gold Coast area. The area has plenty of them! One thing that I heard from two different people: this district is known for much older men "trolling" on much younger women. Who knew? Take notes Rohit.
Anyway, some video updates will come later today. Hope you all are having a great weekend!
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